by MBC News | Feb 24, 2017
Makwa Sahgaiehcan Chief Richard Ben. Photo from Facebook. Richard Ben is still the chief of the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation — but it was a close election result yesterday. The official results haven’t been made available, but the chief electoral...
by MBC News | Feb 24, 2017
File photo A Prince Albert prosecutor is mulling over launching an appeal after a teen was sentenced for shooting another boy in the face last January. The offender was initially charged with attempted murder but the plea was later reduced to aggravated assault. He...
by MBC News | Feb 24, 2017
People from all walks of life have submitted videos to the We Matter video campaign. Photo courtesy We Matter, Facebook. The We Matter campaign for Indigenous Youth is hitting the road, with plans to hold workshops in northern Saskatchewan in mid-March. Northwest...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
Aaron Peck holds one of his dogs after the race. Photo courtesy of Braden Malsbury. Aaron Peck of Grande Prairie, Alberta is the winner of the 2017 Canadian Challenge 12-dog Sled Dog Race. He crossed the finish line shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday in La Ronge, meaning...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
Ministers Bronwyn Eyre, Donna Harpauer, Tina Beaudry-Mellor, Jim Reiter, Don Morgan, Gordon Wyant, and La Loche Mayor Robert St. Pierre. Photo courtesy Village of La Loche, Facebook. High-level provincial representatives returned to La Loche this week, meeting with...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde and Cindy Blackstock. Photo courtesy of AFN. The Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society have launched a new push to get the federal government to comply with a Human Rights Tribunal ruling on the care...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
Marcel Marin. Photo courtesy of Facebook. Marcel Marin of Yellowknife/Saint James came across the line in La Ronge first in the eight-dog event of the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race. Anna Bolvin of Porcupine Plain, SK finished in second, while Jillian Lawton of...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
Photo courtesy of Facebook. In the mid-2000’s, the North Central Minor Hockey League started in Saskatchewan, but the league ended up folding in 2010. The league started up again at the beginning of this current hockey season. “This summer, I bounced the word...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
File photo. A suspended band councillor from Key First Nation facing drug charges has been approved for electronic monitoring and released on $1,000 bail. Clarence Papequash, 64, was in Yorkton court on Wednesday to seek bail on 10 charges: five for drug possession...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
Murder victim Mark Clarence Michel. Photo courtesy Facebook. Investigators are revealing the identity of a Pelican Narrows murder victim. Mark Clarence Michel, 16, died around 1 a.m. on Tuesday of “what appeared to be gunshot wounds,” an RCMP news release states....
