by MBC News | Aug 23, 2018
Saskatchewan’s NDP Opposition says the province’s workers’ compensation legislation needs to be changed to accommodate victims like Charlene Klyne. Klyne was seriously injured in a shooting at La Loche’s Dene Nation High School two years ago and hasn’t been able to...
by MBC News | Aug 23, 2018
The Town of La Ronge is moving ahead with a plan to increase the number of RCMP officers in the community. A proposal has been finalized that would see three more Mounties hired, with the town paying for 70 per cent of the cost and the Saskatchewan government covering...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2018
Regina Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing child. Authorities say 12-year-old Dylan James Lonechild was last seen on the 3200 block of Dewdney Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Lonechild is described as Indigenous, standing 5’8”, weighing approximately...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2018
All of this week, the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is hosting community meetings to gather ideas from the membership on shaping the Election Act. “The purpose of the amendments to ensure there is consistency between the Election Act and any other regulations, codes or...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2018
Saskatchewan’s ombudsman has opted not to make recommendations in the case of Charlene Klyne. Klyne was severely injured after being shot by a lone gunman at the La Loche Dene High School in 2016. She had appealed to the ombudsman earlier this year to investigate...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2018
Female hockey players from northern Saskatchewan are getting a chance to learn from the best this week at a camp in Prince Albert. The camp, for hockey players ages nine to 17, was led by Canadian Olympians Carla MacLeod and Emily Clark on Tuesday. Clark, who was a...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2018
Saskatchewan firefighters are doing their part in battling blazes all over B.C. this summer. A group of 31 firefighters returned to the province Tuesday afternoon after spending the last two weeks on the B.C. front lines. Lee-Ann McTaggart, who works out of the Prince...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2018
UPDATE: The trustees of the Treaty 8 Agriculture Benefit Settlement for the Fond-du-Lac First Nation are clarifying that they are proceeding with per capita payouts to their members and will seek to obtain proper insurance to ensure these payments are made. An August...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2018
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is going to four communities this week, consulting on the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park Draft Management Plan. The meetings starting Thursday in Stanley Mission, La Ronge, Grandmother’s Bay and Sucker River are for communities, which will...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2018
Northern Saskatchewan’s seasonal workers are not included in a national pilot program to extend unemployment insurance. Thirteen regions, mainly in eastern Canada, will see benefits lengthened five weeks. New North CEO Matt Healy says the additional coverage would...
