by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017
The Indigenous Youth Leaders with Senators. Photo Facebook, Christopher Tait. This week, La Ronge’s Modeste McKenzie was among nine young Indigenous adults speaking to the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples in Ottawa. The “Indigenous Youth Leaders” from across...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck Hundreds of people gathered in North Central Regina this morning to take part in the 10th annual smudge walk. The first one was held in 2008 in response to an article in Maclean’s magazine that labeled the neighbourhood the worst in...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017
Black Lake. Photo courtesy of cameconorth.com With graduation ceremonies starting today, the community of Black Lake is issuing a warning to bootleggers. Black Lake Chief, Coreen Sayazie, says the community has zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol, and will do what it...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2017
Saskatchewan Penitentiary. File photo. An inmate has been charged after the death of another inmate at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert this week. RCMP say 28-year-old Tyler Vandewater has been charged with one count of second-degree murder. It follows...
by MBC News | Jun 8, 2017
Students and staff at the Sturgeon Lake Central School shake hands with each other and government officials at the funding announcement. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Sturgeon Lake Central School was the site of a Thursday funding announcement where the government of...
by MBC News | Jun 8, 2017
Meadow Lake Provincial Court. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. More charges have been laid in connection to a traffic stop in Meadow Lake on Wednesday morning, where four people were arrested and detained. Thirty-year-old Gerald Sinclair faces 10 charges, including...
by MBC News | Jun 8, 2017
File photo One man is facing numerous charges in connection to multiple assaults and break-ins in Denare Beach. Josh Paul, 27, of Flin Flon, faces several charges, including attempted murder, robbery, break and enter, assault causing bodily harm and assaulting a peace...
by MBC News | Jun 8, 2017
Drummers at the U of S spring convocation. Photo courtesy @usask, Twitter. There was an impressive Indigenous presence at the week-long University of Saskatchewan’s spring convocation ceremonies, which wrapped up on Thursday. With 383 Indigenous students taking...
by MBC News | Jun 8, 2017
Photo courtesy of Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission The northern community of Pinehouse gave its unqualified and enthusiastic support today to AREVA’s application for a 12-year licence renewal for its McClean Lake operation. The current eight-year licence expires at...
by MBC News | Jun 8, 2017
Elder Paul Sylvestre speaks at the hearing on Wednesday. Stillshot from http://nuclearsafety.gc.ca/ A two-day nuclear safety hearing is underway in La Ronge, with AREVA Resources seeking to renew its uranium operating licence at its McClean Lake site for the next 12...
