by MBC News | Aug 16, 2017
Kinoosao. Photo courtesy of Jerry Clarke. After a slow start to the fire season, crews from Saskatchewan Environment are being kept busy across the province’s north. One blaze is burning about 15 kilometres from Fond du Lac, but is moving away from the...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2017
George Sanderson. Photo courtesy Facebook. Surprise pleas were entered on Tuesday in a James Smith Cree Nation and Sturgeon Lake molestation case. The offender, 23-year-old George Sanderson, has pleaded guilty to five charges: two of sexual interference, one of making...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2017
Doug Cuthand. Photo courtesy of Strong Nations. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation weekly columnist Doug Cuthand has received another honour from the Native American Journalists Association. Cuthand finished as the runner-up in the Print...
by MBC News | Aug 16, 2017
Gary Merasty. Photo courtesy of desnedhe.com A former northern Saskatchewan Member of Parliament is stepping down as CEO of the English River First Nation’s economic development entity. Gary Merasty has been the president and CEO of Des Nedhe Development for the...
by MBC News | Aug 15, 2017
Sylvia Joseph (right) speaks with her lawyer after court. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Prosecution is seeking jail time for a woman who helped offenders on Big River First Nation trick the system. Earlier this year, Sylvia Joseph entered eight guilty pleas for...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2017
A zoning map of a region of La Ronge. Courtesy laronge.ca It just got easier to provide shelter for the homeless in La Ronge. Just last week, town council decided on a commercial zoning region as the spot where homeless shelters can be set up. The town previously had...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2017
Photo courtesy of Twitter A 34-year-old man from Black Lake is facing charges after a weekend disturbance in Prince Albert. The incident at a hotel room in the 3600 block of 2nd Avenue West was reported around 5:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Investigators say there had...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2017
Photo courtesy of RCMP Two women are facing various drug charges and police are looking for a 35-year-old man after a drug seizure on Waterhen Lake First Nation. RCMP say two homes were searched on Saturday, and about $50,000 worth of cocaine was found. The search...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2017
Cleanup crews out at Molanosa get the site ready for a week’s worth of events. Photos courtesy Freda Bird, Facebook. Camp setup is now complete for the Molanosa Cultural Days, which runs in the Montreal Lake region until Friday. Organizer Freda Bird says the cultural...
by MBC News | Aug 14, 2017
Photo courtesy David Smith Aircraft from across western Canada were in La Ronge this weekend for an annual exercise organized by the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association. An RCAF Hercules aircraft made a stop at the airport Sunday morning to train CASARA...
