by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017
Jared Charles. Photo courtesy Prince Albert Police. Prosecution has upgraded one of the most serious charges against child abduction suspect Jared John Charles from sexual assault to aggravated sexual assault. Charles, 19, was arrested last week in relation to Prince...
by MBC News | Jul 14, 2017
Southend. Photo courtesy of peterballantyne.ca A sunken aluminum boat in Reindeer Lake in northeast Saskatchewan is believed to belong to a Southend man who disappeared without a trace 35 years ago. Simeon Bear, who was 26 at the time, was on a short trip on the lake...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2017
La Ronge council meets on July 12, 2017. MBC photo. Despite a town council motion that supports, in principle, some big changes to how alcohol is served in La Ronge, one man involved says the proposal is very much up for debate. “We’re not trying to pull the...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2017
Photo courtesy of NAIG 2017 Over 560 athletes, coaches and mission staff will leave for Toronto Friday for the 2017 North American Indigenous Games. Mosaic Potash will be sending Team Saskatchewan off in style with a pep rally at Whitecap Dakota First Nation. The...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2017
Northlands College. Photo courtesy saskatchewan.ca The end of one northern education program and the expansion of another is putting a strain on relations and student housing needs in the north. The chair of the NORTEP Council says the student apartments it owns in La...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2017
Photo courtesy of walkamileinhershoes.org The old saying, “you don’t know what I’ve been through until you’ve walked a mile in my shoes” will be put to the test this weekend in La Ronge. The Piwapin Women’s Centre will he holding its second annual Walk a...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2017
Photo courtesy of Saskatoon RiverFest Facebook page A three-day river festival celebrating Canadian Heritage Rivers will take place in Saskatoon starting today. The Saskatoon River Rendezvous 150 Festival celebrates the heritage of the river as a highway for...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2017
Planes that are a part of firefighting aid to B.C. and Montana photo courtesy Wildfire Management Branch Saskatchewan is sending more firefighters and equipment to British Columbia and also to Montana. On Thursday, an additional twenty firefighters, one liaison...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2017
Staff at The Lands in La Ronge are among those still reeling after reading the alcohol recommendations. Photo provided by Tania Colbert. A long list of proposed alcohol management recommendations for the Town of La Ronge are being likened to prohibition by some, and...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2017
Erik Shaun Machiskinic. Photo courtesy of RCMP. RCMP in Punnichy are looking to the public for help in locating Erik Shaun Machiskinic. The 38-year-old has an outstanding warrant after being arrested twice in one day for impaired driving last August. Machiskinic is a...