by MBC News | Feb 29, 2016
A man accused of trying to kill a Weyakwin woman was visibly limping in Prince Albert court on Monday morning. Matthew Warren Lavallee, 26, was in court for the first time on the charges of aggravated assault and attempted murder. The charges stem from an incident...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2016
A Prince Albert teen boy accused of trying to kill one of his peers is out of jail for the first time in months. The 17-year-old boy accused of attempted murder in a late December shooting can’t be named because of his age. Police say he had a gun on him when...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2016
Donny Parenteau is well-known for his way with the fiddle, but this year he’s trying his hand at another venture. The famous fiddler and country artist has announced his intentions to run for Prince Albert city council. Parenteau says he wants to help his home...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2016
A Pahkisimon Nuye-ah Library event in Buffalo Narrows in 2015. Photo courtesy Facebook. Buffalo Narrows has been named this year’s winner of the 25th annual “Readingest Community in Northern Saskatchewan.” The Pahkisimon Nuye-ah Library System in Air Ronge holds...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2016
There will be cheaper cable TV packages available across Canada on Tuesday, but residents in La Ronge and other areas will have to wait a little longer before they can opt in for the so-called “skinny cable” services. The new rules are regulated and mandated by the...
by MBC News | Feb 29, 2016
Dr. James Irvine. Right now, about 25 to 30 lab tests per week are coming back positive for influenza in Northern Saskatchewan. This flu season, which comes a few weeks later than the flu season in southern Saskatchewan, is putting pressure on health centres,...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2016
This week, an aboriginal storytelling festival in Regina is forcing people to stop to think, and one of the most controversial exhibits is by an Ontario artist. Tracey-Mae Chambers has taken more than 1,800 photos that resemble crime scenes that people are just...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2016
Northern Saskatchewan has been a hiring challenge leading into the spring provincial election. The April 4 election is about a month away, and the northern region contains many of the specific constituencies that need hundreds more people to make sure voting goes...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2016
An autopsy is scheduled for next week after a death on the Waterhen First Nation. Meadow Lake RCMP and EMS were called to a home on the reserve around 7:30 last night. Police say officers located the body of a male and believe his death is suspicious in nature....
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2016
Four people are facing various charges after police say they intercepted a shipment of drugs headed north. Yesterday officers from Prince Albert Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit conducted an operation. With help from RCMP in Beauval, Meadow Lake, Green Lake...
