by MBC News | Jun 6, 2019
The province has appointed a new person to oversee an independent inquiry and audit of the Northern Village of Pinehouse. Retired court judge William Vancise takes over from Neil Robertson who was appointed to Court of Queen’s of Bench last month. The Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2019
Last Friday, the La Ronge Ice Wolves selected forward Mason Bueckert first overall at the 2019 SJHL Bantam Draft in Nipawin. Bueckert is a Saskatoon, SK product and says he was in class when he heard the news. “I was actually at school, I was in math (class) and my...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2019
A Saskatchewan anti-racism organization is calling on Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale to investigate after an Indigenous man died at the Saskatoon Regional Psychiatric Centre last month. The Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism is alleging 32-year-old...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2019
The rehearsals are complete, the stage is set, and the kids probably have butterflies in their stomachs ahead of Thursday’s annual Cree Language Festival. The festival is hosted by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band education board and is in its 20th year. Students from the...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2019
Regina police say they had to taser a male suspect after a stand-off in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Police were pursuing a suspect after an alleged assault with a weapon at a residence in the 1,200 block of Athol Street. Officers say a 24-year-old woman...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2019
The La Ronge Ice Wolves are getting set for a big fundraiser this weekend. The SJHL team is hosting its annual golf tournament at Eagle Point Resort. Terry “Moose” Hunt, who serves as the marketing director for the Ice Wolves, says they are expecting to...
by MBC News | Jun 5, 2019
A 37-year-old man faces a number of charges after a drug bust in Canwood on Monday. Ahtahkakoop and Shellbrook RCMP seized crystal meth, a taser-like weapon, drug-related paraphernalia and other electronic devices after executing a search warrant on a local residence....
by MBC News | Jun 4, 2019
The Saskatchewan government is continuing to call on the federal government to share the cost of cleaning up the abandoned Gunnar uranium mine site in northern Saskatchewan. The governments signed a memorandum of agreement to split the remediation expenses in 2006. To...
by MBC News | Jun 4, 2019
Saskatchewan’s Northern MP says a new report lays out a clear path to addressing violence against Indigenous women and girls and now all that remains to be seen is whether the Liberal government acts on it. The final report on the National Inquiry into Missing and...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2019
A 22-year-old La Loche man is facing a number of charges after a vicious knife assault early Saturday morning left a male victim with part of his ear severed off. RCMP say they received a report of a break and enter at a local residence around 6 a.m. Upon arrival,...
