by MBC News | Nov 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
911 responders will now be able to reach emergencies on the Cowessess First Nation sooner. Cowessess First Nation and Saskatchewan Polytechnic Geomatics and Surveying Engineering Technology faculty members have developed a procedure to map and update a geo-database of...
by MBC News | Nov 25, 2018 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News
Former NHLer P.J. Stock was in La Ronge this weekend for the La Ronge Ice Wolves Back the Pack Dinner on Saturday at the JRMCC. “It was a blast,” said Stock. “I actually wanted to come play in this league (SJHL) years ago when I was 17 years old. I was looking...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2018 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News
The La Ronge Ice Wolves lost their 11th straight game on Friday — this time it was a 6-4 setback at the Mel Hegland Uniplex to the Melville Millionaires. “I think overall, for the most part, our game was pretty solid,” said Ice Wolves Head Coach and GM Evan...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2018 | Current News
Fond-du-Lac Dene Nation Chief Louie Mercredi says renovations to the community’s airport runway are an urgent priority. He says the current runway is simply too small to accommodate the current air traffic in and out of Fond du Lac. The remote nature of the community...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2018 | Current News
The University of Saskatchewan has launched a special interactive video tribute to the province’s top Indigenous athletes and sport builders. The video display is located in the physical activity complex and features such athletes as hockey greats Fred Sasakamoose and...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2018 | Current News
Industry will likely have to offer more benefits to Indigenous people if it wants a proposed diamond mine in the Fort a la Corne Provincial Forest area to go forward, the head of the Prince Albert Grand Council says. Star Diamond is heading up the billion-dollar...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre (SICC) First Nations Language Keepers Conference came to an end in Saskatoon Thursday. First Nations community language educators, advocates, elders and spectators gathered for the past two days at the Saskatoon Inn and...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Athabasca Denesuline Nene consists of Fond-du-Lac, Hatchet Lake and Black Lake, and they were signatories on Treaty 8 in 1899 and Treaty 10 in 1906. There is traditional territory that extends north of the 60th parallel into the Northwest Territories and as of 1999,...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2018 | Current News
It appears that bootlegging in the community of Black Lake is becoming a major problem, that Chief Coreen Sayazie is calling for more re-enforcement’s to curb the activity. She is asking for alcohol restrictions and the introduction of community safety patrols...
by MBC News | Nov 23, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Kaministikominahiko-skak Cree Nation (formerly John Cochrane First Nation) has been inspired by a historic court case being held in Saskatchewan. For the first time, federal court is being held on a First Nation reserve, where members of Chacachas First Nation are...
