by MBC News | Apr 2, 2020
The provincial government will not be releasing the location of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases. When the novel coronavirus was first detected in the province, health officials initially divulged this information, but recently stopped prompting calls from First Nations...
by MBC News | Apr 2, 2020
A Northern First Nation wants the provincial government should close down liquor sales, to further protect from the coronavirus. Chief and Council of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation says with the closure of bars and nightclubs, there has been an increase in house...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2020
A 28-year-old Prince Albert man has been charged with the murders of both of his parents and son. The bodies of Denis Carrier and Sandra Henry, both 56, and seven-year-old Bentlee were found by police in the 300 block of MacArthur Drive in the city on Sunday...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2020
A third person in the province has died due to complications of COVID-19. Health officials said Wednesday it was a person in their 80’s. No other details have been released. Nine new confirmed cases were reported Wednesday, bringing the total to 193. Currently, 24...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2020
The man accused of killing three people in Prince Albert this weekend was scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday morning. Twenty-eight-year-old Nathaniel Kenneth Carrier is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2020
The province is not discouraging First Nations from establishing roadside checkpoints into their communities, during the COVID-19 pandemic. First Nations are stopping vehicles to ask questions about traveling. “We do not take issue with these actions as First Nations...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2020
Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson says there are no known cases of COVID-19 in its communities and the First Nation would like to keep it that way. On Monday, LLRIB passed an emergency measures bylaw restricting access to each of its communities to...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2020
A male has been taken into custody in relation to a triple-homicide in Prince Albert on the weekend. Prince Albert police are releasing few details other than the suspect and victims were known to each other. Police have also released the names of the victims as Denis...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2020
Morning Star Lodge and Dr. Carrie Bourassa, the scientific director at the national Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health have created a strategy to keep Indigenous communities informed about COVID-19. The strategy includes fact sheets and a series of...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2020
Eight new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Tuesday bringing the total 184. 90 cases are located in Saskatoon, 39 from Regina, 37 from the north and three from the far north. Four people are currently in hospital, with three receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon. One...
