by MBC News | Oct 29, 2020
Police in Southend are investigating the death of an unidentified man found deceased in his home in that community last Thursday. RCMP said the death is considered suspicious based on the man’s injuries and his encounters. An autopsy was performed Monday, with...
by MBC News | Oct 29, 2020
The province’s chief medical health officer is concerned that COVID-19 cases will continue to be high following this weekend. Saturday of course is Hallowe’en, in which young trick-or-treaters will be going door-to-door, young adults may be headed to parties or the...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2020
It was a game that featured just about everything and when the dust settled, the La Ronge Ice Wolves skated away with a 6-2 win on Wednesday night at home over the Flin Flon Bombers in SJHL pre-season action. “Our penalty kill is doing a helluva job, but again, we...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2020
The 2020-21 SJHL regular season schedule has been released. The La Ronge Ice Wolves are slated to kick things off Nov. 6 at home versus the Nipawin Hawks. Puck drop is slated for 7:30 p.m. at the Mel Hegland Uniplex. Following opening night, the Ice Wolves will make...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2020
As the province once again went Saskatchewan Party green in Monday’s provincial election, the north remained NDP orange. Buckley Belanger and Doyle Vermette were re-elected to their seats in Athabasca and Cumberland respectively as the Sask. Party cruised easily...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2020
For the second straight year, some lucky kids in northern Saskatchewan will be getting new sets of hockey equipment free of charge. It’s all made possible through the NHLPA Goals & Dreams fund. RCMP Cpl. Brent Nicol is involved with the local initiative and...
by MBC News | Oct 27, 2020
A Carry the Kettle First Nation man was recently acquitted of several firearms offenses, after a provincial court judge ruled police illegally seized his firearms. Judge M.T. Beaton ruled that RCMP violated the Charter Rights of Perry Thomson Sr. when they entered his...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2020
A University of Saskatchewan professor says it is disappointing northern and Indigenous issues have not played a more prominent role in the provincial election campaign. Ken Coates teaches in the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the U of S. He said...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2020
RCMP say a prisoner who escaped the Besnard Lake Correctional Facility is now back in police custody. Its alleged that 29-year-old Travis Tyler Smith left the facility Oct. 16, with authorities admitting it was unknown which direction he went. Police confirm he was...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2020
The Sask. Health Authority is warning of potential COVID-19 exposure in La Ronge and the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. Public health officials say a likely infectious person visited the Lutheran Fellowship Church in La Ronge October 18 between 10 AM and noon. Exposure...
