by MBC News | Jul 28, 2017
Kamao Cappo. Photo courtesy of Facebook. UPDATE: Kamao Cappo has told MBC that at around 9:30 a.m. on Friday, he received a voice-mail from a higher-up at Canadian Tire. He said this call was made after media reports stated that Canadian Tire has apologized to him...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2017
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck The Assembly of First Nations is calling for major changes to the commission of inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, but it has rejected a call for the resignation of the remaining commissioners and a complete reset of...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2017
file photo The Saskatoon Health Region says it is sorry that some Indigenous women were forced into having tubal ligation after delivering a baby. Tubal ligation is a surgical procedure in which a woman’s fallopian tubes are clamped or severed and is...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2017
Stillshot of surveillance video of Happy Charles on April 3. Provided by Prince Albert Police. The mother of Happy Charles says her daughter’s disappearance is now being treated as a homicide. Charles’ mother Regina Poitras from La Ronge says a detective...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2017
Photo courtesy Cameco.ca As Cameco reports its second-quarter financials today, two of its largest operations are at a standstill. A six-week summer shutdown is in place at Key Lake and McArthur River, all as part of cost-saving measures that CEO Tim Gitzel says will...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2017
Photo courtesy of Pinterest The first group of firefighters that went to BC to help fight forest fires in that province’s interior are back home. Thirty-six firefighters landed back in Saskatoon this morning, with more scheduled to come back home from BC and Montana...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2017
Pamphlets on display at La Ronge’s 2016 World Hepatitis Day event. Photo courtesy @GeorginaJoliboisNDP, Facebook. For World Hepatitis Day, healthcare workers in the La Ronge area want people to know that Hepatitis C can be cured with treatment. Multiple agencies from...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2017
Michele Audette. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Delegates attending the AFN General Assembly in Regina last night provided a polite applause to two members of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, but then things got a little more heated when the...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2017
Simon Grant and Cora Laich. File photo. The widow of Simon Grant says that organ donation is a miracle to others and is glad she has helped two other people after her husband’s death. Grant was murdered in his La Ronge restaurant in April, and Cora Laich says donating...
by MBC News | Jul 26, 2017
La Ronge Ice Wolves with fans on Feb. 25, 2017 With La Ronge considering restricting minors from alcohol-involved events, the Ice Wolves board is defending its record on responsible liquor sales and saying such a restriction would prove “fatal” for the...
