by MBC News | Nov 10, 2016
An 11-year-old student carrying a knife at a school on the One Arrow First Nation temporarily caused the school to be placed under lockdown earlier today. RCMP say the student was holed up in the Grade 5 classroom at the Almightyvoice Education Centre when they got...
by MBC News | Nov 10, 2016
Nia Eastman. Photo courtesy RCMP. It was a tragic and heart breaking end to an Amber Alert for a little girl who had been missing since yesterday afternoon. Around 1:45 pm today, RCMP investigators found the body of seven-year-old Nia Eastman in a home at Choiceland,...
by MBC News | Nov 10, 2016
Evan Vossen. Photo courtesy of prohockeynews.com The La Ronge Ice Wolves have hired Evan Vossen as their new head coach and general manager. Vossen replaces Shawn Martin, who was fired a few weeks ago. The 30-year-old played for the Ice Wolves from 2004-2007 before...
by MBC News | Nov 10, 2016
A recently released food security survey says the cost to feed a family of four in the north is almost 30 per cent higher than in the south, but a spokesman for an Aboriginal-owned contracting company says it is actually much higher. This purportedly leads to all...
by MBC News | Nov 10, 2016
Onion Lake Chief Wallace Fox. File Photo An Onion Lake Cree Nation member has filed a court application demanding Onion Lake chief and council disclose all of their financial documents. Onion Lake member Charmaine Stick recently filed the motion with the backing of...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2016
Photo by Manfred Joehnck Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says supporting families and communities is key to preventing youth suicides in northern Saskatchewan. The Premier along with a few of his cabinet ministers were in La Ronge Wednesday afternoon meeting with local...
by MBC News | Nov 9, 2016
On the left is Veteran Elder Willis Royal who founded the Veterans Memorial Service at Whitecap. Photo by Joel Willick During the second world war, the Moose Woods Reserve sent seven of around 70 eligible people to serve during the war. Moose Woods would later become...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2016
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. Photo courtesy of the FSIN. The voices of Aboriginal youth and their stories will play the central role at a youth crisis gathering organized by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the Prince Albert Grand Council. The two day...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2016
Members of Monica Burns’ family outside a Prince Albert courthouse. Photo by Joel Willick. The man accused of killing Monica Burns has pleaded guilty to manslaughter as well as indignity to a human body. Burns’ body was found on a remote snowmobile trail...
by MBC News | Nov 8, 2016
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Environment has launched a new online mapping tool called HABISask. It includes hunting, angling and bio diversity information and is accessible on mobile devices like smartphones or tablets. The site offers mapping information and...
