Ice Wolves looking for billets

Ice Wolves looking for billets

The La Ronge Ice Wolves need billet families for the upcoming campaign. “In total, I’ll need 28 billet families,” said Rita Goertzen, who is the billet coordinator for the Ice Wolves. “We’re still short a few. A few people have come forward, so that’s awesome.”...
RCMP suspect foul play in death of Onion Lake Cree man

RCMP suspect foul play in death of Onion Lake Cree man

Mounties are treating the death of an Onion Lake Cree Nation man as suspicious. RCMP say they discovered the body of 24-year-old Tyrell Shane Lee Littlewolfe along a grid road northwest of St. Walburg Tuesday morning. An autopsy will take place, but police suspect...
Canoe results

Canoe results

The r­esults are in from the Ea­­gle Point Canoe Classic. This year marked the 26th edition of the event, which takes place in La Ronge. The duo of Rob Mackenzie and Warren Kelly came out on top in the seven-kilometre event, while Bill Jeffery and Jason Watt earned...
MBC Back to School Roundtable – Thursday Sept. 3 – 1-3 p.m.

MBC Back to School Roundtable – Thursday Sept. 3 – 1-3 p.m.

Students in Saskatchewan are headed back to school this month and this includes students in the Northern Lights School Division and First Nations schools in the province’s north. Educating students in the COVID-19 era has created a number of questions and concerns for...
SaskTel services fully restored in Spiritwood area

SaskTel services fully restored in Spiritwood area

All SaskTel services are now up and running in the Spiritwood area. For much of the past week, area residents have been without cellular, internet, telephone and 911 services after a fire destroyed the SaskTel building in Spiritwood on Aug. 23. In cases of emergency,...
Clearwater River Dene School to start class virtually

Clearwater River Dene School to start class virtually

One northern school will have students learning virtually. The Clearwater River Dene Nation School will see classes online for at least the first month. This comes after that community and neighbouring La Loche dealt with two significant COVID-19 outbreaks. School...
Ice Wolves hockey school underway

Ice Wolves hockey school underway

The La Ronge Ice Wolves kicked off their annual hockey school on Monday at the JRMCC. Kids from the ages of 5-16 are taking part. Ice Wolves Head Coach and GM Kevin Kaminski and Associate Coach Gaelan Patterson are working with the kids. Kaminski has been teaching...
Police investigate weekend shooting at Onion Lake

Police investigate weekend shooting at Onion Lake

RCMP are looking for suspects after a weekend shooting in Onion Lake. Shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday evening, police received a call about a man who had been shot near a business on the reserve. The 35-year-old was taken to hospital in Lloydminster with non-life...
RCMP suspect foul play in death of Onion Lake Cree man

One dead following crash near Pelican Narrows Saturday

RCMP said a woman is dead after being ejected from an SUV, which crashed near Pelican Narrows Saturday evening. The single vehicle collision occurred 16 kilometres from that community on Highway 135 at approximately 8:30 PM. Police said the SUV was carrying seven...