by MBC News | Sep 16, 2019 | Current News
Various stakeholders were in Prince Albert last week for a meeting on the city’s drug problem. Representatives from the RCMP, Métis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan and the city’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods unit were on hand for the meeting hosted by the...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2019 | Current News
The University of Saskatchewan celebrated the official sign unveiling of its new Prince Albert campus Monday morning. The new campus, located on the corner of 11th Street East and Central Avenue, is slated to open in the fall of 2020. U of S President Peter Stoicheff...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2019 | Current News
An amateur baker from the Okanese First Nation will be the only Indigenous contestant on this year’s Great Canadian Baking Show. Jodi Robson learned to bake at a young age, watching her Kokum bake various delights. She said learning to make sweet fry-bread, started...
by MBC News | Sep 16, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
Thirty-five golfers hit the links Sunday in La Ronge for a junior golf tournament at Eagle Point Resort. The event featured a beginners division, collegiate division and a junior open division. “In the beginners division, there is no score kept, it’s just nine holes....
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
For the second straight night, the Flin Flon Bombers were victorious over the La Ronge Ice Wolves. The Ice Wolves dropped a 4-1 decision to the Bombers on Saturday evening at the Mel Hegland Uniplex in La Ronge’s home opener. “I thought we played a really strong game,...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves
The La Ronge Ice Wolves started the season with a 5-2 loss in Flin Flon on Friday night versus the Bombers. “I think there was a few things that were going on that determined that outcome,” said Ice Wolves Associate Coach Gaelan Patterson. “Obviously, we just weren’t...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2019 | Current News
Three Indigenous entertainers have teamed up for a tour in the hopes of educating people on the struggles Indigenous people face while inspiring youth at the same time. The Waniskawin Awake + Rise Tour features Saskatchewan artists Joey Stylez and Mike Scott and...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2019 | Current News
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde said newly installed Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty is the perfect choice to be the Queen’s representative to the province. He called the occasion of having Mirasty, of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and fluent...
by MBC News | Sep 13, 2019 | Current News
The family of 31-year-old Ryan Donard will not know for certain how their son died. A public inquest was conducted into his death this week in Black Lake. The Stony Rapids man presumably drowned in the Fond Du Lac River on February 25, 2017 after encountering RCMP....
by MBC News | Sep 12, 2019 | Current News
Premier Scott Moe is expected to be in Prince Albert on Monday for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the new University of Saskatchewan campus in the city. The campus, located at 1061 Central Avenue, is slated to open next fall. Prince Albert Grand Council Grand Chief...
