by MBC News | Nov 8, 2020
COVID-19 has reached the Athabasca region of the province. Sask. public health officials said the first case to come to that area Saturday. Since then three additional cases in the Far North Central region Sunday. The Far North West region recorded a death Saturday. A...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2020
The La Ronge Ice Wolves started the 2020-21 SJHL season with a disappointing 7-3 loss on Friday night at the Mel Hegland Uniplex versus the Nipawin Hawks. Josh Lester, Zach Falck, Burke Simpson and Andrew Schaab all scored in the first period as the Hawks took a...
by MBC News | Nov 6, 2020
As the New Democrats settle into their new critic roles, Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger said the greatest priority affecting the North is the provincial government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think in northern Saskatchewan, it’s going to be the...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2020
Prince Albert police have taken two people into custody following a reported stabbing incident in the city Thursday morning. Police say they were called to a dwelling unit around 8 a.m. in the 1500 block of Olive Diefenbaker Drive. A man was transported to Prince...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2020
The Northern Lights School Division says an individual at Ducharme Elementary School in La Loche has been diagnosed with COVID-19. In a letter to parents, NLSD Director of Education Jason Young says contact tracing and deep cleaning of the school are underway....
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2020
The New Democrats have assigned their MLA’s critic portfolios. In Cumberland, Doyle Vermette will oversee Northern Affairs and mental health and addictions and be the associate critic for First Nations and Métis affairs. Vermette said it was a bit shocking but not...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2020
After months of waiting and uncertainty, the La Ronge Ice Wolves will finally open the 2020-21 SJHL campaign on Friday night at home versus the Nipawin Hawks. “I think the boys are ready to go,” said Ice Wolves Head Coach and GM Kevin Kaminski. “Patty (Gaelan...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2020
A Court of Queen’s Bench judge ruled that a Saskatchewan political organization has improperly removed two directors, representing a First Nation wanting to resign from that organization. On September 9, 2019 the Big River First Nation passed a Band Council Resolution...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2020
Prince Albert police have charged two additional people in the 2019 homicide of Dylan Chretien. Chretien was reported missing in November of last year and his body was discovered about a month later in early December. Twenty-five-year-old Brandon Daniels and...
by MBC News | Nov 4, 2020
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority is warning of possible COVID-19 exposure at funeral events on the Cumberland House Cree Nation last month. NIHTA says individuals infected with the virus attended a wake in the community Oct. 24-25 and funeral on Oct. 26. It...
