by MBC News | Nov 2, 2021
Several search and rescue teams are travelling to Wollaston Lake on Wednesday to search for two missing boaters. Three boaters went missing on the northern lake on October 13th. During the initial search, the remains of one of the boaters were found. The two remaining...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2021
La Ronge and area will once again have an emergency overnight shelter this winter. The Scattered-Site Outreach Program, who is run by the Kikinahk Friendship Centre, will have enough funding to get the program going for this winter. Ron Woytowich, the director of...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2021
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, the Regina Treaty Status Indian Services and the City of Regina are working to find accommodations for approximately 70 people housed in a tent city at Regina’s Pepsi Park. For about one month, people have been camping...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2021
The preliminary hearing in the murder of La Ronge woman Sheena Billette has been adjourned until November. The fourth day of the hearing took place Friday at the Elks Hall in Air Ronge. 26 year-old Charlie Charles, 31-year-old Deborah McKenzie, 26-year-old Telsa...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2021
With Wednesday’s Speech from the Throne focusing on the post-pandemic economy, one northern leader is excited for the province’s north. “We do need to make big investments in our provincial infrastructure to support our provincial economy overall, but we must ensure...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2021
By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Holly Aubichon, a Métis artist who lives in Regina, entered the 19th annual BMO 1st Art! Competition earlier this year. Her entry, titled Modern Medicine, ended up being chosen as the...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2021
Wollaston Lake RCMP say the dedicated search for two missing boaters on the northern Saskatchewan lake has now become reactive in nature. This means RCMP officers will now only initiate a search for the missing boaters if new information is received. The boaters went...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2021
The Chief of a northern First Nation said the killing of bears earlier this summer was uncalled for. Karen Bird, Chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is disputing the provincial government’s assessment that bears needed to be euthanized near the Southend...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2021
Voting delegates at the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) election assembly will have to wait a few more hours before they hear the results of Thursday’s election. The chief electoral officer announced Thursday afternoon that polls will remain...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2021
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has named icing as the main factor in the West Wind Aviation crash that went down near Fond du Lac airport. On Thursday, the TSB released its report from the investigation into the flight that crashed in 2017. The almost...
