by MBC News | Sep 8, 2017 | Current News
Laura Naytowhow. Photo courtesy of RCMP. UPDATE: Laura Naytowhow has been arrested in Prince Albert. Waskesiu RCMP are looking to the public for information on a 30-year-old woman from Montreal Lake. Last Sunday around 7:00 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop on...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017 | Current News
An elementary school in La Ronge has put out a warning to parents following an incident in a nearby neighbourhood yesterday. Pre-Cam Community School says it has learned a man in a truck offered to give a Grade 5 student a ride, and then threatened the girl. The...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of usask.ca The number of Aboriginal students on the University of Saskatchewan campus continues to rise. Self-declared Aboriginal student enrollment at the university is up 7 per cent compared to this time last year. The university says as of the first...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017 | Current News
Fire map. Photo courtesy of Government of Saskatchewan. It is another smoky day in Pelican Narrows, as crews continue to battle three fires that have consumed more than 1,000 square kilometres of forest. The largest fire, about 14 kilometres southeast of Pelican...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017 | Current News
La Ronge Provincial Court. File photo. A Crown prosecutor in La Ronge says there was no likelihood of a conviction in a manslaughter case, so prosecutors had no choice but to stay the charges against a Sucker River woman. Shawna Finlayson, 28, was accused in the death...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017 | Current News
Mary Gardiner has been set up outside the Canoe Lake band office in a tent. Photo courtesy Mary Gardiner via Facebook. A Canoe Lake First Nation woman is on the third week of a protest outside the Canoe Lake Band Office. Mary Gardiner has been sleeping in a tent...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017 | Current News
One of the many participants in Wednesday night’s meeting. Photo courtesy of Candice Evans, Facebook. According to organizers, a meeting calling for action on northern suicides exceeded their expectations. Organizer Allison Woods-Janvier says she didn’t...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017 | Current News
Chief Lynn Acoose. Photo courtesy of Twitter. Lynn Acoose has been re-elected chief of the Sakimay First Nation, which is located about 100 kilometres east of Regina. In a notice posted on her Facebook page, Chief Acoose congratulated all the candidates and thanked...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017 | Current News
Black Bear. Photo courtesy of Saskatchewan Environment. A 39-year-old man is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a bear earlier this week. The incident, which took place five kilometres east of Weirdale, was reported around 7:30 p.m. Monday. Officials with...
by MBC News | Sep 7, 2017 | Current News
Event poster. Photo courtesy of Facebook. World-class dancers will be making a stop in La Ronge on Thursday as a part of a new event hosted by Northlands College. Dancers from across Saskatchewan and as far away as California, will be participating in Jingles,...
