by MBC News | Sep 18, 2015 | Current News
A Montreal Lake man has been sentenced for a violent kidnapping that left his aunt with both physical and emotional scars. Kevin Henderson received a nine-year penitentiary sentence in Montreal Lake on Wednesday. At his sentencing hearing, the graphic details of his...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2015 | Current News
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde says Thursday night’s federal party leaders debate mostly ignored First Nations economic issues. Bellegarde says the debate was a clear opportunity for all the leaders to explain their vision and plans for closing the gap in...
by MBC News | Sep 18, 2015 | Current News
About 200 people gathered in Saskatoon Thursday night at a fundraiser for victims of this summer’s northern Saskatchewan forest fires. Fires raged in the north for much of June and July affecting a number of communities of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and Montreal...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2015 | Current News
Close to 100 people died this year from drug addiction in the Pelly-Kamsack area, according to the head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nation’s Senate. Senator Ted Quewezance made his comments during the citizen’s forum at the Treaty 4 Gathering in Fort...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2015 | Current News
Up until Thursday, the Water Security Agency was weighing its options on a controversial water diversion project near Quill Lake. The aim for the proposed project was to ease the risk that the saline Quill Lake will flood its banks during a high water year, and end up...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2015 | Current News
The first northern health conference in nearly a decade is underway in Saskatchewan. The presentations and discussions cover four health authorities in northern Saskatchewan: Athabasca, Keewatin Yatthe Regional, Mamaweetan Churchill River (MCRHA), and Northern...
by MBC News | Sep 17, 2015 | Current News
The new-look high school in La Ronge finally got to celebrate its grand opening yesterday. The newly-renovated Churchill Community High School has been in use for a year now. The improvements include a new gym, stage and theatre area, learning centre, expanded...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
The province is putting its weight behind a project focused on First Nations and Metis students. Last year six schools piloted a program called “Following Their Voices” that follows recommendations made by FSIN through the Joint Task Force on Improving...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
Conservation officers in La Ronge have finally captured and relocated a nuisance bear that has been seen in the community’s downtown area in recent weeks. The two-year-old female was tranquilized Tuesday night after being spotted up a tree near a trap that had...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2015 | Current News
The Water Security Agency says no decision has been made on a water diversion project near Quill Lake, and there has been plenty of consultation with First Nations. Patrick Boyle, spokesman for the Water Security Agency (WSA), was responding to a news release issued...
