by MBC News | Jul 2, 2020
All Photos by Brandon White taken on July 2, 2020 to document Tristen Durocher & Chris Merasty (of Men of the North) as they walk from La Ronge to the Regina Legislature. Updates: Walking with Our Angels on Facebook #yanawansca on Twitter Durocher was joined by...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2020
Two men from La Ronge embarked on a 635 kilometre journey Thursday from Air Ronge to the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina. Tristen Durocher and Christopher Merasty are walking to raise awareness of the amount of suicides that happen in the northern region...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2020
La Ronge’s Scattered Site Outreach Program has closed temporarily for July and potentially August. Executive director of the Kikinahk Friendship Centre Ron Woytowich, who runs the outreach program, said there are many reasons they decided to temporarily shut the...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2020
La Ronge RCMP says it needs the public’s help in searching for a missing 14-year-old boy. Austin Zander Charles is described as being 5’2″ and weighs approximately 110 lbs, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black hat...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020
Northlands College in Air Ronge held its powerline technician program graduation on Tuesday. A total of 12 students are in this spring’s graduating class. This is the first year all entrants graduated the course. Bruce Skilliter is the head instructor for the program....
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020
Prince Albert city council has no intention of backing off on a controversial back alley curfew bylaw, despite protests from one of the province’s largest tribal councils. The Prince Albert Grand Council says the new bylaw will increase police racial profiling of...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020
As the province looks to revamp how police oversight is conducted, Sask. Justice Minister Don Morgan said it would be “ideal” to appoint an Indigenous person as Chair of the Public Complaints Commission. The current Chair Brent Cotter has been appointed to the Senate...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020
The La Ronge Ice Wolves continue to carry on during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team recently announced that season tickets are now on sale for the 2020-21 campaign. “We waited until we had some idea that things were gonna go ahead,” said Randy Johns, who is a board...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020
The Prince Albert Grand Council and city police are set to meet Tuesday afternoon after a video surfaced on social media of an officer using, what the tribal council says, was excessive force while taking a suspect into custody. The video, posted on the Facebook page...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020
Concern is growing as water is rising on Highway 165 one kilometre east of Beauval. The Beaver River has surpassed its flood lines and submerged a portion of the highway. Swelling from the La Plonge Creek is also contributing. The treat of a washout or the closure of...