by MBC News | Aug 16, 2024 | Current News
(Photo: Saskatchewan Health Authority Facebook page) Leaders gather to celebrate the opening of the new Battlefords Treatment Centre in North Battleford. Many guests and dignitaries were present for the event, including Indigenous leaders, Mental Health and Addictions...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2024 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency is providing updates as two wildfires burn near communities in northern Saskatchewan. Sandy Bay was evacuated this week as the Flanagan Fire approaches the community. The SPSA says the fire is within 10 kilometres of the community...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2024 | Current News
With construction of the new cabins complete, the camp near Pinehouse now has 15 permanent inpatient addictions treatment spaces, up from 12 temporary spaces. The 15 new spaces are part of the provincial government’s commitment to add 500 addictions spaces...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2024 | Current News
Piwapan Women’s shelter in La Ronge has secured funding from the federal government and National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Incorporated (NICHI) through a grant. The grant is intended to address the need for safe and affordable urban, rural and northern...
by Jenna Smith | Aug 15, 2024 | Current News
(Photo: Indigenous Services Canada) Muskoday First Nation is celebrating the opening of a new water treatment plant in their community. The new facility will provide a safe and reliable water supply to all homes on reserve, as well as to community buildings such as...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2024 | Current News
The RCMP have confirmed reports of a bear mace incident at the Tony Cote Summer Games in La Ronge. Several social media accounts posted about the incident Wednesday evening. In a media release sent to MBC News on Thursday morning, the RCMP says they received reports...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2024 | Current News
(Photo: Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Inc Facebook page) Battlefords RCMP say officers were participating in a parade for the Northwest Territorial Days in North Battleford yesterday. Officers were heading up the parade in a marked police vehicle and while the...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2024 | Current News
(Photo: Thomas had CTV News follow her during her 50 km run through Saskatoon) By NC Raine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Over the weekend, Rhonda Thomas set out on sunny Saturday morning run. But she didn’t choose one of Saskatoon’s many popular running...
by Joel Willick | Aug 14, 2024 | Current News
The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is calling on both the Government of Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan to reject a uranium mine project in northern Saskatchewan. The MN-S says the planned PLS Uranium Mine by Fission Uranium Corp on Patterson Lake has the potential...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2024 | Current News
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is calling on the province to do more to protect Sandy Bay. Chief Peter Beatty says the Flanagan Fire has forced the evacuation of the community. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has not said how many of the 18-hundred residents...
