by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Andrew James Cyr. Photo courtesy of RCMP. Punnichy RCMP are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man who has an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Twenty-four-year-old Andrew James Cyr is facing several charges, including assaulting a police officer,...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Walkers on Ahtahkakoop on Aug. 31. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Ahtahkakoop’s 3rd Annual Walk a Mile in her Shoes event took on a lot more symbolism this year as the community hung red dresses along the finish line as men donning red heels completed their walk. In the...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Fire near Jan Lake. Photo courtesy of Vanessa Lynn Linklater McCallum. Despite a mandatory evacuation, over 1,000 people are staying behind in Pelican Narrows, willing to take their chances with heavy smoke and encroaching flames from three nearby forest fires....
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Kimberley Michelle Beatty. Photo courtesy of Facebook. A group of walkers that left Prince Albert last week arrived in La Ronge Wednesday afternoon. The walk was organized by Kimberley Michelle Beatty to raise awareness about things like depression and suicide...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2017
Sandy Bay. Photo courtesy of Tourism Saskatchewan. There is a little bit of good news as firefighters battle three large wildfires in the Pelican Narrows region. There is a 60 per cent chance of showers today, cooler temperatures for tomorrow and a 60 per cent chance...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
The fire in view on Aug. 29. Photo courtesy Facebook, Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. *UPDATE – Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Vice Chief Harold Linklater is strongly urging everyone to leave Pelican Narrows. In a notice posted on Facebook shortly before 5 p.m.,...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
“Excellent collaboration with the Besnard Correctional Center,” Vince Natomagan wrote to accompany this photo on his Twitter. Besnard Lake Correctional inmates are taking part in an addictions recovery camp by Pinehouse Lake. The Recovery Lake camp has done four...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
Marlene Bird is wheeled out of court by her partner Patrick Lavallee on Aug. 30. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski The man who tried to kill Marlene Bird in Prince Albert will not be receiving a dangerous offender designation. Leslie Black is responsible for the brutal...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Department of Highways About half the residents of Pelican Narrows have been evacuated from the community because of the threat of forest fires and heavy smoke, but the remaining residents are sitting tight, waiting for breaks in the...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
Creighton to Pelican Narrows Junction on Aug. 28. Photo courtesy of Facebook. Road closures continue in parts of northeastern Saskatchewan and a special air quality statement has also been issued. The closures include Highway 106 from the junction of Highway 135 to...
