by MBC News | Mar 17, 2023
A Coroner’s Inquest looking in to the death of a 28-year-old man in August of 2020 is set to go next month in Prince Albert. Cain Wapass was found unresponsive in a cell at the RCMP detachment on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation on August 26 of 2020. Emergency medical...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2023
The Northern Village of Île-à-la-Crosse is welcoming new funding to build affordable housing. Earlier this week the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) announced a commitment of over $1 million to build eight new affordable housing units in the northern village....
by Dan Jones | Mar 16, 2023
The controversial Saskatchewan First Act passed Third Reading in the Legislature. Voting along party lines, of 40 for the SaskParty and independent Nadine Wilson and 11 for the NDP. The legislation the province claims gives Saskatchewan exclusive jurisdiction over...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2023
Two people are facing 14 separate charges each after an investigation by La Ronge RCMP. According to police earlier this month they got a report about an assault and robbery which is alleged to have happened in June of 2022. RCMP said as part of their investigation...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2023
An urban reserve near Saskatoon will be able to complete critical infrastructure and wastewater work after the English River First Nations announced a partnership agreement with the Canadian Infrastructure Bank yesterday to get work completed on the project....
by Joel Willick | Mar 15, 2023
At the 2023 Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities convention on Wednesday in Saskatoon Premier Scott Moe made announcements for increases in municipal revenue sharing along with an increase to funding to recruit doctors to rural and northern areas....
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2023
The Cowessess First Nation is getting involved in a big renewable energy project. Last week it was announced Awasis Nehiyawewini Energy Development Limited Partnership (ANEDLP), which is owned by the First Nation, had along with Innagreen Investments acquired the...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2023
The Physician Incentive Program is receiving $200,000 to help attract more family physicians to rural and northern Saskatchewan. Starting on April 1, the provincial government will offer an enhanced rural physician incentive program in an effort to attract and retain...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2023
Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S) announced last week that Darryl Bazylak will join the organization as the new Director of Education. Born and raised in Saskatoon, Bazylak is a proud Métis citizen with strong roots in the Duck Lake/Horse Lake region of the province....
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2023
RCMP in La Ronge said one man is charged with assaulting a police officer and weapons offenses in an arrest early Sunday morning. Mounties said they responded to a report of a vehicle speeding on Highway 2, eventually stopping it on Cook Crescent. It is alleged the...