by MBC News | Jan 14, 2021
It was a busy night for RCMP and other emergency services as Saskatchewan dealt with the province’s first major snow storm of the year on Wednesday. For much of the evening, drivers on the province’s major highways were forced to deal with snow, freezing rain and...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2021
Teams in the SJHL have not played games since November after the league was forced to halt play due to stricter COVID-19 restrictions. Although hockey teams across the province want to get back on the ice now, they will not be able to do so. “Yesterday, Wednesday,...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) reported 554 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Thursday. The region with the highest number of cases was the far northeast, northeast which currently has 254 active cases. The far northwest has the second...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2021
A Buffalo Narrows man charged in connection to a 2018 murder made his first court appearance in Meadow Lake Provincial Court Jan. 13 on a second-degree murder charge. Robert Young, 67, was arrested without incident on Jan. 12, 2021, after a two-year investigation into...
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...
