by MBC News | Mar 26, 2018
Husky Energy is facing charges in connection to the 2016 oil spill into the North Saskatchewan River. Husky’s pipeline failed in July of that year, which leaked oil into the river for several hours before being shut down. Many communities downstream were greatly...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2018
After many years of work, the Lac La Ronge Indian Band hosted an event to recognize role models from the community on Saturday night at the JRMCC. The award recipients of the Proud to be Woodland Cree event were divided into youth, community and career categories and...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2018
It has been nearly two months since over 800 people were left without work at Cameco’s Key Lake mine and McArthur River operations. After a downturn in the uranium market, Cameco announced they would be temporarily halting the northern operations. Over 800...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2018
Speaker and performer, Robb Nash, travelled to Black Lake on Friday to reach out to youth on the topics of combatting depression and suicide prevention. Students and members of the community gathered in the gymnasium of the Father Porte Memorial School to hear Nash...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2018
A 15-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of La Ronge restaurant owner Simon Grant has been given the maximum youth sentence of three years in custody. The youth, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was scheduled to...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2018
“They are trying to make money off the death of my nephew.” Those were the comments by Alvin Baptiste in response to a book deal that is currently being pitched by representatives of Gerald Stanley. Last month, Stanley was acquitted in the shooting death of...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2018
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies has begun a partnership with the City of Saskatoon to create better opportunities for Indigenous students and workers. The two groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the matter in Saskatoon Friday morning. SIIT...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2018
A new children’s book currently being distributed across northern Saskatchewan will be published in three Aboriginal languages common in the north. The book Are You Hungry? is by author Calyn Stange, a Metis dietitian with the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2018
Prince Albert police are reporting three incidents of youth in the city being approached by suspicious vehicles in recent weeks. The first incident took place just after 8 p.m. on March 12 in the 3000 Block of 6th Avenue East. Police say the male, described as a white...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2018
Two Metis women have been appointed as Provincial Court judges in Saskatchewan. On Friday morning, the government announced the appointments of Mary McCauley and Natasha Crooks. Judge McCauley will serve at Provincial Court in La Ronge while Judge Crooks will serve in...
