by MBC News | Mar 29, 2021
(Photo: Cindy’s Grade 12 graduation photo 1980. Supplied by Debbie McCulloch.) By Lisa Joy Local Journalism Reporter SaskToday.ca Saturday night, Dec. 6, 1986, started out as a leisurely evening for 24-year-old teacher Cindy Ann Blazek as she wrapped...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2021
A drug bust in La Ronge Wednesday has netted two people drug charges. Sandra Isbister and Lloyd Nielson were arrested inside a home on Poirier Street, following a search warrant execution. Officers seized crack cocaine, a firearm, a cell phone, drug paraphernalia and...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2021
Saskatchewan First Nations will soon get dedicated COVID-19 vaccination allotments. A memorandum of understanding was signed earlier this week between the province, Indigenous Services and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority. Under the agreement First Nations...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) reported 41 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Friday. The far northeast reported the most active cases with 21 followed by the northeast which reported 11. The north central zone and the far northwest...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2021
The head of the RCMP said she is trying to change the culture of the national police force in the wake of a scathing independent report, finding some officers in Saskatchewan were discriminatory towards an Indigenous mother. “I listened to Mrs. Baptiste and heard what...
by MBC News | Mar 25, 2021
The Northern Lights School Division is praising staff at St. George’s Hill School after they moved quickly to put out a fire Thursday morning ensuring no one was injured. NLSD Director of Education Jason Young said the fire broke out in the boiler room before school...
by MBC News | Mar 25, 2021
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples continues to demand police charges against a La Ronge First Nations woman be withdrawn. Twenty-year-old Emily Kammermayer faces a number of charges after an altercation with RCMP officers at the La Ronge Health Centre in late...
by MBC News | Mar 25, 2021
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is speaking out about the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission Report on the Colten Boushie investigation. The investigation found RCMP officers discriminated against Boushie’s family in the how they conducted...
by MBC News | Mar 25, 2021
Players from around the SJHL are reacting to the news of the 2020-21 season being cancelled. The SJHL announced earlier this week that its return to play proposal was shot down by the province. “It’s one of those moments where you’re just kind of left speechless,”...
by MBC News | Mar 25, 2021
Poundmaker Cree Nation wants to create its own police force to combat what they call a war on drugs. The band council passed a resolution to kick people off the Nation and declared a state of emergency on March 24. Chief Duane Antoine said Poundmaker council has tried...
