by MBC News | Nov 3, 2016
Rangers member using the old rifle. Photo courtesy of Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Center The process of distributing new rifles to members of the Canadian Rangers is expected to be complete next year at this time. The new bolt action .308 rifles, which are based on...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2016
MC Eugene Arcand and a residential school support worker at the Indian Residential School Conference. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Elders from Prince Albert Grand Council’s communities shed tears Wednesday morning at an Indian Residential School conference....
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2016
Corey O’Soup. Photo by Manfred Joehnck Saskatchewan’s new children’s advocate is tasked with the daunting assignment of dealing with a suicide crisis in the north. His first day on the job was yesterday, but by the end of the week, he expects to be in La Ronge,...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2016
Norman Hector MacAuley. Photo courtesy legacy.com The family of former Cumberland MLA Norman MacAuley were reminded of his service to Saskatchewan this week. MacAuley died at 98 this summer, and served the north as an NDP MLA from 1975 to 1982. Several of his...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2016
Photo courtesy of cameco.com Cameco is doing its best to manage the economic storm that has driven down the world price of uranium to its lowest level in over a decade. Third quarter net earnings for the company were 142 million, compared to a four-million-dollar loss...
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...
