by MBC News | Dec 18, 2017
All Nations Hope CEO, Margaret Poitras. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Two community HIV outreach groups are reaching out to the federal government, asking for it to reconsider major funding cuts. AIDS Saskatoon and All Nations Hope in Regina are operating on...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2017
Wreckage of West Wind Aviation ATR 42 that crashed near Fond du Lac on Dec. 13, 2017. Photo by Transportation Safety Board. The Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into what actually happened when a twin turboprop crashed near Fond du Lac continues. The...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2017
Drayton Thunder Chief. Photo courtesy of La Ronge Ice Wolves. The La Ronge Ice Wolves say 19-year-old forward Drayton Thunder Chief is the team’s first Indigenous captain in franchise history. “That means quite a bit for me actually,” said Thunder...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2017
Meadow Lake Provincial Court. File photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A man and a woman from Meadow Lake are facing numerous charges for the alleged abuse of children. Meadow Lake RCMP say they were notified by Social Services about an incident of alleged neglect involving...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2017
Photo courtesy of Google. *UPDATE — Dillon RCMP with the assistance of Meadow Lake Police Dog Services and the “F” Division Emergency Response Team have located and arrested an adult male in relation to the incident in Dillon. The male was taken into custody...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2017
Members of the Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation break ground with their partners on drainage project. Photo courtesy of Travis Radke. Ground was broken today on the Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation draining ditch project. The $1.2 million endeavor will attempt to...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2017
Jeffrey Longman, the grandfather of Nikosis Jace Cantre. File photo. It has been an emotional day of final arguments at a sentencing hearing for a teenager who killed a Saskatoon baby. In July 2016, the then 16-year-old escaped Kilburn Hall Youth Centre while serving...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2017
The Prince Albert Grand Council held a news conference today to praise the efforts of first responders, the RCMP, the Canadian Rangers, and residents of Fond du Lac, Black Lake and Stony Rapids for their response to what could have been a catastrophic plane crash. A...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2017
A 14-year-old male entered a guilty plea today in relation to the April death of La Ronge business owner Simon Grant. The teen, who can’t be named, had originally been charged with second-degree murder, but has entered a plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter....
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2017
One of the first on the scene of a passenger plane crash in Fond du Lac last night says it was a miracle no one died. Raymond Sanger risked his own life to help others trapped in the wreckage of the West Wind aviation plane that went down seconds after taking off....