by MBC News | Jun 18, 2021 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council has announced plans to build a new shelter for Indigenous women and girls fleeing domestic violence and abuse. The 10-room facility will have a total of 25 beds. It will provide culture-based healing and support services. PAGC will use...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2021 | Current News
La Ronge town council held a ‘special meeting’ Thursday to discuss a press release that came out the day before, cancelling all Canada Day celebrations in the region. During the meeting, mayor Colin Ratushniak explained an email was sent out to council members Tuesday...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2021 | Current News
The English River First Nation is now in a 48-hour lockdown. Nine cases of COVID-19 have been detected in that community. The First Nation’s Emergency Management COVID Response Team said that “one or more of those results are a Variant of Concern.” The lockdown was...
by MBC News | Jun 17, 2021 | Current News
A Saskatchewan woman is hoping to set the record straight on the dark legacy of the residential school system by making the long journey from Prince Albert to Ottawa on foot. Patricia Ballantyne began her walk earlier this month and hopes to reach the nation’s capital...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2021 | Current News
La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have decided to cancel Canada Day celebrations in the area. The decision was made to honour the memory of the 215 children whose remains were recently found at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops,...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2021 | Current News
La Loche RCMP have issued an arrest warrant for a 31-year-old man wanted on an assault charge. Mounties say the alleged incident happened in the northern village on Sunday. Earl Lemaigre is charged with aggravated assault and uttering threats. He is described as 6’2”...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2021 | Current News
An Ahtahkakoop First Nation man is charged with second-degree murder following a homicide on the First Nation Tuesday. RCMP says it responded to an assault complaint at a home there early Tuesday. When officers arrived, the found the victim 51-year-old Jimmy Williams...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2021 | Current News
The Kikinahk Friendship Centre in La Ronge is accepting applicants for the Youth Experience and Skill Strategy Program which provides work experience and career coaching to young adults aged 18 to 29. Lee-Wayne Nippi, an employment counsellor at Kikinahk, is running...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2021 | Current News
A former Prince Albert RCMP officer charged with first-degree murder has pleaded not guilty to the charge. Fifty-three-year-old Bernie Herman, a more than 30-year veteran of the force, is charged in death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. Braden Herman’s body was found by...
by MBC News | Jun 16, 2021 | Current News
Years after the idea was first put forward in a private member’s bill, a national holiday recognizing the place of Indigenous people in Canadian history has been put into legislation. Bill C-5 was passed in Parliament earlier this month. The bill designates Sept. 30...
