by MBC News | Aug 10, 2021
The long time MLA for Athabasca is resigning his seat to seek a federal nomination. Buckley Belanger has announced he will be seeking the nomination for the Liberal Party of Canada for the northern Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River. In a media...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2021
Prince Albert Police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death. In a media release sent out Monday afternoon police said a 40-year-old woman who had been the victim of an assault at a business around the 3600 block of Second Avenue West in the early...
by MBC News | Aug 6, 2021
The Black Lake Denesuline Nation is mourning the loss of Chief Archie Robillard. According to Black Lake Councillor Travis Boneleye, Robillard passed away Friday in Saskatoon of a heart attack. He was 60-years-old. Boneleye said both Robillard and his wife Virginia...
by MBC News | Aug 6, 2021
Regina police have charged a 27-year-old man with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Jason Bird last month. Police were called to the 800 block of Princess Street in the early morning hours of July 15 where they found an injured male. The 33-year-old...
by MBC News | Aug 6, 2021
The province has announced a public inquest into the death of a 20-year-old man whose remains were found in a burnt-out vehicle on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation three years ago. A 2019 coroner’s report determined Brennan Ahenakew-Johnstone’s death was accidental and he...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2021
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is looking to get more people in the north vaccinated. Patricia Skalicky, primary health care manager for northeast areas one and two, which cover a large part of the far northeast, explained they are planning to do pop up...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2021
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller was in Saskatchewan on Thursday for two multimillion-dollar announcements. In the morning, Miller was in Saskatoon where he pledged $23 million in federal funding over five years to the Saskatoon Tribal Council’s Child and...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2021
The wife of a La Ronge restaurant owner who was brutally beaten to death in a botched 2017 robbery says she is disappointed one of the men convicted in his killing has had his sentence reduced. The man, who was 17 at the time of the offence and cannot be named under...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2021
RCMP say a woman died as the result of a single-vehicle rollover near La Loche early Wednesday morning. Police say the accident happened on Highway 155, about two kilometres south of La Loche, at 7:30 a.m. The woman was declared deceased on scene. La Loche RCMP are...
by MBC News | Aug 4, 2021
Two northern Saskatchewan airports are slated to receive up to $300,000 each in federal funding for upgrades. The announcement was made Wednesday by Western Economic Diversification Canada and includes the Prince Albert and La Ronge airports as part of a $4 million...
