by mbcnews | Dec 10, 2019 | Current News
Helping 100 people affiliated with gangs, leave and re-integrate back into society will be the focus of two groups over the next four years. STR8 Up and the Regina Treaty Status Indian Services will provide outreach, intervention and prevention to help people leave...
by mbcnews | Dec 10, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
As part of the overall effort to reduce crime, the town of La Ronge now has three more RCMP officers. The town is paying for the extra members at a cost of around $400,000 per year. Mayor Ron Woytowich says discussions continued for several months before an agreement...
by mbcnews | Dec 10, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
For the second time this season, forward Aaron Greyeyes of La Ronge Ice Wolves is the SJHL Rookie of the Week. In two games last week, the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation product had four points. Greyeyes had one goal and two assists last Thursday in Pinehouse when the Ice...
by mbcnews | Dec 9, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
West Wind Aviation is facing a lawsuit from an Ontario doctor, who claims he suffered physical and emotional injuries following the Dec. 13, 2017 plane crash near Fond du Lac. David Opper who worked as a physician in Northern Saskatchewan at the time of the crash was...
by mbcnews | Dec 9, 2019 | Current News
The Wood Mountain Lakota Nation in southwest Saskatchewan said it has reached a tentative settlement of a land dispute on reserve land, ending a decade of negotiations. “The dispute centered around a unilateral decision made by Canadian officials to take away half of...
by mbcnews | Dec 8, 2019 | Current News
RCMP say they discovered human remains in a rural area outside of Prince Albert on Wednesday afternoon. Police say a forensic autopsy will be done this week to determine cause of death. The autopsy will be done by the Saskatchewan Coroner’s Service. This is the...
by mbcnews | Dec 7, 2019 | Current News
Santa Claus came early to four communities in northern Saskatchewan on Friday and Saturday. The reindeer didn’t take this trip, as Santa and his elves travelled from Prince Albert on Friday morning on a Transwest Air plane with gifts for children in Fond Du Lac, Black...
by mbcnews | Dec 6, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
The La Ronge Ice Wolves won their third straight game on Friday at home when they defused the Flin Flon Bombers 6-5 in overtime. The Ice Wolves blew two two-goal leads throughout the contest, but Daylon Mannon ended things 1:16 into the extra session when he beat...
by mbcnews | Dec 6, 2019 | Current News
A verdict decision in the fraud and breach of trust trial of a former northern Saskatchewan chief has been delayed. Former Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation Chief Napoleon Mercredi is accused of misappropriating more than three-quarters of a million dollars in band...
by mbcnews | Dec 6, 2019 | Current News
La Ronge will hold its own vigil Friday in memory of the 14 women who were shot and killed by Marc Lepine at École Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989. Friday is the 30th anniversary of what has come to be known as the Montreal Massacre. This year’s vigil and march begins...
