by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
La Ronge Provincial Court. File photo. A Crown prosecutor in La Ronge says there was no likelihood of a conviction in a manslaughter case, so prosecutors had no choice but to stay the charges against a Sucker River woman. Shawna Finlayson, 28, was accused in the death...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Mary Gardiner has been set up outside the Canoe Lake band office in a tent. Photo courtesy Mary Gardiner via Facebook. A Canoe Lake First Nation woman is on the third week of a protest outside the Canoe Lake Band Office. Mary Gardiner has been sleeping in a tent...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
One of the many participants in Wednesday night’s meeting. Photo courtesy of Candice Evans, Facebook. According to organizers, a meeting calling for action on northern suicides exceeded their expectations. Organizer Allison Woods-Janvier says she didn’t...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Chief Lynn Acoose. Photo courtesy of Twitter. Lynn Acoose has been re-elected chief of the Sakimay First Nation, which is located about 100 kilometres east of Regina. In a notice posted on her Facebook page, Chief Acoose congratulated all the candidates and thanked...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Black Bear. Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Environment. A 39-year-old man is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a bear earlier this week. The incident, which took place five kilometres east of Weirdale, was reported around 7:30 p.m. Monday. Officials with...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017
Event poster. Photo courtesy of Facebook. World-class dancers will be making a stop in La Ronge on Thursday as a part of a new event hosted by Northlands College. Dancers from across Saskatchewan and as far away as California, will be participating in Jingles,...
by MBC News | Sep 6, 2017
Event poster. Photo courtesy of Facebook. A collection of northern Saskatchewan residents are urging their leaders to declare a state of emergency over youth suicides. Several community members are expected to attend a meeting in Buffalo Narrows on Wednesday night to...
by MBC News | Sep 6, 2017
Henk Ruys Soccer Centre, Saskatoon. Courtesy of Vanessa Lynn Linklater McCallum. Evacuees are being moved out of a soccer centre in Saskatoon and into hotels, while more men and equipment are being put on the front lines of forest fires near Pelican Narrows. Meantime,...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017
Cut Knife RCMP have arrested and charged four people from Little Pine First Nation with trafficking cocaine. RCMP say they responded to a complaint of an assault yesterday morning, which led officers to search a home on the reserve. In the home, police say they seized...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2017
The fire in view on Aug. 29. Photo courtesy Facebook, Vanessa Linklater-McCallum. Residents of several northeast Saskatchewan communities have been forced to make the best of a bad situation patiently waiting for word on when it is safe to go home. Last Tuesday,...
