by MBC News | Mar 24, 2022
A major hockey tournament is back after a two year absence. The Senators Cup, which is organized by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC), has been cancelled the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Geoff Despins, director of urban services for the PAGC said...
by MBC News | Mar 23, 2022
Saskatchewan’s first post-pandemic budget is designed to reduce surgical wait-times, pay down the deficit and continue getting people back to work. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer is investing $6.8 billion dollars into health, which includes funding to address the...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2022
An experienced Métis fiddle player has been teaching the next generation. Tristen Durocher, from Buffalo Narrows, has been travelling between Sucker River and Hall Lake after he was hired by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band to teach children how to play the fiddle in the...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2022
The Councillor who pushed for a report on the City of Prince Albert’s progress in implementing the Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) calls to action is speaking out. Ward three Councillor Tony Head said the report prepared by civic administration, which was delivered to...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2022
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Prince Albert’s two largest school divisions both received funding to advance truth and reconciliation education, but their focus will be on two separate areas. The Government of Saskatchewan will provide...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2022
A Lac La Ronge Indian Band member made a rare find during his historical research into the region. Teron Roberts found videos with moving images of the Lac La Ronge All Saints Anglican Indian Residential School from the 1930s and 40s. Roberts has been researching the...
by MBC News | Mar 18, 2022
An adult man in La Ronge was arrested Wednesday evening after entering the La Ronge Health Centre where he stated he had a firearm. La Ronge RCMP were called, confronted the man who then allegedly threatened to shoot the police, but he then ran away. Police then...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2022
The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) are investigating a homicide after a burnt body was found at the snow dump area South of the Alfred Jenkins Field House. Police say they were called to the area along with the Prince Albert Fire Department on Tuesday morning....
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2022
City of Prince Albert Councillors were recently briefed on the work being done to advance the Truth and Reconciliation Calls (TRC) to action in the city. City Council’s executive committee was recently provided a report prepared by civic administration which outlined...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2022
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Two errors in the most recent Canadian census were the starting point for a discussion between a Jewish and a Metis academic about the commonalities and distinctions between their peoples. On March 7,...