by Jenna Smith | Feb 23, 2024
The annual Don Allen Saskaloppet is set to go next week in La Ronge. A dry start to winter sparked the question of whether there would be enough snow to have the loppet this year, but snowfall this month has allowed the event to happen. “It was the driest January on...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2024
The Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is bringing on a former Saskatoon Police Chief to help improve safety in their communities. The First Nation says Troy Cooper who, also previously led the Prince Albert Police Service will be working with PBCN in the role of community...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2024
Two people are in custody after RCMP reported an increased police presence on Muskoday First Nation Thursday night. RCMP say the two were arrested at a rural location off of Highway three. The police presence led to Highway three, which is west of the First Nation...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2024
Update: February 22, 2024 Extensive investigation by Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes to date has determined 44-year-old Candie Pritchard was last seen in the Red Pheasant Cree Nation area and at several residences on Red Pheasant Cree Nation around the first week of...
by Jenna Smith | Feb 22, 2024
This morning the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority handed a $25,000 cheque to the Prince Albert Food Bank. The cheque is part of SIGA’s Community Investment Food Security Strategy, where they plan on making $225,000 in donations across the province. Over the last...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2024
Two people from La Ronge are facing several drug and weapons related charges after a drug bust in the northern community this week. RCMP say officers seized guns and drugs following a raid at a home on Tuesday. Mounties say, during the raid, officers seized a loaded...
by Jenna Smith | Feb 21, 2024
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority is putting on their annual Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infections Conference today and tomorrow. The goal of the conference is to educate and spread awareness about STBBI’s to NITHA communities. STBBI’s include...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2024
A La Ronge man appeared in provincial court Monday, charged with several weapons offenses. RCMP say officers raided a home in that community Saturday night seizing a sawed-off shotgun, a handgun, an imitation handgun, a semi-automatic shotgun with ammunition, and a...
by Jenna Smith | Feb 20, 2024
Bison are now back on Witchekan Lake First Nation after a century and a half of absence. On Monday, 20 pregnant heifers and two bull bison made the journey to the First Nation from Carstairs, Alberta. Witchekan Lake First Nation Chief Raymon Harris said that the First...
by MBC News | Feb 19, 2024
A woman from La Loche is dead and another in custody, charged with second-degree murder. RCMP allege an altercation took place at a home in that northern community Thursday. The unidentified woman would be transported to Saskatoon hospital for medical treatment. She...
