by MBC News | Sep 9, 2021 | Current News
Two people and a 4-year-old child are safe and sound after spending a night in the wilderness near Black Lake. RCMP say the three individuals ventured out on a side-by-side last Friday afternoon when they got stuck in the muskeg. The group was able to make brief phone...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2021 | Current News, MBC News
A professor at the University of Saskatchewan has been awarded a prestigious honour after decades of research on Indigenous health. Dr. Malcolm King was recently chosen to become a member of the Royal Society of Canada. The Royal Society elects members based on their...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2021 | Current News
Heritage Regina is urging City Council to consult with the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan before approving an application to demolish a building once connected to Louis Riel. The Planning Commission is recommending that the Burns Hanley Building on Cornwall Street, which...
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2021 | Current News
The Paper Excellence pulp mill in Prince Albert is given its provincial timber allocation. The mill will have the capacity of 350,000 tonnes of Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp annually, requiring approximately 1,800,000 meters-cubed of softwood fibre....
by MBC News | Sep 9, 2021 | Current News
By: Jessica Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal Following a rapid increase of COVID-19 cases on reserve, Cumberland House Cree Nation is entering a 10-day lockdown. The lockdown, beginning on Sept. 9 at noon, will mean travel into and...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2021 | Current News
Saskatchewan reported 405 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. At only 393 vaccinations, for the second day in a row more people also tested positive for the virus than were vaccinated. At 181, there are now more patients in hospital than has been the case since late...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2021 | Current News, MBC News
A 30-year-old man is dead following an incident on Moosomin First Nation. The RCMP say they responded to reports of an altercation in a home in the community early Sunday morning. When they arrived, mounties say they discovered an injured man outside the residence....
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2021 | Current News
A timber mill in Prince Albert, which is expected to create 700 new jobs in the North has received its timber allocation from the province. The proposed One Sky Forest Products Oriented Strand Board mill will have a capacity of 600 million square feet of strand board...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2021 | Current News
By: Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Albert Daily Herald Sask Polytech, which has a campus in Prince Albert, recently added a new, state-of-the-art remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) to their fleet. The new RPAS carries specialized...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2021 | Current News
Seven bears were euthanized at the Southend landfill, near the community that is around 200 kilometres northeast of La Ronge. The bears were culled by a local Government of Saskatchewan conservation officer on July 30 after contractors working at the disposal site...
