by MBC News | Sep 1, 2021
The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan has launched a major COVID-19 vaccination incentive program which incudes $2 million worth of educational scholarships. According to a press release, all fully vaccinated Métis citizens, or those in the process of applying for...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2021
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has announced a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. All individuals on or working with teams within the league will need to get their first dose of a vaccine by Sept.10. In a statement, the league said the policy is to keep...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2021
Local students crowded into the Margo Fournier Centre Wednesday for the Prince Albert Grand Council’s Back to School Community Initiative. The annual event offers free supplies to students who head back to school tomorrow. Geoff Despins is PAGC’s director of urban...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2021
By: Jessica R. Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal Leaders of Métis Nation–Saskatchewan and Cumberland House Cree Nation gathered, formalizing a long-term nation-to-nation relationship, and placed signs recognizing the heartland of the...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2021
RCMP say two people died as the result of a murder-suicide in Meadow Lake Monday. Police say the deaths are firearms-related and domestic in nature. Mounties say they received a request for a wellness check on a 34-year-old female at 2:10 p.m. At 2:44 p.m., officers...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2021
Voters in La Ronge were able to meet and chat with federal Conservative Party candidate Gary Vidal on Monday. Vidal didn’t give a formal speech and instead talked with citizens as they arrived. He said this is part of his campaign strategy in the race for the...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2021
RCMP are saying little after two people were reported dead in Meadow Lake late yesterday afternoon. Mounties say a third person was taken to hospital with undisclosed injuries in what they are calling a “serious incident.” The incident happened at the Lions Park...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2021
A young Prince Albert fiddler got a big boost to his musical aspirations recently thanks to a $500 donation. Eight-year-old Sebastian MacGregor is the recipient of the donation courtesy of the Robert Anderson Memorial Fund. Local musician Donny Parenteau has been...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2021
The Walk of Sorrow has finished up after 79 days. Patricia Ballantyne, who is originally from Deschambault Lake, set out on a walk from Prince Albert to Ottawa in June to raise awareness about Canada’s Residential School System. Ballantyne arrived in Ottawa on August...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2021
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix Big River First Nation is requiring its roughly 300 employees to be vaccinated. “The biggest reason we’re trying to do this is our school has hardly been open for the last two...
