by MBC News | Jan 15, 2019
Meadow Lake’s Roddy Ross started the 2018-19 season in the AJHL with the Camrose Kodiaks, but at the start of January, the 18-year-old goaltender signed with the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds. “At the start of the season, it wasn’t really a goal for me to go to the WHL,”...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
A five-year-old boy is recovering from serious, but non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a bullet during a home shooting on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve Sunday evening. RCMP say the home had been shot at multiple times with the suspects fleeing...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
A provincial Indigenous organization says resource mining companies in Saskatchewan need to take a different approach with Aboriginal stakeholders if they want their projects to move forward. John Hanikenne is the president of the Coalition of Indigenous Peoples of...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
An initiative in grain farming on the Cowessess First Nation is designed to create more than just new job opportunities. Cowessess, which is located approximately 200 kilometers east of Regina, has over 100,000 acres of land and the project will start with utilizing...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
Saskatchewan’s Child and Youth Advocate says he unequivocally supports First Nations reclaiming complete control of their own child welfare system. “I believe that we as First Nations people have the education, knowledge, skills and abilities to love, care for, and...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
The effort to establish the number of woodland caribou living in northern Saskatchewan continues this winter and part of that effort is an aerial survey. The flights involve fixed-wing aircraft, as well as helicopters and began in the La Ronge area last week. The...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2019
The La Ronge Ice Wolves closed out their weekend with a 5-2 setback at home Saturday versus the Kindersley Klippers. “Real happy with tonight and the weekend — from the effort level for the guys,” said Ice Wolves Head Coach and GM Evan Vossen. “There’s two tough...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2019
The La Ronge Ice Wolves kicked off their weekend with a 3-2 victory on home ice Friday against the Kindersley Klippers. “A lot of things I think were going right for us out there,” said Ice Wolves Assistant Coach Gaelan Patterson. “I think that the boys competed for...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2019
Many Northern communities in Saskatchewan rely heavily on air transportation for basic needs. Saskatchewan-born Daniella Petitti realized that she could use her passion for flying to help communities that depend on planes for supplies and food. Before she began her...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2019
It appears an ongoing dispute over who actually won the 2017 Fond du Lac Dene Nation election for chief isn’t over just yet. Louis Mercredi defeated Kevin Mercredi by only two votes in the September election. Kevin Mercredi proceeded to challenge the results saying...
