by MBC News | Jun 29, 2020
It was a sixth place-finish for Sucker River golfer Dade Bernatchez over the weekend in Swift Current at the Elmwood Golf Club. The 13-year-old shot an 82 on the first day and followed that up by a 91 on the second day for a two-day total of 173. Darien Herlick of...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2020
UPDATED – JULY 13, 2020 Turtleford RCMP have reported missing 32-year-old woman DeeDee Steele from Thunderchild First Nation has been located deceased. Steele had been missing since June 26 when she was last seen on Thunderchild First Nation. According to a...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2020
UPDATED: AUGUST 6, 2020 Yesterday afternoon, at approximately 3 p.m., members from the Hutterian Emergency Aquatic Response Team (HEART) recovered the body of six-year-old Lian Thunderchild who disappeared in Makwa Lake on June 23, 2020. The body was located over a...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic shut down classes for University of Saskatchewan Bachelor Education student Tanzy Janvier, she began to receive messages from family and friends from her home community of La Loche on the difficulties of accessing food, cleaning supplies and...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2020
Charmaine Dreaver says she hopes that by continuing to bring her own story forward, it may prevent future deaths of Indigenous people at the hands of police. Dreaver’s 22-year-old son Jordan Lafond died following a high-speed vehicle chase with Saskatoon police in...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2020
Sucker River Golfer Dade Bernatchez will be hitting the links this weekend down south. Bernatchez plays on the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour and he will take to the course at Elmwood Golf Club in Swift Current, SK. “There’s a lot of elm trees, so I’m probably going to...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2020
Providing credible and accurate information on the COVID-19 pandemic on a weekly basis has been the goal of a national First Nations organization out of Ottawa. Since shortly after the pandemic began, The First Nations Health Managers Association has been hosting...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2020
The SJHL held its annual bantam draft during the first week of June and the La Ronge Ice Wolves ended up making seven selections. The Ice Wolves held the eighth overall selection and drafted forward Rylan Williams from Kyle, SK. Williams tallied 66 points in 31 games...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2020
A Métis fiddler with home bases in Buffalo Narrows and La Ronge has released his debut album. The Métis Fiddle of Tristen Durocher in the Key of Kiyâm was released in conjunction with the Gabriel Dumont Institute on National Indigenous Peoples Day. Durocher has been...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2020
A popular La Ronge music festival will be held online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Napatak Ramble usually brings in musicians from all over Canada and sometimes the United States. Colin Jolly is the founder and arts director for the Ramble. He said he...
