by MBC News | Dec 19, 2018 | Current News
RCMP in Fond-Du-Lac and Stony Rapids are reminding community members that Lake Athabasca is not safe to drive on yet. In the past two weeks, officers have had to conduct four rescues. Often these drivers and their passengers are not dressed for the conditions. People...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2018 | Current News
Every Tuesday for the last year, approximately 20 Elders at the long-term care facility at Mamawetan Churchill River Regional Health Authority in La Ronge have the chance to channel their inner artist through an initiative led by Miriam Körner, the artist and author...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2018 | Current News
Saskatchewan RCMP have released the results of an Independent Review of a North Battleford officer-involved shooting. Brydon Whitstone, a 22-year-old man from Onion Lake Cree Nation was shot and killed following a brief police pursuit in North Battleford on...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2018 | Current News
Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says Conflict of Interest Commissioner Ronald Barclay has cleared her of any wrongdoing for accepting accommodation twice to the northern village of Pinehouse, in which the municipality paid for in 2016 and 2018. Harpauer claims she was...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2018 | Current News
A forensic pathologist is today conducting an autopsy on human remains found in Fort Qu’Appelle Sunday. Police believe the remains to be that of Gary Pelletier who was reported missing on October 18. The area where the remains were found is close to the southeast area...
by MBC News | Dec 18, 2018 | Current News
The long-awaited apology to Sixties Scoop survivors in Saskatchewan will be delivered Jan. 7, by Premier Scott Moe at the Legislature. The apology comes approximately three and a half years after former Premier Brad Wall committed to one. In the 1960’s and 70’s the...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2018 | Current News
SafeTALK is a preventative workshop that highlights the signs of suicide. The workshop is aimed at people over the age of 15-years-old and is designed to make people more aware of the indicators that somebody may be at risk of ending their life. A follow-up course,...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2018 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council is welcoming the appointment of Jason Stonechild as the new Deputy Chief for the Prince Albert Police Service. Stonechild of Cree ancestry was sworn into the position Monday, yet he was the Acting Deputy Chief since July. “This is a key...
by MBC News | Dec 17, 2018 | Current News
Questions still remain as to what exactly happened to 20-year-old Brennan Ahenakew the night he went missing on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation in early May. His remains were extracted from a burnt out vehicle on May 11 and the RCMP says it does not consider...
by MBC News | Dec 16, 2018 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News
The La Ronge Ice Wolves wrapped up the unofficial first half of the season with a 5-2 loss in Nipawin on Saturday evening. After an 8-2 loss on Friday night at home to Flin Flon, the Ice Wolves struggled in the first frame versus the Hawks. Eric Sorensen got the...
