by MBC News | Oct 19, 2021
The Prince Albert Grand Council say they are “disturbed” by recent in-custody deaths involving the Prince Albert Police. Last week, two people died while considered in-custody of the Prince Albert police. According to the police, a 29-year-old man went into medical...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2021
A 28-year-old woman is dead following the rollover of an SUV on Highway 3 between Spiritwood and Glaslyn. RCMP say police, EMS, fire services and STARS ambulance responded to a call of the single-vehicle rollover on the Cater Birch Lake grid road around 12:30 a.m....
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2021
The Athabasca Health Authority along with the band and council of Black Lake First Nation is warning the public about what they say are false reports shared on a Facebook video. The health authority posted a notice to their Facebook page on Monday that they received...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2021
Wollaston Lake RCMP say one of the boaters reported missing last week has been found dead. Last Wednesday three boaters were reported missing on Wollaston Lake after they failed to return to the community. Immediately after they were reported missing search efforts...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2021
Voting in the Black Lake First Nation byelection takes place this week. Voters will be choosing their next chief after the late chief Archie Robillard died in August. Candidates for the position are Pauline Toutsaint-Thatcher, Elizabeth Alphonse and Coreen Sayazie....
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2021
By: Jessica Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Black Lake and Fond Du Lac First Nations has been declared to be under control by the Athabasca Health Authority. The outbreak, when first declared on Oct. 8,...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2021
RCMP officers and the Canadian Rangers are currently looking for missing boaters on Wollaston Lake. RCMP say that they received a complaint about three overdue boaters on Wednesday; two men and one woman. Wollaston Lake RCMP along with the assistance of community...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2021
A professor from Stanley Mission is being recognized for his decades-long work in revitalizing the Cree Language. Solomon Ratt is an Associate Professor at the First Nations University of Canada and has been named to the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. “I was surprised...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2021
An Indigenous lawyer is bringing her unique perspective to the cases she works on. Diana Janzen, a crown prosecutor in La Ronge and a Lac La Ronge Indian Band member, grew up in Stanley Mission and moved to Saskatoon to complete her law degree at the University of...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2021
Provincial parks in Saskatchewan have seen record visitors this year. According to the provincial government over one million people visited the province’s parks in 2021 breaking the record set the year prior. “With residents staying close to home this past...
