by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016
Roman Catholic Bishop of Saskatoon, Donald Bolen. The Catholic Church in Canada is expressing its support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People Bishops across the country signed onto two separate documents this week outlining the...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016
Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale hinted at more funding and expanding the First Nations policing program during an address to the Indigenous Public Safety and Policing forum being held in Regina. Goodale says the program is long overdue for a major overhaul. Right...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016
Residents of La Ronge and nearby communities like Wadin Bay and Napitak may notice an increase in landfill fees. The new fees take effect on Friday, but for the average person, there will not be much of a change. Local residents will still be able to deliver up to two...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2016
After a day-long search for the person responsible for a fatal shooting on Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation, the RCMP says the suspect died in the presence of officers around 5 p.m. on Tuesday. In a news release issued Tuesday night, the RCMP stated they located a 59-year-old...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2016
Northern Saskatchewan’s medical health officer is clearing the air about rumours that food in La Ronge-area grocery stores was tainted by a needle containing HIV. The RCMP received a report around 1:30 p.m. on Monday that someone in Giant Tiger told workers about...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2016
Regina’s mayor is introducing what he calls “profound motion” at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. The motion sets out a timetable for the city to come up with plans to recognize and honour the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation report, which...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2016
Vince Natomagan wears a jacket emblazoned with Metis symbols. Photo courtesy Facebook A northern Metis community says the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment will be taking into consideration traditional lands when handing out logging permits. The Ministry held a...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2016
Ahtahkakoop. Photo courtesy www.ahtahkakoop.ca/ UPDATE: Below are the RCMP briefing notes after a news conference about the shooting on Ahtahkakoop Just before 10:00 a.m. today, Shellbrook RCMP received several calls regarding an individual discharging a firearm near...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2016
The leaders of the province’s two main political parties visited the north on the Easter weekend. Saskatchewan Party leader Brad Wall and N-D-P leader Cam Broten both made stops in La Ronge. Wall spoke to supporters at the campaign office of Sask Party candidate...
by MBC News | Mar 24, 2016
Three men have been charged with second-degree murder in connection to a January homicide in Prince Albert — one of whom is still at large. Twenty-three-year-old Jonathon Lee Cowan was found dead from an apparent shooting in a local apartment on January 9th....
