by MBC News | Aug 10, 2018
A mushroom buyer in Saskatchewan says morels in the north were a bumper crop, while chanterelles are coming along nicely. Randy Johns, CEO of the Keewatin Career Development Corporation in Air Ronge says buyers were unprepared for the amount of morel mushrooms which...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2018
The Little Pine First Nation will vote today regarding ratifying their treaty annuities claim settlement with the federal government. The approximately $6.8 million claim, settled last December was for non-treaty payment of $5 per band member yearly from 1885-1888,...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2018
Deschambault Lake RCMP are investigating what they are calling a sudden death along the Hanson Lake Road. RCMP say remains were found inside a parked vehicle around 2 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 106 near the Paskwaka River bridge. Sgt. Johann Josephson says the death is...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2018
The family of Colten Boushie is seeking close to $2 million in damages from the RCMP and Gerald Stanley. The damages are being sought in two separate statements of claim filed at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench on Wednesday. In one statement of claim, seven RCMP...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2018
Patuanak RCMP have charged two people with bootlegging liquor offences. Police say they seized a large quantity of alcohol destined for the community. Investigators say they received information about a well-known bootlegging operation in the Patuanak area and located...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2018
Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing 16-year-old girl. Police say Eliza Kaiswatum was last seen on Saturday at a home on the Muscowpetung First Nation. She is 5’5″, 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes....
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2018
Duck Lake’s Daylin Smallchild is taking his hockey talents to Germany. Following two seasons with the Swan Valley Stampeders in the MJHL, the 21-year-old defenceman has inked a pro deal with the Mannheim Maddogs in the Regionalliga League. “I’m excited to go overseas...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2018
Parts of the north are now under special weather advisories, as Environment Canada says air quality concerns from westerly wildfires could pose problems in several communities. For Buffalo Narrows, Peter Pond Lake, Ile-a-la-Crosse, Beauval, La Ronge, Pinehouse Lake...
by MBC News | Aug 7, 2018
Northern Saskatchewan musician Derek Maurice says he is being called racist and even threatened with violence on social media over the lyrics to his song “We’re Métis.” The song is a collaborative effort between Maurice and Dean Gauthier. He says some people have...
by MBC News | Aug 7, 2018
The RCMP’s Major Crime Unit North is now investigating the disappearance of a 31-year-old woman who has been missing since mid-July. Police say Ashley Morin was last seen in North Battleford and last in contact with her family on July 10. She is described as 5’ 2”...
