by Michael Joel-Hansen | Jan 25, 2021 | Current News
The Prince Albert Police Service have released their 2020 crime statistics. The police service said overall they responded to 45,301 calls in 2020. Police said this was an increase of just over 11 per cent from last year. According to police much of the increase in...
by Fraser Needham | Jan 25, 2021 | Current News
A First Nations woman is alleging RCMP officers used excessive force and she suffered a concussion as a result after a dispute at the La Ronge Health Centre last month. Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Emily Kammermayer said she took her two-year-old son into the...
by mbcnews | Jan 25, 2021 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is stepping up to help local homeless find a warm place to sleep during the current cold snap. Approximately 15 beds are being provided at the Kitsaki Hall to those in need. Scattered Sites operates a homeless shelter, but was forced to...
by mbcnews | Jan 25, 2021 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
The SJHL will be hosting a virtual showcase this coming Friday and Saturday. The league says this initiative has been created to help provide some added exposure for the players in the SJHL. “This is a great opportunity to provide some positivity and entertainment in...
by mbcnews | Jan 25, 2021 | Current News
RCMP is turning to the public for help in locating a Big River First Nation man accused of sexual assault. Its alleged that Skylar Blaze Lachance assaulted a female at a home on the First Nation Jan. 18. Police suspect he may be in the community of Big River First...
by Michael Bramadat-Willcock, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Northern Advocate | Jan 25, 2021 | Current News
La Ronge mayor and council are looking to review their salaries at next week’s council meeting in what Mayor Colin Ratushniak concedes will be an “awkward conversation” to have in public. Remuneration has been frozen since 2019 when previous Mayor Ron...
by Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The StarPhoenix | Jan 25, 2021 | Current News
Northern Saskatchewan community leaders are upset that health officials are no longer sharing daily reports of how many confirmed cases of COVID-19 are in their communities. Pinehouse Mayor Mike Natomagan, whose community is emerging from a widespread outbreak earlier...
by mbcnews | Jan 22, 2021 | Current News
The Athabasca Health Authority in far north central Saskatchewan is hoping to get more people to take the COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter posted on their Facebook page and signed by executive director of primary health care Derek Keller, the local health authority said...
by mbcnews | Jan 22, 2021 | Current News
Northern Saskatchewan’s two major airlines have announced a rebranding. In a press release, West Wind Group of Companies acting CEO Stephen Smith says West Wind Aviation and Transwest Air have been renamed Rise Air. Smith says the new name was chosen after more than...
by mbcnews | Jan 22, 2021 | Current News
A Black Lake woman is $100,000 richer after taking home the second top prize on her HOT LINES ZING ticket. Michelle Throassie picked up the ticket as part of a $20 PLAYER’S CHOICE MEGA PACK from a 7-Eleven in Prince Albert on Dec. 9 and discovered her win by...
