UPDATE: RCMP investigating fatal hunting accident

UPDATE: RCMP investigating fatal hunting accident

An autopsy will be done this week in Saskatoon after a hunting accident which took the life of a 23-year-old man from Prince Albert. RCMP say the incident happened Saturday evening in a rural field 10 kilometers south of Weirdale. Police say two men from Prince Albert...
PBCN seeks clothing donations for remaining evacuees

PBCN seeks clothing donations for remaining evacuees

Photo courtesy of peterballantyne.ca Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is asking for clothing donations for those still evacuated because of wildfires. Over 700 people remain evacuated from Pelican Narrows and area because of smoke. Many of the evacuees were able to return...
Provincial government tight-lipped about Tazi Twe

Provincial government tight-lipped about Tazi Twe

Photo courtesy of Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency The provincial government is being tight-lipped about Tazi Twe. The future of the $630 million hydro-electric project near Black Lake is in doubt. SaskPower’s Board of Directors has weighed in, but no one is...
Highways to Pelican Narrows and Creighton re-opened

Highways to Pelican Narrows and Creighton re-opened

An update from Saskatchewan Highways on road restrictions in northeast Saskatchewan: Highway 106 (also known at the Hanson Lake Road) and Highway 135 (with access to Pelican Narrows and Sandy Bay) are now open to general traffic.  This includes access to Jan Lake,...

UPDATE: RCMP search for missing Stanley Mission man

Photo provided by the RCMP UPDATE: RCMP say Thomas Ballantyne has been located. RCMP is seeking any information on the whereabouts of a Stanley Mission man who hasn’t been seen for nearly a week. 26 year-old Thomas Ballantyne was last seen at a home in Stanley...