by MBC News | Jun 6, 2023
La Ronge RCMP have charged a number of people after a shooting in Bell’s Point this past weekend. RCMP said on June 4 three people, two men and a woman approached a home on Bird Place and fired at the home, before forcing their way into the house and firing...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2023
A 19-year-old man from Loon Lake is facing a number of drug charges after being arrested this past weekend. In a media release sent out Tuesday afternoon Meadow Lake RCMP said officers were patrolling Loon Lake when they saw a man leave a home with an open alcohol...
by Joel Willick | Jun 6, 2023
(CONTENT WARNING – the following story contains distressing details) William Whitebear died while in custody at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre on November 2, 2020 while serving a two-year jail term. A coroner’s inquest into his death is...
by bryanorthner | Jun 6, 2023
The Provincial Auditor is recommending the Ministry of Education enhance specific measures and targets for increasing educational outcomes for Indigenous students. Tara Clement’s report suggests that graduation rates between 2018 and 2021 have remained relatively...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2023
RCMP in La Ronge are investigating after two men were shot Sunday night. In a media release RCMP said they were called on June 4 to a house on Bird Place in Bell’s Point about a shooting. Police said two men were hurt, both were taken to hospital in a personal...
by Joel Willick | Jun 5, 2023
(CONTENT WARNING: the following story contains descriptions of suicide) William Whitebear died while in custody at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre on November 2, 2020 while serving a two-year jail term. A coroner’s inquest into his death is taking...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2023
The provincial government is highlighting funding being provided to support organizations working to implement the Calls for Justice on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). In a media release sent out Monday afternoon the province highlighted the...
by bryanorthner | Jun 5, 2023
Men of the North is getting $820,000 to help formerly incarcerated individuals with employment opportunities. Christopher Merasty, founder of Men of the North, said that the program first began in 2020. “I started this program in 2020, and we have been helping...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2023
By: Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Ottawa announced a two-year pilot program Thursday to support Indigenous communities and organizations working on forestry management and emergency preparedness. The funding,...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2023
Four Northerners, working security at a North Battleford, hotel housing evacuees due to wildfires, are credited with helping to save two elderly people from a burning home in that city Tuesday night. Dwayne Bourassa, Ethan Maurice, Roger Dawstare, and Nathan Morin of...
