by MBC News | Jan 16, 2019
La Ronge’s Michio Green will be going for gold in February when he competes at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, AB. Green is 19 years old and will be representing Saskatchewan in biathlon and cross-country skiing events. “It’s something that I’ve been really...
by MBC News | Jan 16, 2019
A group of Saskatchewan First Nations says there is an opioid drug crisis in their communities and they need government help to combat it. Elected representatives from the Yorkton Tribal Council, Cote, Muskowekwan and Keeseekoose First Nations held a press conference...
by MBC News | Jan 15, 2019
A Regina couple convicted of killing a four-year old girl in their care will have their appeal heard this morning. Tammy Goforth was found guilty of second-degree murder in the starvation death of a four-year-old girl in the summer of 2012. Her husband Kevin was found...
by MBC News | Jan 15, 2019
Meadow Lake’s Roddy Ross started the 2018-19 season in the AJHL with the Camrose Kodiaks, but at the start of January, the 18-year-old goaltender signed with the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds. “At the start of the season, it wasn’t really a goal for me to go to the WHL,”...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
A five-year-old boy is recovering from serious, but non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a bullet during a home shooting on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve Sunday evening. RCMP say the home had been shot at multiple times with the suspects fleeing...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
A provincial Indigenous organization says resource mining companies in Saskatchewan need to take a different approach with Aboriginal stakeholders if they want their projects to move forward. John Hanikenne is the president of the Coalition of Indigenous Peoples of...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
An initiative in grain farming on the Cowessess First Nation is designed to create more than just new job opportunities. Cowessess, which is located approximately 200 kilometers east of Regina, has over 100,000 acres of land and the project will start with utilizing...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
Saskatchewan’s Child and Youth Advocate says he unequivocally supports First Nations reclaiming complete control of their own child welfare system. “I believe that we as First Nations people have the education, knowledge, skills and abilities to love, care for, and...
by MBC News | Jan 14, 2019
The effort to establish the number of woodland caribou living in northern Saskatchewan continues this winter and part of that effort is an aerial survey. The flights involve fixed-wing aircraft, as well as helicopters and began in the La Ronge area last week. The...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2019
The La Ronge Ice Wolves closed out their weekend with a 5-2 setback at home Saturday versus the Kindersley Klippers. “Real happy with tonight and the weekend — from the effort level for the guys,” said Ice Wolves Head Coach and GM Evan Vossen. “There’s two tough...
