by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021 | Current News
“If I ever got a chance to speak to the Biden administration, I would plead my case,” said Nekaneet First Nation Chief Alvin Francis, president of Natural Law Energy (NLE). That “case” would be the value in continuing the United States’ portion of the 1,897-kilometre...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021 | Current News
UPDATE – RCMP say Lennie Oneeye was taken into custody at a residence in Turnor Lake on Saturday. He was scheduled to appear in Buffalo Narrows court on Monday morning....
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021 | Current News
A video tribute marks the fifth anniversary of the La Loche shootings. Jan. 22, 2016 will forever be remembered in that Dayne and Drayden Fontaine, Marie Janvier and Adam Wood were killed and seven others injured. The video was put together by the Dene High School to...
by MBC News | Jan 21, 2021 | Current News
A Saskatoon-based Indigenous entertainer is about to launch a series of virtual workshops that will teach northern Saskatchewan youth the ins and outs of theatre, stand up and sketch comedy. Dakota Ray Hebert will be doing the workshops with her husband Dylan Jay...
by MBC News | Jan 21, 2021 | Current News
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is reporting 699 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities. The far northeast is again reporting the most active cases with 235. The far northwest has the second number of cases with 197 and the northeast region...
by MBC News | Jan 21, 2021 | Current News
RCMP in Onion Lake are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing woman. 22-year-old Kayla Brannan Carter from the Onion Lake Cree Nation is described as being 5’4” tall and weighs approximately 200 lbs, with brown eyes and black hair. She has the word...
by MBC News | Jan 20, 2021 | Current News
A woman from the Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation says she feels very fortunate to have escaped a serious head on collision in Saskatoon last week with no more than a few broken bones and some bruising. Nicole Gamble and her husband Hilary were travelling northbound...
by MBC News | Jan 20, 2021 | Current News
The head of Saskatchewan’s John Howard Society says he is disappointed Premier Scott Moe has chosen to play politics with the issue of releasing inmates on remand. Prisoners on remand are those serving time in correctional facilities who are accused but not convicted...
by MBC News | Jan 20, 2021 | Current News
The Prince Albert YWCA is getting some support from the community. Wednesday afternoon at Parkland Ambulance the YWCA received a large donation of clothes, blankets and other items. The items were collected as part of the annual Wrapped Up for the Holidays campaign....
by MBC News | Jan 20, 2021 | Current News
Ile a la Crosse RCMP are investigating a shooting in that community, in which a 36-year-old man sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg. Mounties say officers were called to the local hospital Tuesday evening and determined that the victim was shot...
