by MBC News | Feb 10, 2015
Gilbert Ledoux has been elected as the new chief of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Ledoux defeated four other challengers in yesterday’s chief and council elections, including incumbent Cliff Tawpisin by a mere two votes. Albert Dean Lafond and Harry James Lafond...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has distributed $75,000 to members whose trap lines were affected by the construction of a major power line. The band was involved in two years of negotiations regarding the 300 km transmission line running from Island Falls to Key Lake...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
Aboriginals who were adopted into white families as children are suing the federal government. Almost 1,200 adoptees in Saskatchewan have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for their loss of culture and emotional trauma. Starting in the 1960s, thousands...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
Unlike last year at this time, the flood forecast for this spring shows no indication of any major problems — but a lot can change in a short time. Today, Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency reported that below normal spring runoff is expected in the...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
There are lots of highlights and optimism for Cameco, but 2014 has been another difficult year for the uranium producer. It is still waiting for long-term contracts and it is still being affected by low world prices for a commodity that is one of the biggest...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
Five people from the Onion Lake Cree Nation were taken to hospital on the weekend after a single-vehicle rollover. Turtleford RCMP say the incident in the RM of Frenchman Butte was reported around 1 pm Sunday. A 40-year-old passenger in the vehcile received serious...
by MBC News | Feb 9, 2015
University of Saskatchewan researchers are working with students at a northern school in order to show the effects of ecological change to an inland freshwater delta. The School of Environment and Sustainability has teamed up with Charlebois Community School in...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2015
A Prince Albert man charged with manslaughter in relation to an incident in September 2013 has pleaded guilty. Charles Adam Stewart had originally been charged with the second-degree murder of Davis David Broussie. Broussie had been attacked and stabbed in a Subway...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2015
Organizers of Indigenous Vote Saskatchewan 2015 will be in La Ronge Saturday to present information on the upcoming federal election. The Aboriginal volunteer organization came together to help Indigenous voters understand some changes introduced by the federal...
by MBC News | Feb 6, 2015
There were no injuries reported after an emergency landing by a small plane on highway 2 north of Christopher Lake this morning. A spokesperson for the Transportation Safety Board says the privately owned plane was en route from La Ronge to Saskatoon, when the pilot...
