by MBC News | Oct 31, 2018
An inmate who escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge on the Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation is now back in custody. RCMP say they arrested Louis Bonneau in a rural area near Macdowell, Tuesday afternoon. Police say Bonneau surrendered without incident and...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2018
Over three dozen University of Saskatchewan medical students and some family medicine residents were able to experience medical and cultural life in two northern Saskatchewan communities this past weekend. The event took place in Ile-a-la-Crosse and Buffalo Narrows on...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2018
The La Ronge Ice Wolves were searching for their third straight win on Tuesday in North Battleford, but that did not happen as the North Stars skated away with an 8-3 victory. “We were just flat, right from the start,” said Ice Wolves Assistant Coach Gaelan...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2018
Education Minister Gordon Wyant says ministry officials are working with the Northern Lights School Division on developing a strategy for teacher shortages. At the start of the year the School Division stated there was a need for approximately 14 educators for...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2018
The Pasqua First Nation is celebrating this week after band members voted Monday in favour of a $145 million government treaty settlement. The settlement has to do with an unlawful seizure of land by the Crown from Pasqua that dates back more than 100 years. Todd...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2018
RCMP say an Onion Lake First Nation man is facing weapons and drug charges, following the discharge of a firearm at a house there Sunday. Mounties say while investigating they discovered one ounce of marijuana, a scale, small baggies and cash. A loaded forearm was...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2018
The head of a national Indigenous tourism association says northern Saskatchewan entrepreneurs should not hesitate to get into the industry. Keith Henry is the president of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada. He says there may be the perception out there...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2018
The George Gordon First Nation is holding a Community Impact Assessment regarding Embridge’s Line 3 Replacement Program. The current pipeline is decommissioned and a new line is being constructed. The pipeline carries oil from Hardesy, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin...
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2018
A federal report into the deadly riot at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert in December 2016, found it was not caused by inmate frustrations over food quantity and working conditions, but rather a lack of compromise from management and inmates. “The Sask....
by MBC News | Oct 30, 2018
After strong seasons, the Cumberland House Islanders and Sandy Bay T-Wolves were knocked out of provincial competition in six-aside high school football on the weekend. Cumberland House was defeated at home 32-8 by the Hague Panthers. Drake Carriere had the lone...
