by MBC News | Jul 19, 2021
The Sask. Court of Queen’s Bench has overturned acquittals of First Nations subsistence hunters from Ontario, trying to assert Treaty hunting rights in the province. Albert Green and Blair Hill of Six Nations were charged with unlawful hunting and possession of...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021
By: Jessica Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Humboldt Journal 144 Grandmother’s Bay residents have chosen to evacuate their homes due to heavy smoke conditions from nearby wildfire. According to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, the fire is not...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021
Fires burning across northern Saskatchewan and other western provinces are creating smoky conditions. Due to the smoke, Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued special air quality statements for some northern areas including La Ronge, Cumberland House and...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021
The province is recommending against all non-essential travel to northern Saskatchewan due to the high number of wildfires in the region. As of Friday, there were 137 active fires in the province. This is five more than the previous day. There has also been a total of...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021
A 33-year-old man wanted by Prince Albert Police for second degree murder has been arrested. In a media release sent out Friday afternoon P.A. Police said Corey Clark was arrested by Baker Lake RCMP in Nunavut. P.A. Police issued a Canada Wide Warrant for Clark in the...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021
The Treaty Land Sharing Network, a network of farmers and ranchers who will give Indigenous people access to their titled land, was launched Thursday. It will allow traditional land users to go on the farms for gathering, hunting, ceremony and other uses. Mary...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021
Fires are also affecting power and communications to parts of the north. Last night SaskPower reported an outage affecting Buffalo Narrows, Dillon, Michel Village and St George’s Hill. It reported that power was restored about an hour later. SaskTel was also...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2021
Warning: This story contains disturbing content. The family of Braden Herman has launched a civil suit against a former Prince Albert police officer charged with first-degree murder in his death and the force that employed him. The 26-year-old Braden Herman’s body was...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2021
Mayor of La Ronge Colin Ratushniak, Lac La Ronge Indian Band chief Tammy Cook-Searson and mayor of Air Ronge Julie Baschuk said there are no talks of an evacuation for community members in the La Ronge region at this point, but they are preparing. Cook-Searson said...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2021
Hot and dry conditions in much of northern Saskatchewan continue to pose challenges for provincial firefighters. As of Thursday, there were 132 active fires in the province – an increase of nine from the previous day. Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency vice-president...
