by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
There were mixed emotions as the coroner’s inquest into the death of 22-year-old Brydon Whitstone drew to a close on Friday afternoon. The Onion Lake Cree Nation man was unarmed when he was shot and killed by an RCMP officer in October 2017. After being...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
In spite of overseeing a small northern community of only 1,000 people, Mike Natomagan is one of the best paid mayors in Saskatchewan. Documents accessed under a freedom of information request show Natomagan earned a substantial wage of $91,000 in 2016. By comparison,...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
A woman from the Onion Lake First Nation has been arrested for being unlawfully at large and a number of other charges. Members of the Onion Lake RCMP and the Crime Reduction Team were informed on Thursday afternoon that Tamarah Lee Dillon, who was wanted on a...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
After five days and 16 witnesses, the six-member jury in the coroner’s inquest into the death of Brydon Whitstone has now been sequestered to reach a verdict. A jury cannot make decisions of criminal or civil guilt in an inquest but it can make non-binding...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
A shortage of long-term care and respite beds has prompted a La Ronge man to travel to Regina this week to voice his displeasure with the government in not keeping its promise to build a new facility in that community. Gary Viteri cares for his wife, who has early...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
(Mayor Mike Natomagan. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski.) A Saskatoon man says he can’t understand why the government continues to drag its feet on conducting a formal investigation into a small northern community for repeated non compliance with freedom of...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
Scattered Site Outreach Program in La Ronge may be looking for a new facility. This comes after concerns were raised by the group that funds the program. The worry is that they have outgrown the facility. Scattered Site offers services to people in the tri-community...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
The La Ronge Ice Wolves snapped a 14-game losing streak on Thursday night in Pinehouse when they edged the Battlefords North Stars 3-1. “It was bound to happen soon (snapping the losing streak), I think we played pretty well the last few games, just came short,” said...
by MBC News | Dec 7, 2018
The jury will make its recommendations on Friday at the inquest into death of 22-year-old Brydon Whitstone of Onion Lake Cree Nation. The last of the 18 witnesses called to the inquest testified on Thursday afternoon. Much of the day was taken up by testimony from two...
by MBC News | Dec 6, 2018
Questions continue to swirl as to the knowledge Cabinet Ministers had of Vince Natomagan’s violent criminal past, before making his appointment to the Board of Northlands College November 1. Natomagan’s appointment came at the recommendation of Advanced Education...
