by MBC News | Mar 6, 2020
La Ronge RCMP say two local schools were put on lockdown Friday afternoon due to a report of a firearms threat. Police say they received a call about 12:50 p.m. about a threat outside Bell’s Point Elementary School on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve. As a...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2020
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said it is disappointed that a Sask. RCMP officer is accused of posting inappropriate comments against Indigenous protesters near Belleville Ontario to Facebook. Vice Chief Dutch Lerat said he brought the alleged remarks...
by MBC News | Mar 6, 2020
Premier Scott Moe was in Prince Albert Friday morning to officially announce the province’s plans to build a new hospital in the city. The new facility will increase existing bed capacity by 40 per cent from 173 to 242 beds. It will also include a larger emergency...
by MBC News | Mar 5, 2020
Prince Albert police have charged a 19-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of Cody McAdam. Police found McAdam suffering from serious injuries in the 200 block of 12th Street East in the early morning hours of Feb. 9, 2019. He died seven days later in...
by MBC News | Mar 4, 2020
Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) has committed $750,000 to move along the mapping process pertinent to advancing discussions with Canada forward on outstanding Métis land claims in Saskatchewan. The announcement was made by Métis Nation-Saskatchewan President Glen...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2020
Buckley Belanger will attempt to make it seven election wins, as he will seek the NDP nomination in Athabasca. The 25-year vet, who had been contemplating his political future in recent weeks, said the provincial government seizure of two northern trapping cabins...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2020
The team who developed a mapping procedure that has assisted emergency responders in reacting to calls more efficiently on the Cowessess First Nation is seeking grants to expand the project. The procedure provides information about the roads and homes on the Cowessess...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2020
For the last few weeks, it looked like the La Ronge Ice Wolves were destined for a date with the Melfort Mustangs in round one of the SJHL playoffs, but the Ice Wolves found out last night their first-round opponent will be the Yorkton Terriers. The Melfort Mustangs...
by MBC News | Mar 3, 2020
RCMP have laid charges in a hit and run collision that killed an Onion Lake Cree Nation man almost two years ago. The body of 31-year-old Shane Opissinow was found in a slough on the First Nation in May 2018. Danny Boy Thunder Makokis, also 31, of Onion Lake is...
by MBC News | Mar 2, 2020
The Information and Privacy Commissioner is asking the Ministry of Social Services to conduct another search of child placement records for a Sixties Scoop survivor. In May 2018, the unidentified applicant requested the records from the Ministry for a period from 1954...
