by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
Marcel Marin. Photo courtesy of Facebook. Marcel Marin of Yellowknife/Saint James came across the line in La Ronge first in the eight-dog event of the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race. Anna Bolvin of Porcupine Plain, SK finished in second, while Jillian Lawton of...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2017
Photo courtesy of Facebook. In the mid-2000’s, the North Central Minor Hockey League started in Saskatchewan, but the league ended up folding in 2010. The league started up again at the beginning of this current hockey season. “This summer, I bounced the word...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
File photo. A suspended band councillor from Key First Nation facing drug charges has been approved for electronic monitoring and released on $1,000 bail. Clarence Papequash, 64, was in Yorkton court on Wednesday to seek bail on 10 charges: five for drug possession...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
Murder victim Mark Clarence Michel. Photo courtesy Facebook. Investigators are revealing the identity of a Pelican Narrows murder victim. Mark Clarence Michel, 16, died around 1 a.m. on Tuesday of “what appeared to be gunshot wounds,” an RCMP news release states....
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
The demolition before and after. Photo courtesy Northern Village Ile-a-la-Crosse, Facebook. Anyone who went through the Ile-a-la-Crosse Boarding School system has the chance to watch a video the demolition of the former boy’s dormitory, which was broadcast live...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
University of Regina President Vianne Timmons. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. University of Regina President Vianne Timmons shared a deeply personal story about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder today when she addressed a national symposium on the disability being...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2017
The Canadian Challenge starting line for Steven Laviolette. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. The Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race got underway with great fanfare in Elk Ridge late Tuesday afternoon. There are 19 teams taking part in the race, which winds its way through...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2017
Victim Jonathan Lee Cowan. Photo courtesy Facebook. One of three men accused in the first Prince Albert murder of 2016 is set to proceed with a two-week trial in November. Tyler Thomas Pechawis, 26, is slated for a jury trial in relation to the death of Jonathan Lee...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2017
Dogs outside the vet check in Prince Albert. Photo by Rod A. Young, originally posted here. For the second straight year, the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race is experiencing issues due to a lack of snow. The start location for the race is now taking place at Elk...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2017
File photo. People in Pelican Narrows may notice an increased police presence today as Mounties investigate a murder. RCMP were called to a home in the community around 1:00 am Tuesday about a sudden death. Police say a male was taken to the local health centre and...
