by MBC News | May 12, 2020
A state of emergency is being contemplated on the Waterhen Lake First Nation. Council will discuss the situation with mental health staff Wednesday. This comes after a 14-year-old girl recently took her own life and ten others attempted suicide in the past three...
by MBC News | May 12, 2020
Northern leaders are speaking out over what they say is unfair treatment and disrespect from Conservation Officers manning northern checkpoints. Concern is raised by many that CO’s are misinterpreting the public health order on travel restrictions and need to purchase...
by MBC News | May 12, 2020
A candidate for chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band says if elected his top priority will be education. Eugene Charlie Mirasty is one of six candidates seeking the La Ronge band’s top job. Mirasty has been an educator for 19 years and is also a journeyman carpenter....
by MBC News | May 11, 2020
A group representing leaders in northwest Sask. is raising several concerns with the public health order which is restricting travel in that region. In April, the province limited non-essential travel and prohibited movement between northern communities as a method of...
by MBC News | May 11, 2020
A former northern Saskatchewan MP says the current COVID-19 outbreak in La Loche has only been exacerbated by an already dire housing situation. Georgina Jolibois represented the NDP in the constituency of Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River from 2015 to 2019. She...
by MBC News | May 11, 2020
A La Ronge nursing student will be joining the frontlines of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kaylara Gray is graduating from Northlands College with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Gray is among 11 students graduating from the program. The class curriculum...
