by MBC News | Sep 14, 2012 | Current News
A man wanted by La Ronge RCMP on a variety of charges has been tracked down by police. Twenty-two-year-old Jonah Lee Ratt was located and arrested in Prince Albert by the city police. Ratt is facing charges that include assault with a weapon. Meanwhile, La Ronge RCMP...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2012 | Current News
An investigation is underway after a prisoner was found dead in the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre today. The facility is currently under a lockdown, and visits are being limited. Judy Orthner of the Ministry of Corrections and Public Safety says guards...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2012 | Current News
People in parts of northwest Saskatchewan are still dealing with the results of severe weather earlier this week. Strong winds on Tuesday brought down trees which caused damage to power lines and left communities in the dark. At the Buffalo River Dene Nation, the...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2012 | Current News
There was some excitement on the Onion Lake Cree Nation yesterday as Eagleview High School was locked down. The precautionary measure was taken after RCMP received reports of two youths with a firearm near the school. The call came in at around 3:00 p.m. RCMP say...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2012 | Current News
The federal NDP critic for Aboriginal Affairs says she isn’t impressed with a government pledge to end violence against women. Jean Crowder says the pledge, outlined in a new release this week, makes no mention of the problem concerning Aboriginal women...
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012 | Current News
An inmate has escaped from the minimum-security Riverbend Institution in Prince Albert. Officials say 38-year-old Kevin Masuskapoe was discovered missing around 9:30 last night. He was serving a 15-year sentence for theft, break and enter and a number of other crimes....
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012 | Current News
A film that was shot in La Ronge last November makes its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival this evening. “Barefoot” tells the story of a teenage girl who is surrounded by pregnant teens her own age. Rather than follow traditional mainstream...
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012 | Current News
A Red Pheasant Cree Nation man says true reconciliation can’t happen until resources are fairly shared. Ben Wuttunee testified during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in North Battleford yesterday. Wuttunee said Treaty 6 chiefs only agreed to...
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012 | Current News
It doesn’t appear some much-needed funding for a grave marker project in the province will come from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans Association Grand Chief Ray Sanderson says some work has been done, but there are...
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012 | Current News
Work is underway to gauge the life of a northern Saskatchewan gold mine. The Roy Lloyd Mine started up over a year ago in the La Ronge Gold Belt. Fifty employees work at the site, and its ore is processed at the nearby Jolu Mill. Golden Band Resources vice-president...
