by MBC News | Feb 1, 2021
A World War II veteran from the Sweetgrass First Nation, who participated in the Juno Beach invasion has died. Philip Favel passed away Sunday at the age of 98. In May 1942, he joined the Canadian Army and chose to serve with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Prince Albert Grand Council and Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations are weighing in on the story of a La Ronge Indigenous woman who is speaking out against both the RCMP and local hospital. Emily Kammermayer alleges she was...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
People all over northern Saskatchewan will be paying their respects to the late Ron Michel this weekend. The former Prince Albert Grand Council and Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation chief passed away on Monday night at the age of 69. Michel was a PAGC senator when he...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
A preliminary hearing for four people accused of kidnapping and killing elementary teacher Sheena Marie Billette, 28, of La Ronge in 2019 is delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Charlie Napthalie Charles, Deborah Maggie McKenzie, Telsa Jane McKenzie, and Sharise...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
A 30-year-old man faces a number of charges after a reported gun threat near the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation School Thursday morning. RCMP say a vehicle drove off the road and hit a fence near the school and a male suspect was seen exiting the vehicle with a firearm in...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
The MP for Northern Saskatchewan says a First Nations community in his riding has only received 30 doses of the Moderna vaccination, despite having a COVID-19 outbreak declared. “I had heard a couple of Parliamentary Secretaries, all telling us in the House of...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) was reporting 383 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Friday. The far northwest reported the highest number of cases with 131. The northeast has the second highest number of cases with 105 followed by the...
by MBC News | Jan 28, 2021
An organization representing Indigenous people in Saskatchewan is concerned about a recent agreement signed by the federal government. The Association of Métis, Non and Status Indians of Saskatchewan (AMNSIS) has written to Parks Canada and Federal Minister of the...
by MBC News | Jan 28, 2021
After the position went vacant for almost two-and-a-half years, the Town of La Ronge has hired a new chief administrative officer. The previous administrator, Stephen Conway, left abruptly in the fall of 2018. In his resignation letter, Conway levelled serious...
by MBC News | Jan 28, 2021
The SJHL season was paused back in November after tighter COVID-19 measures were introduced by the provincial government. Players on the La Ronge Ice Wolves are trying to stay busy as they gear up for a potential return in the coming months. “I’ve been staying in the...
