by MBC News | Aug 20, 2020
An Indigenous woman is accusing Prince Albert’s Victoria Hospital of gross mistreatment after she went to emergency with a broken ankle earlier this summer. Fifty-three-year-old Janette Sanderson of the James Smith Cree Nation says she went to the hospital on...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2020
Two women and a man have been arrested after an RCMP investigation into gang activity on the Onion Lake Cree Nation last week. On Saturday, Mounties were involved in a vehicle chase with a truck on Highway 17 where the suspects eventually abandoned the vehicle and...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2020
The La Ronge Ice Wolves were busy in June with the SJHL Bantam Draft. With the 56th overall selection in the fifth round, the La Ronge Ice Wolves selected defenceman Blake Ekren-Bratton. The Porcupine Plain, SK product had 37 points in 27 games this past season with...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2020
RCMP in Wollaston Lake say they disrupted a large amount of liquor from coming into the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation. Mounties say they stopped a boat coming from Barge Landing, docking at the First Nation early Sunday morning, where 58 bottles of hard liquor, and various...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2020
Beauval RCMP are seeking four suspects in an alleged armed robbery of a business early this morning. Police say three males entered the business at Beauval Forks, threatening staff with firearms and demanding money. No shots were fired and the suspects made off with...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2020
The Gabriel Dumont Institute announced a partnership with the United way of Saskatoon and area last week to provide funding to students attending GDI Learning Centres in La Loche and La Ronge. Through the COVID-19 Emergency Community Support Fund, $50,000 will be...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2020
Several media reports this week indicated the SJHL is now targeting Oct. 9 as the opening day for the 2020-21 season. The season usually begins mid-September, but everything is on hold at the moment as a result of the pandemic. “I think we’re on plan “W” – just about...
by MBC News | Aug 13, 2020
A northern man occupying the west lawn of the Legislative grounds in Regina, protesting for greater government action on suicide prevention is not being evicted. Tristen Durocher, after walking more than 600 kilometres from Air Ronge to Regina in July, setup a teepee...
by MBC News | Aug 13, 2020
Six Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation students from Prince Albert are in La Ronge this week learning how to make traditional bow and arrows. Randy Clarke, an education student from the First Nations University of Canada, started the camp to help the students to learn more...
by MBC News | Aug 13, 2020
A candlelight vigil was held on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band urban reserve in downtown La Ronge Wednesday evening in support of a northern advocate for suicide prevention. Tristen Durocher walked 635 km from Air Ronge to the Saskatchewan Legislative Building and is...
