by MBC News | Aug 12, 2021
La Ronge RCMP arrested a man and a woman after a search warrant was executed at a trap line south of La Ronge, off Molanosa Road. The warrant was executed Aug. 5. After searching a camper on the site, RCMP seized three firearms, ammunition, 30 grams of cocaine and...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2021
By: John Watson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Strathmore Times Richelle Dubois was inspired to begin a journey after the bodies of 215 indigenous children were discovered in Kamloops, BC at the site of a former residential school. Alongside her family, they...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2021
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The StarPhoenix The Saskatchewan government has a price tag for cleaning up an abandoned northern mine. The provincial government is paying two companies roughly $1.6 million to remediate the former Newcor gold...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2021
By: Jessica R. Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal The dock at the small craft harbour in Missinipe on Otter Lake has been allocated funding for improvements under Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The funding comes as Fisheries, Oceans and the...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2021
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News On Aug. 9 – the fifth anniversary of Colten Boushie’s death – the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) called on the Government of Saskatchewan to launch a public inquiry into the police’s...
by MBC News | Aug 12, 2021
Prince Albert RCMP are searching for a man wanted for an alleged robbery on the Little Red River First Nation. Mounties allege that Glen Frederick Halkett of Sturgeon Lake First Nation approached a pulled over vehicle on the side of the road on August 7, and...
by MBC News | Aug 11, 2021
The RCMP are advising the public of an increased police presence on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. According to a press release, RCMP are investigating the theft of a white truck that occurred Wednesday morning. RCMP say a firearm was involved. Investigators believe...
by MBC News | Aug 11, 2021
According to a local buyer, the chanterelle mushroom harvest has been slow so far this summer, but he said it’s starting to look up. Randy Johns, Boreal Heartland’s general manager, said the harvest was slow earlier in the year due to the hot and dry...
by MBC News | Aug 11, 2021
La Ronge town council is mourning the loss of one of their councillors. Hugh Watt died unexpectedly Saturday at the age of 58. He was elected as a councillor in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. Colin Ratushniak, mayor of La Ronge, said Watt was a mentor to many new...
by MBC News | Aug 11, 2021
By: Jessica R. Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal Following a fire which destroyed their band office in 2019, the Cumberland House Cree Nation has inaugurated its new band office in Cumberland House. The grand opening of the two-storey...
