by MBC News | Nov 9, 2020
A former residential school survivor will join two other Indigenous NDP opposition members when the legislature resumes shortly. Betty Nippi-Albright was elected in Saskatoon Centre, a seat the New Democrats held. Nippi-Albright has been named critic for First Nations...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2020
It’s something he has been working toward his whole life and now Alex Bell can say he has achieved his goal of playing for the SJHL’s La Ronge Ice Wolves. The 19-year-old goaltender from La Ronge has earned a spot on the Ice Wolves for the 2020-21 SJHL season. “It...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2020
The Chief of the Kawacatoose First Nation is sending words of encouragement after seven band members confirmed positive for COVID-19. “We need to stick together in this. We can be pointing fingers or getting mad even though we want to because we’ve got to stick...
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...
