by MBC News | Jun 10, 2015 | Current News
Despite improving air quality in the La Ronge area, local and provincial officials are telling forest fire evacuees to remain where they are for now. Five new fires were started by lightning yesterday, while 11 were put out. The provincial total is 41, but only four...
by MBC News | Jun 10, 2015 | Current News
RCMP have confirmed the death of a man from the Gordon’s First Nation was a homicide. Last Wednesday, RCMP discovered the body of a 43-year-old man in a shed in the community of Punnichy. An autopsy was performed on Monday and officers were able to confirm his death...
by MBC News | Jun 10, 2015 | Current News
Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer says they are putting in their best efforts to help Aboriginal people cast their vote in the upcoming federal election. Previous federal elections have allowed a second person to vouch for the identity of a voter who lacks...
by MBC News | Jun 10, 2015 | Current News
A 17-year-old male has been charged in connection to a serious assault in Prince Albert last month. Shortly after midnight on May 23, police received reports of an injured person in the 400 block of 5th Avenue East. An unresponsive 18-year-old male was taken to...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2015 | Current News
Additional funding from the federal government is allowing MBC to produce new original content in Aboriginal languages. Canadian Heritage has announced MBC is receiving a grant of $380,815 for the 2015-2016 fiscal year — a 20 per cent increase over last year...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2015 | Current News
A Sturgeon Lake man is on a 200-km walk today to raise funds for a lawsuit against the Ministry of Social Services. Chris Martell is suing for post-traumatic stress disorder following the death of his son in an overcrowded foster home five years ago....
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2015 | Current News
With the fire and heavy smoke in the area, STARS air ambulance was called in to make its first mission to La Ronge yesterday. Mayor Thomas Sierzycki says the helicopter was called in to transport a patient south. “I believe that they had to conduct the mission...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2015 | Current News
About a thousand people have now fled their homes as a result of forest fires in northern Saskatchewan, but the situation is actually better than it was yesterday. There were 11 new fires in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 48. Eighteen of the blazes are not...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2015 | Current News
Smoke from nearby forest fires remains the main concern in the La Ronge area today. It’s hoped last night’s rain and today’s forecast for more rain will help firefighters battling several wildfires. There was rain and lightning in the La Ronge area...
by MBC News | Jun 8, 2015 | Current News
**UPDATE – (2:47 pm, Monday, June 8th) – Northern Municipal Services says a voluntary evacuation notice has been issued to those with chronic respiratory illnesses, expectant mothers and children under two years of age in the settlements of Brabant Lake,...
