by MBC News | Aug 28, 2019 | Current News
Several Facebook posts by family members list Lucien Silverquill as the person fatally shot by RCMP during a confrontation Tuesday afternoon on the Fishing Lake First Nation. At approximately 1:30 PM two officers from the Wadena detachment were called to a home on...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
The hockey season is almost upon us and the La Ronge Ice Wolves are slated to open training camp on Thursday evening with fitness testing and registration at the JRMCC. The Ice Wolves are expecting around 80 players to take part in camp this year. “We got the kids...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2019 | Current News
RCMP report a Fishing Lake First Nation man is dead following an officer-involved shooting on the reserve Tuesday. Mounties said that two officers from the Wadena detachment were called to a home on there Tuesday afternoon on a disturbance complaint and that a man was...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2019 | Current News
Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation will soon be launching three new companies that will create jobs in the area. The First Nation plans to open a gas bar and convenience store, security company and construction company. “It will further enhance our...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2019 | Current News
A long-term northern Saskatchewan educator is the newest CEO at Northlands College in La Ronge. Guy Penney was appointed to the position earlier this week. He says he came out to this part of the province, as a teacher from Newfoundland, almost 27 years ago and just...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2019 | Current News
After seeing suicide take family and friends, Kimberly Beatty decided to raise awareness by walking from Prince Albert to La Ronge. Beatty said her step father took his own life five years ago along with other people she knew. This is the third year for the walk,...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2019 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
The results are in from the 25th annual Eagle Point Canoe Classic, which took place in La Ronge over the weekend. In the 7-kilometre race, the team of Dan Beveridge from Saskatoon and Reuben Maan of Toronto took first place. In the 18-kilometre event, Regina’s...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2019 | Current News
A northern aviator is in support of the recent efforts by the Fond du Lac First Nation to expand and widen that community’s runway. “We believe it’s important for the community to have effective air transportation. And if these improvements were made, it would be an...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Police are searching for a 29-year-old Regina man, facing a charge of manslaughter in the 2017 death of his infant son. Catlin Wade Goodwill is wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant. He is described as Indigenous, 5’9” tall, weighing approximately 200 lbs., with a...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2019 | Current News
Enhancing northern and Indigenous opportunities is a focus of expansion for the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has developed what it calls an Indigenous Engagement Charter, aimed at helping First Nations people integrate into the workforce and for...
