by MBC News | Jan 18, 2019
The Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band is impartial to a Cabinet shuffle, which saw a new Indigenous Services Minister appointed. On Monday, the Prime Minister adjusted his team, appointing incumbent Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpot to Treasury Board and...
by MBC News | Jan 18, 2019
La Ronge will be the site of a Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League game this weekend when the Beardy’s Blackhawks take on the Saskatoon Contacts at the JRMCC. It should certainly feel like a home game for three members of the Blackhawks who call La Ronge home....
by MBC News | Jan 18, 2019
Friday is a day of bittersweet emotions in the northern community of La Loche. The village is celebrating new renovations to its high school but it is also mourning a tragic shooting that took place there three years ago. Jason Young is the director of education for...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2019
Move over Beethoven, don’t you step on his blue suede shoes. Trent Montgrand is a 17-year-old Carpenter High School student finding himself in the spotlight after two Facebook videos of the teen playing piano went viral getting viewed 15,000 times in just 24 hours....
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2019
The Métis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The organization has offices in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert and offers support to help people live addiction free healthy lifestyles. Shane Lazarowich, who works in...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2019
“The parents are scared, the family is scared,” said Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson following a shooting at a home on the reserve Sunday evening. RCMP say the shooting left a five-year-old boy with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2019
The MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina will soon be showcasing more Indigenous artwork. Thomas Druyan and Alice Ladner have pledged to donate over 1,000 pieces by Indigenous artists. The Kampelmacher Memorial Collection of Indigenous Art was named after Druyan’s...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2019
The Prince Albert Grand Council is offering a new program for women who reside in First Nations communities throughout Saskatchewan. The Empowered Movement Workshop will offer attendees a less-than-traditional way of prioritizing their physical, mental and emotional...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2019
Sixties Scoop survivors who have questions about applying for compensation are asked to attend one of two information sessions taking place in Saskatchewan next month. The full-day events are intended to allow people to ask questions about the application process and...
by MBC News | Jan 17, 2019
The RCMP is investigating a suspicious death on the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation. Mounties say on Sunday afternoon, Blaine Lake RCMP responded to an unresponsive woman outside her home on the First Nation. The woman, 56 year-old Joanne Wolfe-Lafond, was pronounced dead at...
