by bryanorthner | May 25, 2023
A bylaw amendment to extend the hours of operation for liquor retailers in La Ronge failed to pass a third reading at a town council meeting this week. Bylaw 599/18 was originally introduced in December 2018 as part of a community alcohol management strategy, which...
by MBC News | May 25, 2023
Northerners evacuated due to wildfire threats are beginning to return home. Ile a la Crosse, which lifted its evacuation order Wednesday said that Regina-based evacuees are headed north. Buffalo Narrows Mayor Sandy Ericson said on Facebook that residents currently...
by Joel Willick | May 25, 2023
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology has received an investment from the federal government. At an event at SIIT’s Aviation Learning Centre Thursday morning, Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal announced $7.6 million in funding for economic...
by MBC News | May 25, 2023
The Government of Saskatchewan and Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) are officially opening a new health care facility in Meadow Lake. Representatives from the Tribal Council, provincial government and Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) were on hand Thursday for the...
by MBC News | May 25, 2023
Saskatoon Police are seeking information on the city’s third homicide of 2023. Authorities say the victim, Angose Standingwater died of injuries sustained at a business in the 3000 block of Clarence Avenue South May 20. Investigators are searching for a 2017 white...
by Joel Willick | May 25, 2023
Over 300 people from over a dozen different Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota nations from the prairie provinces and the United States are at Dakota Dunes Conference Centre this week discussing language revitalization. The 5th annual Revitalizing Our Sacred Language (Oceti...
by MBC News | May 24, 2023
The Meadow Lake RCMP have arrested a youth who was wanted on a charge of attempted murder. RCMP said the youth was arrested on May 22 in Meadow Lake. The youth is set to make their first court appearance Thursday in Meadow Lake. The arrest of the youth stems from a...
by MBC News | May 24, 2023
Saskatchewan wildfire officials have lifted the provincial fire ban, citing cooler weather and increased rainfall. The fire ban was in place on May 16, in all provincial parks, Crown land and in the Northern Administration District, north of Highway 16. Yet some...
by MBC News | May 24, 2023
As warmer weather settles in, the province is reminding people to be aware of bears. Black bears are found throughout the province but are most commonly found in northern Saskatchewan. Though their range does extend southward into areas such as Aspen Parkland,...
by MBC News | May 24, 2023
By: Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Colonialism causes climate change, and Indigenous rights are the solution. That phrase — a tagline from Indigenous Climate Action, an Indigenous-led organization that works at the intersection of climate...
