by MBC News | Nov 2, 2017
Gateway Elementary in Meadow Lake. Photo courtesy of Gateway Elementary Facebook page. UPDATE: A 14-year-old boy from Meadow Lake has been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, assault with a weapon and uttering threats against a person in...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2017
The beating of an inmate at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre has now resulted in his death. Cornell Henry was assaulted at the institution October 23. He died in hospital this morning. The inmate, who was taken into the centre on October 9, was found injured in his...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2017
Rally on Parliament Hill. Photo courtesy of AFN. It was a Day of Action for Aboriginal children today, with hundreds of people gathered on Parliament Hill, calling for an overhaul of the child welfare system for Indigenous children. The chief of the Assembly of First...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2017
Photo courtesy of cibc.com Clients of the downtown CIBC in La Ronge will be doing business at another location next year. As of April 20, the downtown branch will close and the accounts will automatically transferred to the CIBC located on the Lac La Ronge Indian...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2017
Rose Campeau with Yellow Quill First Nation Urban Services. Photo by Joel Willick. Yellow Quill First Nation is turning to its elders to pass on the Saulteax language to its youth. The First Nation is hosting a two-day conference in Saskatoon this week, which is aimed...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2017
Senator Myles Venne School. MBC file photo. A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening a school on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Tommy Lavallee, 25, was arrested after RCMP received complaints of a man making threats with a firearm outside Senator Myles Venne...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2017
Marion Buller. Photo courtesy of uvic.ca The inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls released its interim report today, calling for immediate action on several fronts, including the establishment of national task force to reopen and reinvestigate...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2017
Screen shot of Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger during Question Period. A few northern Saskatchewan issues took centre stage during Question Period at the Legislative Assembly in Regina on Tuesday afternoon. Firstly, STC Critic and Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2017
Hatchet Lake. Photo courtesy of Cameco. Hope is fading for a 24-year-old Hatchet Lake man who has now been missing for almost three weeks. Despite ground and air searches, there have been no signs of Jean Baptiste Tsannie. The chief of the Hatchet Lake Dene Nation has...
by MBC News | Oct 31, 2017
Photo courtesy of Onion Lake Border Chiefs The season is underway for the Onion Lake Border Chiefs in the North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League. The team has posted a 3-5-3 record through 11 games this season, and this year’s roster features several northern...
