by MBC News | Jul 21, 2016 | Current News
Dene drummers at the La Loche service at the Lac St. Anne Pilgrimage. Photo courtesy Perry Herman, Facebook. Pilgrims from across the western provinces are returning home after spending a week near what are considered to be the healing waters of Lac St. Anne in...
by MBC News | Jul 21, 2016 | Current News
Construction is set to begin at the proposed fish processing plant in Ile a la Crosse on Thursday afternoon. Local leaders and stakeholders are scheduled for a sod turning event at the site of the new facility. The Ile a la Crosse Fish Company has been planning this...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2016 | Current News
RCMP have charged a 20 year-old man with second-degree murder in relation to a suspicious death in Pelican Narrows earlier this month. On July 9, 19 year-old Jordan Bedard was taken to the Pelican Narrows Health Centre where he later died. Police declared the death...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2016 | Current News
Prince Albert Penitentiary. Photo courtesy Facebook. An inmate at the federal penitentiary in Prince Albert is dead. Joseph Vincent Manitopyes, 31, was found in a state that indicated he was in medical distress by Penitentiary staff in his medium security unit cell on...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy laronge.ca According to the La Ronge Mayor Thomas Sierzycki, upgrades to the town’s water and sewage system are expected to be completed by the fall. This after funding was announced for the project last summer. Each time there is a power outage...
by MBC News | Jul 20, 2016 | Current News
Acting Police Chief Dean Rae (left) and Mayor Michael Fougere (right). Photo courtesy Manfred Joehnck. When it comes to crime, Saskatchewan leads the Nation with its two biggest cities scoring number one and two. The 2015 numbers were released this morning by the...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2016 | Current News
River Runners. Photo courtesy Staff Sergeant Dave Schluff, Prince Albert Police A Prince Albert program that brings youths with different cultural backgrounds out onto the open water, has come to an end for the summer. The Prince Albert Police’s River Runners...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2016 | Current News
Elder Mike Pinay. Photo courtesy Facebook There was a solemn pipe ceremony on Peepeekisis First Nation Tuesday morning, as members of the community marked the passing of Elder Mike Pinay. He is remembered in many ways, including his travels to discover and pass on his...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy of miningandexploration.ca The Conference Board of Canada says Saskatchewan’s young and growing Aboriginal population is on the cusp of a major opportunity for long term, high paying jobs, but only if it starts getting ready now. The Conference Board...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2016 | Current News
Photo of the victim, Candace “Arlene” Roberts. Photo courtesy Facebook. A Grandmother’s Bay woman has received a penitentiary sentence for manslaughter. Josephine Roberts had previously entered a guilty plea for killing Candace Roberts in October of...
