by mbcnews | Jul 2, 2020 | Current News
La Ronge’s Scattered Site Outreach Program has closed temporarily for July and potentially August. Executive director of the Kikinahk Friendship Centre Ron Woytowich, who runs the outreach program, said there are many reasons they decided to temporarily shut the...
by mbcnews | Jul 2, 2020 | Current News
La Ronge RCMP says it needs the public’s help in searching for a missing 14-year-old boy. Austin Zander Charles is described as being 5’2″ and weighs approximately 110 lbs, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black hat...
by mbcnews | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
Northlands College in Air Ronge held its powerline technician program graduation on Tuesday. A total of 12 students are in this spring’s graduating class. This is the first year all entrants graduated the course. Bruce Skilliter is the head instructor for the program....
by mbcnews | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
Prince Albert city council has no intention of backing off on a controversial back alley curfew bylaw, despite protests from one of the province’s largest tribal councils. The Prince Albert Grand Council says the new bylaw will increase police racial profiling of...
by mbcnews | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
As the province looks to revamp how police oversight is conducted, Sask. Justice Minister Don Morgan said it would be “ideal” to appoint an Indigenous person as Chair of the Public Complaints Commission. The current Chair Brent Cotter has been appointed to the Senate...
by mbcnews | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
The La Ronge Ice Wolves continue to carry on during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team recently announced that season tickets are now on sale for the 2020-21 campaign. “We waited until we had some idea that things were gonna go ahead,” said Randy Johns, who is a board...
by mbcnews | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council and city police are set to meet Tuesday afternoon after a video surfaced on social media of an officer using, what the tribal council says, was excessive force while taking a suspect into custody. The video, posted on the Facebook page...
by mbcnews | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News, MBC News
UPDATE: RCMP say Samantha Bluecloud has been located and is safe. Turtleford RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing 29-year-old woman from Thunderchild First Nation. Police say Samantha Bluecloud has not been heard from since the last time she...
by mbcnews | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
Concern is growing as water is rising on Highway 165 one kilometre east of Beauval. The Beaver River has surpassed its flood lines and submerged a portion of the highway. Swelling from the La Plonge Creek is also contributing. The treat of a washout or the closure of...
by mbcnews | Jun 29, 2020 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
It was a sixth place-finish for Sucker River golfer Dade Bernatchez over the weekend in Swift Current at the Elmwood Golf Club. The 13-year-old shot an 82 on the first day and followed that up by a 91 on the second day for a two-day total of 173. Darien Herlick of...
