by MBC News | Jan 14, 2021
A man accused of allegedly holding a girl captive at a remote northern Saskatchewan cabin had another show cause hearing scheduled on Jan. 11 in Meadow Lake Provincial Court. Aaron Gardiner, 42, has been in custody since his arrest in April 2020 after he allegedly...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2021
Prince Albert police have issued an arrest warrant for a 26-year-old man wanted in relation to the city’s first homicide of the year. Joseph Curtis Madden is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Madison Bird-Simaganis. Bird-Simaganis died in...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2021
The Chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) is hoping to set a positive example for his membership. Chief Peter Beatty recently received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Beatty explained he got the immunization when he was at one of the sites...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2021
Métis history and culture are the focus of a new ten-part podcast series. “Paykiiwikay” – which means “come and visit” in Michif – is the product of a partnership between the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and Canadian Geographic. Métis author and artist Leah Dorion...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2021
A Buffalo Narrows man is facing a second-degree murder charge in a cold case from two years ago. Mounties initially deemed the death of 42-year-old Jason Chartier on Dec. 20, 2018 in Buffalo Narrows as suspicious, yet an investigation later determined the death was a...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is reporting 507 active cases of COVID-19. The far northeast region has the highest number of cases with 238, followed by the far northwest which is reporting 111 active cases. The northeast region has 69 cases and...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2021
The Athabasca Health Authority in far north central Saskatchewan has received COVID-19 vaccines and are working to get them in people’s arms. “Thursday night we started vaccinating in Stony Rapids and Fond-du-Lac and Black Lake started vaccinating on Friday January...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2021
Golf Saskatchewan is helping grow the sport in northern Saskatchewan. The provincial organization has donated a golf kit to Chief Moses Ratt School in Sucker River. “What it does is that it just creates some interest in the game, it gets kids swinging clubs inside of...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2021
The La Ronge Legion has received much needed federal dollars to help it keep operating. Gathering restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic essentially dried up the major income driver, that being hall rentals. “Our local branch relies solely from renting out our...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is reporting 447 active COVID-19 cases in their communities. The far northeast region is again reporting the most active cases with 213. The far northwest has the second highest number of cases with 99. The north...
