by MBC News | Jun 28, 2021 | Current News
The La Ronge Ice Wolves have a new assistant coach and associative general manager. The team announced Monday morning they had hired Kyle Schneider. Schneider, who is from Prince Albert, was a member of the Ice Wolves in 2020. He also had stints with the Melfort...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2021 | Current News
The Treaty 6 flag will fly at the La Ronge town office after a motion was unanimously passed by council. The letter requesting the flag be flown was sent by community members Samuel Hardlotte and Hope Fietz-Hardlotte, and was decided on during a regular council...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2021 | Current News
A La Ronge author won her third Saskatchewan Book Award for her novel. Miriam Körner, originally from Germany but has lived in the La Ronge area for about 19 years, won in the Young Adult Award category for her novel, Qaqavii. This is the third time Körner has won a...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2021 | Current News
Canada’s nuclear regulator has renewed Cameco’s licence to continue to operate the Cigar Lake Mine. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission held virtual hearings in April, as submissions were given by more than 30 presenters. The Commission concluded that Cameco is...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2021 | Current News
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix A northern Saskatchewan mine that was abandoned decades ago has inched closer toward cleanup. The provincial government has tapped SNC-Lavalin to draft a plan for the idle mine near Creighton in...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2021 | Current News
The results of the Clearwater River Dene Nation election are in. Electoral Officer Gordon Alger told MBC Teddy Clark won the race for chief, receiving 544 votes. Clark finished ahead of Jim Lemaigre, the only other person in the race, who finished with 437 votes. Five...
by Dan Jones | Jun 25, 2021 | Current News
A new food resource has launched in Turnor Lake and Birch Narrows. The Community Food Centre, the first in northern Saskatchewan teaches people how to grow, prepare and cook food. “We are teaching many cultural aspects in our community. We are bringing the culture...
by Dan Jones | Jun 24, 2021 | Current News
(Screenshot of the search site for unmarked graves at Marieval residential school.) It is considered one of the largest unmarked burials at a Canadian residential school, as the Cowessess First Nation says ground-penetrating radar has detected 751 unmarked graves at...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2021 | Current News
A member of the Prince Albert Police Service is facing criminal charges after an incident this past April. Constable Darcy Bear, who according to police is a 16 year member of the service, is charged with unlawfully being in a dwelling house. Police said the charges...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2021 | Current News
RCMP say a 26-year-old woman from the Mistawasis First Nation and two teens have been charged after an armed robbery in the Rural Municipality of Shellbrook on Saturday. Police say four suspects entered the property in the early morning hours making off with firearms,...
