by MBC News | Dec 31, 2020 | Current News
A former employee of an agency responsible for providing programming to special needs people in northern Saskatchewan has been charged with stealing more than $120,000 from the organization. Until recently, 36-year-old Deri Ann Ratt was the executive director of the...
by MBC News | Dec 31, 2020 | Current News
2020 has been a year of evolving challenges, but perseverance as the people of Northern Sask. had to navigate during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s been a very unusual year. It’s created different challenges for people, which create new challenges and how we...
by MBC News | Dec 30, 2020 | Current News
COVID-19 vaccination is set to begin in Prince Albert and the Far North, as the province is receiving additional Pfizer and new shipments of Moderna doses. Health Minister Paul Merriman said the Moderna doses arrived Wednesday, an anticipated 4900 immunizations. The...
by MBC News | Dec 30, 2020 | Current News
A Northern MLA is suggesting that the region’s leadership establish a direct working relationship with the federal government, bypassing the province to help improve the lives of residents. Athabasca’s Buckley Belanger alleges the new relationship is needed, claiming...
by MBC News | Dec 29, 2020 | Current News
As 2020 comes to a close, it will be remembered for one thing; the COVID-19 pandemic. In March the entire province went into lockdown to contain the spread of the virus and prevent the health care system from crashing. Now leaders are looking back on a year which has...
by MBC News | Dec 26, 2020 | Current News
A Prince Albert man has decided to give a little bit back to those less fortunate during this holiday season. Allan Adam is originally from the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation but he has lived in the city for the last number of years. He currently works as an...
by MBC News | Dec 26, 2020 | Current News
A prominent University of Saskatchewan researcher is being honoured for her work in Indigenous health. Carrie Bourassa, the scientific director of the CIHR’s Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health at the U of S, is the recipient of the Saskatchewan Health Research...
by MBC News | Dec 24, 2020 | Current News
One of the most impactful northern stories of 2020 is a single man’s quest to raise awareness to high rates of suicide in Northern Saskatchewan. In July Tristen Durocher walked from Air Ronge to Regina, as he was not pleased with the provincial government’s suicide...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2020 | Current News
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is welcoming the provincial government’s vaccine rollout plan, which was announced last week. NITHA’s Medical Health Officer Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka said the health authority has been looking forward to having the vaccine....
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2020 | Current News
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) says there are 285 active cases of COVID-19 in the north. The far northeast has the most active cases with 110. The far northwest had the second highest number of cases with 77. The north central part of the province...
