by MBC News | Apr 16, 2020
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from the person who shot and killed four people while injuring seven others in the northern community of La Loche in January 2016. The now 22-year-old shooter who was 15 days shy of his 18th birthday killed two...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2020
Prince Albert police are confirming the death of a three-year-old girl last week as a homicide. This comes after an autopsy was completed Tuesday. Police say the victim and suspects were known to each other and it was not a random incident. The unresponsive girl was...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2020
An assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing from Thunderchild First Nation has received an Indigenous research chair in nursing. Dr. Holly Graham is also a U of S researcher and was given the chair to improve Indigenous people’s...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2020
Saskatoon’s Cameco corporation has announced a $1 million fund to help northern Saskatchewan communities deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The uranium mining company says the fund is open to charities, non-profits, municipalities and First Nations in Saskatoon and the...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2020
It’s been just over a month since the cancellation of the SJHL playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the La Ronge Ice Wolves have been been busy and the team has already announced a couple of commitments for the 2020-21 campaign. Ice Wolves Head Coach and GM...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2020
Production of uranium at Cameco’s Cigar Lake mine in Northern Saskatchewan will continue to be temporarily halted indefinitely due to concerns from COVID-19. Cigar Lake and Orano’s McLean Lake mill were on a two week shut down, to allow Cameco to assess how to...
by MBC News | Apr 14, 2020
RCMP say two people were killed in a vehicle collision near the Muskoday First Nation on Friday afternoon. The accident happened around 12:45 p.m. on Highway 3 and the road was blocked off for part of the day. Both occupants of one of the vehicles, a 22-year-old...
by MBC News | Apr 9, 2020
Prince Albert police say the death of a three-year-old girl Thursday afternoon is under investigation. Police say they were called to a residence in the 800 block of 17th Street West in the city around 8 p.m. Wednesday night after receiving a report of a person in...
by MBC News | Apr 9, 2020
An Indigenous filmmaker from Peepeekisis First Nation has been awarded up to $16,000 in cash and approximately $10,000 of in-kind services for his new film as part of the IndigiDocs program run by the National Screen Institute (NSI). Peter Brass and his documentary...
by MBC News | Apr 9, 2020
The Far North has a new case of COVID-19. It was among seven announced by the province Thursday. The location of the fifth case was not disclosed. Three cases in that region are active. 138 of the cases are from Saskatoon, 58 from Regina and 52 from the north. Eight...
