by MBC News | May 19, 2016
Seabee gold operation northeast of La Ronge. (Photo courtesy of clauderesources.com) A Canadian company which owns a gold mine in the US and a silver mine in Argentina has announced the acquisition of Claude Resources. Officials with Silver Standard resources say...
by MBC News | May 19, 2016
De Beers Canada has signed an agreement to spend up to $20.4 million on diamond exploration targets staked by CanAlaska Uranium in the northwestern Athabasca Basin. The claims staked by CanAlaska and optioned to De Beers cover 75 kimberlite-style targets over a...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016
Photo of the victim, Candace “Arlene” Roberts. Photo courtesy Facebook. A woman has entered a guilty plea for her role in a Grandmother Bay death that dates back to October. This week, Josephine Roberts, in her late 30s, entered a plea of manslaughter...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016
Photo courtesy Colonialism No More – Solidarity Camp Regina, Facebook The Colonialism No More group in Regina is holding strong as it marks one month of camping outside the INAC office. Since April 18, the camps popped up outside six regional Indigenous and...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016
La Ronge Chargers football player Robin Louis has cracked a spot on the Saskatoon Hilltops roster for the upcoming season. Louis received the good news after attending a recent spring camp. “It was a three-day camp, but it was two-a-day practices, so I had to...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016
Police are on the lookout for three suspects after a shooting at the Peepeekisis First Nation. Members of the File Hills First Nations Police Service and the RCMP were called to a home on the reserve shortly before 2 a.m. today. When officers arrived they found a 29...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016
The Fort McMurray fire in early May. Photo courtesy Facebook The Alberta wildfire described as an “uncontrollable beast” is expected to cross into Saskatchewan shortly. Right now, it’s stalled in Alberta, about 5 km from the border. The blaze has now...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016
Harold Johnson speaks at New North’s Northern Justice Symposium. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski A presentation at New North’s Northern Justice Symposium in Prince Albert Wednesday morning inspired the audience to tell their own stories about addiction. A...
by MBC News | May 17, 2016
Statement issued by the Saskatchewan government at 4:01 p.m., May 17, 2016: Based on current weather and wind conditions, we believe the Fort McMurray fire –which was approximately 5 km from the shared border as of 2 pm today — will reach the border, but...
by MBC News | May 17, 2016
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is the latest jurisdiction to announce a fire ban in northern Saskatchewan. The ban applies to all six of its reserve communities — La Ronge, Stanley Mission, Grandmother’s Bay, Sucker River, Hall Lake and Little Red. Burning...