by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
The fire in view on Aug. 29. Photo courtesy Facebook, Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. *UPDATE – Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Vice Chief Harold Linklater is strongly urging everyone to leave Pelican Narrows. In a notice posted on Facebook shortly before 5 p.m.,...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
“Excellent collaboration with the Besnard Correctional Center,” Vince Natomagan wrote to accompany this photo on his Twitter. Besnard Lake Correctional inmates are taking part in an addictions recovery camp by Pinehouse Lake. The Recovery Lake camp has done four...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
Marlene Bird is wheeled out of court by her partner Patrick Lavallee on Aug. 30. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski The man who tried to kill Marlene Bird in Prince Albert will not be receiving a dangerous offender designation. Leslie Black is responsible for the brutal...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
Photo courtesy of the Saskatchewan Department of Highways About half the residents of Pelican Narrows have been evacuated from the community because of the threat of forest fires and heavy smoke, but the remaining residents are sitting tight, waiting for breaks in the...
by MBC News | Aug 30, 2017
Creighton to Pelican Narrows Junction on Aug. 28. Photo courtesy of Facebook. Road closures continue in parts of northeastern Saskatchewan and a special air quality statement has also been issued. The closures include Highway 106 from the junction of Highway 135 to...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2017
Buses prepare to load up for evacuees on Monday morning. Photo courtesy Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. Between 450 and 500 Pelican Narrows residents were heading to accommodations in Saskatoon due to road closures and smoke caused by a number of wildfires in the region,...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2017
Programming at the Saskatoon Native Circle Ministry. Photo courtesy Facebook. New floors and other renovations are in store for two groups serving those in need in Saskatoon. The city’s Native Circle Ministry and Crisis Nursery have been awarded a total of $25,000...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2017
Granite Fire viewed from Hanson Lake Rd. Hwy #106 near Flin Flon on Aug. 26. Photo courtesy Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. *UPDATE (4:40 p.m., Monday, August 28th) — Due to the Granite wildfire crossing the highway northwest of Creighton and east of Pelican...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2017
RCMP hat. MBC file photo. The RCMP is releasing the name of a Deschambault Lake man accused of firing off shots in the community before a police-involved shooting that left a civilian injured on Aug. 20. Among other things, 31-year-old Joshua Ratt is charged with...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2017
Carolyn Bennett, pictured on April 27 at Whitecap Dakota Nation, will remain as a Minister of Indigenous Affairs. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. The federal Indigenous affairs department is getting a bit of a shake-up in a federal cabinet shuffle announced today by Prime...
