by MBC News | Jan 29, 2018
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has been named one of Saskatchewan’s top employers. The organization was given the distinction by the Canada’s Top 100 Employers Project, which aims to recognize the country’s best places to work. The project...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2018
La Ronge RCMP are investigating the weekend death of a 22-year-old man. A snowmobile crash at Sanderson Point was reported shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday morning. Police say the driver of the snowmobile, a 22-year-old man from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, was...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2018
It is going to take time and money, but there is a firm commitment from the Indigenous Affairs department to turn over child and family services to First Nations and Metis communities. The promise was made at the end of a two-day summit in Ottawa involving dozens of...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2018
Police are currently looking for 21-year-old Rueben Ratt of Pelican Narrows, as he allegedly stabbed a man in the community on Wednesday. RCMP believe Ratt may be the attacker of a 21-year-old man they found to be suffering from apparent stab wounds, around 4 am. The...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2018
The temporary layoffs that were announced in November, have begun to take effect on two Cameco sites in northern Saskatchewan. Approximately 845 workers at the two operations will be without work for ten months until the sites are scheduled to reopen. Duncan Gardiner...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2018
Saskatoon Public schools is celebrating a record number of students taking part in their Indigenous arts program. The 10-week program began in 2014 and offers lessons on art, dance, and song to students. Lessons in the course are designed to provide education on...
by MBC News | Jan 25, 2018
Plans for the year were laid out at the Art Hauser Centre today for Prince Albert Mayor, Greg Dionne’s, State of the City Address. The speech was the highlight of a lunch put on by the Prince Albert chamber of commerce. Topics covered by Dionne included upcoming...
by MBC News | Jan 25, 2018
An Alberta contractor, who has made his millions playing in the sand, wants to take his expertise to the La Ronge area where he plans to open a silica pit mine that could inject $5 billion into the local economy and generate more than a 1,000 jobs. Camilo Garcia is...
by MBC News | Jan 25, 2018
Despite announcing his retirement this past summer, pro MMA fighter Devon Smith of La Ronge is getting back into the octagon next month. Smith is scheduled to square off with Tyler Weran out of Saskatoon in a light-heavyweight bout at a Modern Fighting Championship...
by MBC News | Jan 24, 2018
The First Nations Bank of Canada says a partnership with Affinity Credit Union will spread services to Indigenous people across the province. Officials with the FNBC say the deal will make their institution more competitive. “We do see this opportunity as...
