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...
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012 | Current News
A development company with operations in Saskatchewan’s far north has purchased ownership in its tenth business. Athabasca Basin Development has bought a 66% stake in Double Diamond Industrial Structures. The Saskatoon-based business is best known for...
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2012 | Current News
La Ronge RCMP are looking to the public for information on the whereabouts of two men wanted for violent crimes. Police say 20-year-old Ryan Shane Jonathan Halkett is facing a string of charges — including aggravated assault, dangerous operation of a motor...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012 | Current News
Environment Canada has extended a wind warning to include parts of northern Saskatchewan. Weather forecasters says winds of 100 km/h are possible this afternoon in the Ile a la Crosse, Buffalo Narrows, Beauval — while the La Ronge area could see winds of 90...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012 | Current News
The Truth and Reconciliation Commisssion is holding a second day of hearings in North Battleford today. This morning, North Battleford TRC hearings co-ordinator Sonia Whitecalf told her story. Whitecalf said residential schools affected generations of people,...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2012 | Current News
A survey is being circulated in Prince Albert asking people if they have been victims of racial profiling or racism. The author of the survey is Colleen Whitedeer, the vice-president of the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan. Based on her own...
