by MBC News | Dec 15, 2020
Former Prince Albert police deputy chief Jason Stonechild has taken on a major role with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. The FSIN announced in a press release Tuesday afternoon that Stonechild has been appointed as executive director of justice and...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2020
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s three commissioners say its calls to action are at a critical juncture. It’s been five years since the TRC’s final report was released and Senator Murray Sinclair, Chief Wilton Littlechild and Dr. Marie Wilson met Tuesday...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2020
Three Indigenous grandmothers are the subjects of a new YouTube series called Kohkom. The series is the creation of playwright Curtis Peeteetuce. In it, Donna Lynn Lerat, Gloria Myo and Donna Merasty learn acting skills, play parts and tell their own personal stories....
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2020
Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger said he and two other immediate family members recently tested positive for COVID-19. “We, of course, were quite stunned by the announcement. We had no idea where we could possibly get COVID-19 from. It just didn’t make any sense,”...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2020
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is reporting 333 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities. 10 people are currently in hospital and 648 recoveries are being reported. The far northeast is reporting the most active cases of the virus with 136....
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2020
The deputy warden at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert is not sure how the COVID-19 virus got in to the facility. Lee Anne Skene said Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is working to find out how 24 inmates in the medium security unit contracted the...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2020
It may be a blue Christmas without you, as the province is instituting further public health measures as it tries to reduce the high rates of COVID-19 cases. Effective Thursday, private, indoor gatherings will be limited to immediate household members only. This may...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2020
Correctional Service Canada is reporting a large number of inmates at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert have tested positive for COVID-19. In a media release posted to the organization’s website, CSC said 24 inmates at the facility have tested positive...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2020
A 20-year-old man convicted of manslaughter in the fatal 2017 beating of La Ronge restaurant owner Simon Grant was back in court last week. In 2019, he pleaded guilty to the charge and was given an adult sentence of nine years in a federal penitentiary. The man, who...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2020
Cameco’s Cigar Lake operation is being temporarily suspended citing increased risk of COVID-19 in Northern Saskatchewan. “We have had six positive tests at our northern operations in recent weeks, including three at Cigar Lake,” said President and CEO Tim Gizel. “One...
