by MBC News | May 19, 2020 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
A long-time hockey official in northern Saskatchewan has been honoured. La Ronge’s Bruce Skilliter has earned the Saskatchewan Hockey Association’s Most Deserving Official award for Zone 8. “It’s just pretty nice to be recognized after all of those years of...
by MBC News | May 19, 2020 | Current News
The Whitecap Dakota First Nation volunteer fire department was on the scene of a residential fire Monday evening. A neighbour had already alerted residents and helped them evacuate by the time the firefighters arrived. The Saskatoon Fire Department also provided some...
by MBC News | May 19, 2020 | Current News
RCMP have laid murder charges in the October 2019 death of a Battlefords man. Twenty-seven-year-old Ryan Gatzke died as a result of injuries sustained at a residence in the 100 block of 26th Street West in the Battlefords. Twenty-five-year-old Jacob Joseph Ballantyne...
by MBC News | May 19, 2020 | Current News
RCMP say they are investigating the death of a North Battleford man as a homicide. Twenty-year-old Damian Moosomin had been missing since late April. Officers say his body was discovered in a backyard in the 1500 block of 105th Street of the city on Saturday. An...
by MBC News | May 19, 2020 | Current News
A former chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is looking to regain the role in this year’s election. Tom J. McKenzie is one of six candidates campaigning to be the band’s next leader. He served as chief of the First Nation from 1983-1985. McKenzie said his main goal...
by MBC News | May 16, 2020 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has declared the COVID-19 outbreak at the La Loche longterm care facility as over. In a press release, SHA medical health officer Dr. Rim Zayed says a 28-day period has passed without a new positive case of coronavirus at the...
by MBC News | May 15, 2020 | Current News
Prince Albert police say a five-year-old girl who was one of the victims in a brutal attack that left three others dead in late March, continues to recover in a Saskatoon hospital. The girl’s seven-year-old brother Bentlee and grandparents Denis Carrier and Sandra...
by MBC News | May 15, 2020 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says high-risk members of the James Smith Cree Nation are being evacuated due to an uncontrolled wildfire burning in the Fort a la Corne area. SPSA says the fire is currently about 5,300 hectares in size and the James Smith...
by MBC News | May 15, 2020 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
Golf enthusiasts can swing the sticks today. Saskatchewan is allowing golf courses to open today during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are heading to the links you will notice several changes though. Some of the modifications to the sport include tee times being at...
by MBC News | May 14, 2020 | Current News
UPDATE – The Saskatchewan Health Authority says the first presumptive case of COVID-19 in La Ronge has been confirmed as negative. An SHA press release says this is the new official result from the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory. The release also says no...
