by MBC News | Apr 21, 2020
Simon Nemethy has committed to play for the La Ronge Ice Wolves for the 2020-21 campaign. Nemethy, a 2001-born forward, is a product of Vanderhoof, B.C. He has spent the past two seasons in the KIJHL with the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks. “I’m a pretty fast aggressive...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2020
Health regulations brought in to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic have led to changes in the way aviators in Saskatchewan are preparing for the upcoming wildfire season. Peter Boniface is the director of air operations for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency. He says...
by MBC News | Apr 21, 2020
A Prince Albert lawyer says a new city bylaw will unnecessarily enhance police powers and lead to greater racial profiling of Indigenous people. The new proposed back alley curfew bylaw would make it a finable offence of up to $5,000 if a person were apprehended by...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2020
The Northern Village of Pinehouse is meeting its legislative obligations to process local authority freedom of information requests according to the province’s information and privacy commissioner. In his latest report, Ronald Kruzeniski says Pinehouse did a...
by MBC News | Apr 20, 2020
RCMP have arrested one of two men from the George Gordon First Nation wanted on sexual assault charges. Arrest warrants were issued on Apr. 20. Nineteen-year-old Tyrese Pratt was arrested in Regina on charges of sexual assault and sexual interference. RCMP are still...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2020
In the wake of an outbreak of COVID-19, the northern community of La Loche is implementing a new curfew. Residents can face fines of up to $100 for a first offence, and $150 for each subsequent infraction, if out between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. The...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2020
Police say two people died on Saskatchewan First Nations on the weekend. Broadview RCMP say a woman’s body was found in a residence on the Ochapowace First Nation in the early morning hours of Saturday. Police say an autopsy will be performed in Regina at an as of yet...
by MBC News | Apr 19, 2020
The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan has declared a state of emergency due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 within its communities. In a press release, the MN-S says it needs the assistance of all three levels of government to protect its 75,000 citizens in the province...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2020
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is recommending against all non-essential travel to northern Alberta. This after new cases of COVID-19 were identified at an oilsands facility north of Fort McMurray. A number of northwestern Saskatchewan residents travel between the...
by MBC News | Apr 18, 2020
The La Ronge Ice Wolves have announced that forward Jordan Mish has committed to St. Norbert College, which is an NCAA Division III hockey program in De Pere, Wisconsin. “I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be part of such a rich winning tradition and quality...