by MBC News | Nov 1, 2016
The landscape in the Lac La Ronge Indian Band area. Photo by Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, courtesy Facebook. Northern Saskatchewan is using resources offered from all over Canada in order to lose no more young girls to suicide in what Lac La Ronge Chief Tammy...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2016
A photo for the La Ronge Vigil. Photo courtesy Facebook While political leaders are talking about the death of a sixth girl in northern Saskatchewan within less than a month, there’s a more immediate grief being felt in La Ronge. A 13-year-old girl who was a member of...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2016
Solomon Cyr. Photo courtesy of Facebook The chief and band council of the George Gordon First Nation, which is located about 125 kilometres northeast of Regina, are reviewing a court decision that overturns last spring’s election results. In a notice posted on its...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2016
At an Oct. 20th candlelight vigil for northern suicides, Indigenous Students’ Council President Dallas Fiddler helps light the candle of a fellow student. Photo by Joel Willick Leaders in Saskatchewan and Canada rose with heavy hearts on Monday to speak...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2016
A man from Sturgeon Lake First Nation facing serious child porn charges will remain in custody with his earliest chance of release coming at a bail hearing set for later this week. On Monday, 22-year-old George Edward Sanderson had his second Prince Albert Provincial...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2016
Solomon Cyr. Photo courtesy of Facebook The administration of the George Gordon First Nation near Punnichy is in doubt today after a court ruling on Friday overturned last spring’s election results. A Regina judge ruled there were more than 30 ballots that were...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2016
Crown prosecutor Lloyd Stang and defence lawyer Aaron Fox outside court Meadow Lake Provincial Court on Oct. 28. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski There will be no trial for the La Loche mass killer. He entered guilty pleas for murder and attempted murder of 11 people in...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2016
A man from the Sturgeon Lake First Nation is accused of making child porn and sexual assault on the Sturgeon Lake and James Smith First Nations. It follows an investigation by the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit. Twenty-two-year-old George Edward...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2016
There has been yet another suicide involving a young Saskatchewan Indigenous girl. The latest victim was just 13 years old. She died on Tuesday. Funeral services were held today on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation, which is about 300 kilometres northwest of Prince...
by MBC News | Oct 28, 2016
Buffalo Narrows. Photo courtesy of tourismsaskatchewan.com After one of the closest elections for mayor on record, there will be a recount in Buffalo Narrows after all. Bobby Woods reclaimed the mayor’s seat with a three-vote victory over Sandy Ericson on...
