by MBC News | Jan 19, 2017 | Current News
Big Island Lake Cree Nation. Photo courtesy Facebook. Two people are scheduled to appear in court today after yesterday’s disturbance at a home on the Big Island Lake Cree Nation. Around 5:00 am yesterday, Pierceland RCMP were sent to a possible firearms...
by MBC News | Jan 18, 2017 | Current News
Big Island Lake Cree Nation. Photo courtesy Facebook, Lyle George. Pierceland RCMP are saying a confrontation on Big Island Lake Cree Nation ended “without incident” on Wednesday afternoon after a number of people were taken into custody. That morning, the school was...
by MBC News | Jan 18, 2017 | Current News
File photo Four people were scheduled to appear in court this morning after a drug bust Monday in Buffalo Narrows. RCMP say the Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at a home in the community. Police say they found various drug paraphernalia, cash and...
by MBC News | Jan 18, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of cameco.com A lobby group representing northern Saskatchewan municipalities says the Cameco decision to reduce its workforce by about 10 per cent, or 120 workers, will have a long-lasting and far-reaching impact on the North. The Chair of New North,...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2017 | Current News
McArthur River mine. Photo courtesy of cameco.com. Cameco is planning to reduce its workforce at the McArthur River, Key Lake and Cigar Lake operations by about 10 per cent in the coming months, affecting 120 employees in total. The company says the reduction is...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2017 | Current News
The Treaty Relations Forum in Prince Albert. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. High school students from across Prince Albert Grand Council territory are getting a treaty education this week. Schools in Sturgeon Lake, Black Lake, Lac La Ronge, James Smith, and Montreal Lake...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2017 | Current News
Randy Hoback’s Constituency Office. Photo courtesy of Chelsea Laskowski. The Opposition critic for Canada-U.S. relations has some serious concerns about Canada’s ability to negotiate with incoming President Donald Trump. Randy Hoback says thousands of jobs are...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of jamessmithcreenation.com The James Smith Cree Nation is hosting its first ever pride dance. It is being organized by band councillor, Stephanie Constant and the James Smith Youth Action Council. Constant says there are so many gay and lesbian youth...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2017 | Current News
Northern Village of Buffalo Narrows. Photo courtesy of kayas.ca. Two people have been taken into custody following an incident in Buffalo Narrows that temporarily led to some evacuations and traffic detours in the northern village. Over the noon hour, RCMP asked the...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2017 | Current News
Candace Moostoos is escorted from Melfort Court of Queen’s Bench on Jan. 16, 2017. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Candace Gail Moostoos has received a seven-year sentence for the early 2015 stabbing death of Alpheus Burns. The sentence was delivered Monday morning by...
