by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Chief Lynn Acoose. Photo courtesy of Twitter. Lynn Acoose has been re-elected chief of the Sakimay First Nation, which is located about 100 kilometres east of Regina. In a notice posted on her Facebook page, Chief Acoose congratulated all the candidates and thanked...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Black Bear. Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Environment. A 39-year-old man is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a bear earlier this week. The incident, which took place five kilometres east of Weirdale, was reported around 7:30 p.m. Monday. Officials with...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Event poster. Photo courtesy of Facebook. World-class dancers will be making a stop in La Ronge on Thursday as a part of a new event hosted by Northlands College. Dancers from across Saskatchewan and as far away as California, will be participating in Jingles,...
by MBC News | Sep 6, 2017
Event poster. Photo courtesy of Facebook. A collection of northern Saskatchewan residents are urging their leaders to declare a state of emergency over youth suicides. Several community members are expected to attend a meeting in Buffalo Narrows on Wednesday night to...
by MBC News | Sep 6, 2017
Henk Ruys Soccer Centre, Saskatoon. Courtesy of Vanessa Lynn Linklater McCallum. Evacuees are being moved out of a soccer centre in Saskatoon and into hotels, while more men and equipment are being put on the front lines of forest fires near Pelican Narrows. Meantime,...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017
Cut Knife RCMP have arrested and charged four people from Little Pine First Nation with trafficking cocaine. RCMP say they responded to a complaint of an assault yesterday morning, which led officers to search a home on the reserve. In the home, police say they seized...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017
The fire in view on Aug. 29. Photo courtesy Facebook, Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. Residents of several northeast Saskatchewan communities have been forced to make the best of a bad situation patiently waiting for word on when it is safe to go home. Last Tuesday,...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017
Photo by Joel Willick A discussion on how to successfully implement renewable energy in remote and northern communities took centre stage in Saskatoon on Tuesday. Experts from Alaska, Finland, Norway, the Yukon and Northwest Territories along with Indigenous and...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017
Photo courtesy of sgi.sk.ca Evacuated residents from Pelican Narrows and Sandy Bay are being told to keep their receipts. A team of SGI adjusters will be making sure evacuees are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses while they are away from home. SGI is also...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2017
Earlier this year, Lloyd Stang (left) speaks with media as Pouria Tabrizi-Reardigan (right) stands beside him. MBC file photo. The family of one La Loche murder victim is disappointed by a further delay in sentencing for the mass shooter who claimed four lives on Jan....
