by MBC News | Feb 2, 2016
One of the speakers at the SUMA 2016 conference. Photo courtesy Ryan Bater, Twitter. “The next two years are going to be difficult,” La Ronge Mayor Thomas Sierzycki said at the annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association conference on Monday. “We...
by MBC News | Feb 2, 2016
A teen is no longer in cuffs after being arrested for an armed robbery in La Ronge last week. Police charged the 16-year-old Brabant Lake boy after two employees at a business on the 900-block of La Ronge Avenue were bear sprayed after 11 p.m. last Monday. A week...
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2016
One of the Canadian Challenge competitor’s sled dogs. Photo courtesy Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race, Facebook. A warm winter is wreaking havoc for the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race – the event has been cancelled this year due to poor trail conditions....
by MBC News | Feb 1, 2016
Kevin Goforth enters court on Monday morning. Photo by Manfred Joehnck EDITORS NOTE: This story contains graphic details that may disturb some readers. A Regina man says he remembers very little about his interviews with Regina police after the two little girls he was...
by MBC News | Jan 31, 2016
When the news cameras and microphones were put away on Saturday, the emotions of La Loche were laid bare. Tearful guests from all over – some from the northern village, and others who have traveled from Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, and British Columbia...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2016
On Friday, Justin Trudeau laid a wreath down at a makeshift memorial while a group of Dene drummers played in front of the high school where two educators in La Loche were shot dead. Following the song, which asked their ancestors to help heal, an Elder with the...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2016
All of La Loche was invited into the room while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke on Friday. Trudeau landed in the area around noon to meet with the community. Trudeau says the whole country grieves with La Loche and the northern Saskatchewan community must not let...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2016
Tammy and Kevin Goforth arrive at court in Regina this morning. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. It was a difficult day on the witness stand for Tammy Goforth. She is charged with starving a four-year-old girl to death, and causing serious harm to the girl’s...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2016
It was a warm welcome Friday morning from the Saskatoon Tribal Council for several Syrian refugees who recently arrived the area. STC invited a bus full of refugees out to Wanuskewin Heritage Park for an official welcome, as well as an introduction to some...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2016
A temporary staffing shortage is forcing the Cumberland House Health Centre to shut down this weekend. Services will not be available at the local clinic from 5 pm today until 8 am Monday. Kelsey Trail Health Region spokesperson Peggy Ratcliffe ambulance services will...
