by MBC News | Jan 13, 2016
Vice Chief Bob Merasty speaks at the event. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. A new federal government, with a new attitude towards First Nations, is the impetus behind a major economic development forum underway in Regina. This is part two of a three-part series, called...
by MBC News | Jan 13, 2016
A news children’s book is passing on the often-overlooked stories of north-central Saskatchewan Metis people who were considered squatters by the government after the Battle at Batoche. The group, called the Road Allowance Metis, had built homes on unused land...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2016
Jason Hope, warden at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, testified on Tuesday. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski On Tuesday, the public got an in-depth look at the mental health services offered to a Saskatchewan Penitentiary inmate before his death. Just over three years ago in...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2016
The trailer that flipped. Photo courtesy Swift Current Fire Department, Facebook. Cameco and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission say there is no risk to the public or the environment after a truck carrying uranium powder rolled in southwestern Saskatchewan. The...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2016
A man who recently ran for chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band has been sentenced for his role in a fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision. Hillary Cook received a three-year sentence yesterday after pleading guilty in December to charges of impaired driving causing...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2016
Canada Search and Disaster Dog Rescue team came to La Ronge area to help in the search on Jan. 2. Photo courtesy Tammy Cook-Searson, Facebook. The search for a missing 36-year-old man continues, and now a second remotely-operated underwater vehicle is involved. Billy...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2016
SaskPower crews worked throughout the night to restore power for thousands of people in northwest Saskatchewan. At around 7:00 pm last night, a traffic accident cause the outage which affected a huge area including Pinehouse, Beauval, Buffalo Narrows, Dillon, Michel...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2016
Changes are coming to the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s election act. During the next two weeks, consultation meetings will take place in several of the band’s communities. The band’s election act consultant, Charles Whitecap, says potential candidates may...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2016
A lawsuit that could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars has been launched against the Delta Hotel in downtown Regina. The Merchant Law Group filed the statement of claim on behalf of the family of a 29-year-old First Nations woman who somehow got into the...
by MBC News | Jan 12, 2016
RCMP say alcohol likely was a factor in a crash in the La Ronge area last week that sent at least five people to hospital. The two-vehicle collision took place in the early evening of Tuesday, January 5 on Highway 102, just south of the Shell gas station. Mounties say...
