by MBC News | Mar 17, 2020
A popular Indigenous hockey tournament has been postponed. The Fred Sasakamoose “Chief Thunderstick” National Hockey Championship was slated for April 24-26 in Saskatoon, but the event has been suspended until further notice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Last...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2020
Premier Scott Moe said community transmission of COVID-19 in Alberta Sunday forced his hand to close all K-12 schools indefinitely Monday. Classes are winding down this week with full closures starting next week. Daycares at schools are also affected, but independent...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2020
Curling season is over for the La Ronge Curling Club. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, the club has decided to cancel the rest of the season. This decision impacts regular season play, Super League action and the year-end bonspiel. The town of La Ronge...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2020
Cort Dogniez, Métis education program leader for the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School division says he hopes that the students at St. Michael Community School in Saskatoon will become fluent in Michif. The school’s core Michif language program was launched this...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the La Ronge Ice Wolves have cancelled their annual year-end awards banquet, which was tentatively scheduled for March 21. “We will be planning a banquet and jersey auction the same weekend as our golf tournament, still scheduled for June...
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2020
9:15 Sat. March 14, Three more presumptive cases are being reported in Regina. Two cases are people in their 40’s, and live in the same household. One recently travelled to Vancouver for a dental conference at which an attendee tested positive for COVID-19. The...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2020
As the province deals with its second presumptive case of COVID-19, the Sask. government is taking measures to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. A resident is in their 60s with travel from Oregon State. The test was conducted in Saskatoon on March 10 and the...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2020
An official with Saskatchewan Health says the province is working closely with northern communities as they look to take precautions against potential coronavirus or COVID-19 transmission. Dr. Rim Zayed is a medical health officer with the Northern Population Health...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2020
RCMP say a male youth died as the result of a snowmobile collision near Fond du Lac late Thursday. Police say the accident happened on Meech Pond around 11 p.m. when two snowmobiles crashed head on in to each other. The lone occupant of the westbound snowmobile was...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2020
RCMP say they consider a recent death near the Onion Lake Cree Nation suspicious. Police say the body of 24-year-old David Jonas Tobac was discovered on a road about 35 kilometres northeast of the community on Mar. 6. Tobac had been the subject of a missing person...
