by MBC News | Jun 15, 2020
A 31-year-old man from Pinehouse Lake faces a number of drug-related charges after RCMP executed a search warrant at a local residence on Sunday. During the search police say they seized cocaine and other drug paraphernalia. Gregory Natomagan has been charged with...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated Saskatchewan’s economy, halting any positive momentum going into the fall election. The dramatic stop to the economy in March when a state of emergency was declared, with stay-at-home recommendations, shuttered businesses, layoffs...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2020
The province is reporting 13 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan’s Far North region, most of which are believed to be linked to a recent wake and funeral on the Clearwater River Dene Nation. The Saskatchewan and Northern Inter-Tribal health authorities issued a...
by MBC News | Jun 15, 2020
Mark Williment has earned the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association (SHSAA) North Central District Service Award. Williment, who is the superintendent of education with the Northern Lights School Division, has been heavily been involved with the Northern...
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2020
A local La Ronge vendor has found a way to reach potential clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Melanie Potts, who sells children’s toys outside her hours as a teacher, said she decided to set up an online vendor tradeshow after pandemic restrictions made it...
by MBC News | Jun 12, 2020
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has issued a precautionary advisory for the Clearwater River Dene Nation. SHA says two individuals in the community tested posted for COVID-19 yesterday. The health authority is now advising anyone who attended a wake in the community...
by MBC News | Jun 11, 2020
A northern Alberta First Nations chief continues to draw national media attention after going public last week with his story of serious assault at the hands of RCMP over an expired driver’s registration. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam was in a...
by MBC News | Jun 11, 2020
A Churchill Community High School (CCHS) volunteer student group will be one initiative receiving the 2020 Prairieaction Foundation Youth Leadership Award. The Peer Support Volunteers began approximately four years ago after four young girls committed suicide in...
by MBC News | Jun 11, 2020
A Grandmother’s Bay man is facing weapons charges for allegedly pointing a firearm at several people. RCMP from Stanley mission say on June 7, officers received a report of an intoxicated man with a firearm. Police from Stanley Mission and La Ronge later arrested...
by MBC News | Jun 11, 2020
La Ronge hockey player Liam Hallett has signed with the SIJHL’s Dryden Ice Dogs. Hallett is a 2001-born forward and tallied 27 points in 31 games this past season with the Carrot River Outback Thunder in the PJHL. “I wasn’t even planning on playing junior A...
