by MBC News | Aug 30, 2019
The La Ronge Ice Wolves kicked off training camp on Thursday evening at the JRMCC with registration and some fitness testing. Around 80 players are at camp this year, looking to earn a spot on the roster. Ryan Baker is a 19-year-old goalie from Calgary, AB. Baker, who...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2019
A new University of Saskatchewan bachelor of education program starts next week in Cumberland House. The Cree Teacher Education Program (CTEP), which specializes in the teaching areas of Cree language instruction and Indigenous studies, will be held at Charlebois...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2019
Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde has only a few words of advice to Indigenous people with a federal election on the horizon this fall – “get out and vote.” Bellegarde says First Nations voters have the ability to sway a number of seats in the election...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2019
A massive 31.5 foot permanent structure of a teepee will be unveiled at the intersection of what is known as Four Directions on the Onion Lake Cree Nation Tuesday. A group of citizens started this project two and half years ago as a way of addressing parental...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2019
More than 100 people braved the rainy weather Wednesday to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Treaty 6 Adhesion. The Lac La Ronge Indian Band and Montreal Lake Cree Nation signed on to the agreement with the Crown in February 1889. Peter Ballanyne Cree Nation...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2019
A 16-year-old amputee from Wollaston Lake says he hopes to inspire others with his music. Dillon Gazandlare was born with a below-elbow amputation, but he has not let that stop him from playing instruments. Gazandlare does not have a prosthetic, but has built an...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2019
RCMP said they had to dispose of a bear in La Loche, which was roaming in a residents backyard. An RCMP spokesperson said the bear was attracted to the smell of people cleaning fish and not properly discarding the remains in the northern Saskatchewan community....
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2019
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
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
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...
