by MBC News | Jan 25, 2021
La Ronge mayor and council are looking to review their salaries at next week’s council meeting in what Mayor Colin Ratushniak concedes will be an “awkward conversation” to have in public. Remuneration has been frozen since 2019 when previous Mayor Ron...
by MBC News | Jan 25, 2021
Northern Saskatchewan community leaders are upset that health officials are no longer sharing daily reports of how many confirmed cases of COVID-19 are in their communities. Pinehouse Mayor Mike Natomagan, whose community is emerging from a widespread outbreak earlier...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021
The Athabasca Health Authority in far north central Saskatchewan is hoping to get more people to take the COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter posted on their Facebook page and signed by executive director of primary health care Derek Keller, the local health authority said...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021
Northern Saskatchewan’s two major airlines have announced a rebranding. In a press release, West Wind Group of Companies acting CEO Stephen Smith says West Wind Aviation and Transwest Air have been renamed Rise Air. Smith says the new name was chosen after more than...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021
A Black Lake woman is $100,000 richer after taking home the second top prize on her HOT LINES ZING ticket. Michelle Throassie picked up the ticket as part of a $20 PLAYER’S CHOICE MEGA PACK from a 7-Eleven in Prince Albert on Dec. 9 and discovered her win by...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) reported 542 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Friday. The far northeast is reporting the most active cases with 169. The far northwest region is reporting the second highest number of cases with 159. The...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021
“If I ever got a chance to speak to the Biden administration, I would plead my case,” said Nekaneet First Nation Chief Alvin Francis, president of Natural Law Energy (NLE). That “case” would be the value in continuing the United States’ portion of the 1,897-kilometre...
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021
UPDATE – RCMP say Lennie Oneeye was taken into custody at a residence in Turnor Lake on Saturday. He was scheduled to appear in Buffalo Narrows court on Monday morning....
by MBC News | Jan 22, 2021
A video tribute marks the fifth anniversary of the La Loche shootings. Jan. 22, 2016 will forever be remembered in that Dayne and Drayden Fontaine, Marie Janvier and Adam Wood were killed and seven others injured. The video was put together by the Dene High School to...
by MBC News | Jan 21, 2021
A Saskatoon-based Indigenous entertainer is about to launch a series of virtual workshops that will teach northern Saskatchewan youth the ins and outs of theatre, stand up and sketch comedy. Dakota Ray Hebert will be doing the workshops with her husband Dylan Jay...
