by MBC News | May 19, 2016 | Current News
A CrimeStoppers image of Miguel Gomez. A suspect has been arrested more than a month after a Saskatoon fight that killed a La Loche man. On Wednesday, police zoned in on Alberta as a possible hiding spot for suspect, 20-year-old Miguel Gomez. He was wanted on a...
by MBC News | May 19, 2016 | Current News
New North’s Northern Justice Symposium ended in Prince Albert on Thursday with a serious discussion on domestic violence. More than a hundred people are getting an education on the rarely talked about topic. On Thursday morning, the gathering heard from a senior...
by MBC News | May 19, 2016 | Current News
The grey area shows the fires as of Thursday morning. Photo courtesy Canadian Wildland Fire Information System’s website Alberta’s mammoth wildfire dubbed “The Beast” has now burned its way into Saskatchewan. Since it began near Fort McMurray...
by MBC News | May 19, 2016 | Current News
Seabee gold operation northeast of La Ronge. (Photo courtesy of clauderesources.com) A Canadian company which owns a gold mine in the US and a silver mine in Argentina has announced the acquisition of Claude Resources. Officials with Silver Standard resources say...
by MBC News | May 19, 2016 | Current News
De Beers Canada has signed an agreement to spend up to $20.4 million on diamond exploration targets staked by CanAlaska Uranium in the northwestern Athabasca Basin. The claims staked by CanAlaska and optioned to De Beers cover 75 kimberlite-style targets over a...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016 | Current News
Photo of the victim, Candace “Arlene” Roberts. Photo courtesy Facebook. A woman has entered a guilty plea for her role in a Grandmother Bay death that dates back to October. This week, Josephine Roberts, in her late 30s, entered a plea of manslaughter...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy Colonialism No More – Solidarity Camp Regina, Facebook The Colonialism No More group in Regina is holding strong as it marks one month of camping outside the INAC office. Since April 18, the camps popped up outside six regional Indigenous and...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016 | Current News
La Ronge Chargers football player Robin Louis has cracked a spot on the Saskatoon Hilltops roster for the upcoming season. Louis received the good news after attending a recent spring camp. “It was a three-day camp, but it was two-a-day practices, so I had to...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016 | Current News
Police are on the lookout for three suspects after a shooting at the Peepeekisis First Nation. Members of the File Hills First Nations Police Service and the RCMP were called to a home on the reserve shortly before 2 a.m. today. When officers arrived they found a 29...
by MBC News | May 18, 2016 | Current News
The Fort McMurray fire in early May. Photo courtesy Facebook The Alberta wildfire described as an “uncontrollable beast” is expected to cross into Saskatchewan shortly. Right now, it’s stalled in Alberta, about 5 km from the border. The blaze has now...