by MBC News | Aug 2, 2019 | Current News
RCMP say two men drowned in northern Saskatchewan lakes this week. On Wednesday, police discovered the body of a 28-year-old man in Father’s Lake, about five kilometres north of Pelican Narrows. EMS and police officers tried performing CPR on the male but were...
by MBC News | Aug 2, 2019 | Current News
A totem pole that has graced the shores of the North Saskatchewan River in Prince Albert for more than four decades will soon be moving to a new home. The totem pole was carved by two inmates at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary and donated to the city in 1975. However,...
by MBC News | Aug 2, 2019 | Current News
Carlton Trail College will be offering bursaries to those who are often underrepresented in the trades, including Indigenous people. The bursaries are also being offered to newcomers, women and people with disabilities. “The intent of the funding is to really help...
by MBC News | Aug 2, 2019 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
Former NHLer Reggie Leach will be in Flin Flon in a couple weeks. Leach will be helping out with a youth hockey camp from Aug. 19-23 at the Whitney Forum. “Just being in their company and seeing how well they do on the ice, how talented they are and always trying to...
by MBC News | Aug 1, 2019 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is heralding a Saskatchewan court decision in favour of a group of Indigenous hunters. In 2018, a group of hunters from the Six Nations First Nation in Ontario were invited to hunt on unoccupied Crown land in southern...
by MBC News | Aug 1, 2019 | Current News
Saskatchewan is mourning the loss of Indigenous sports builder Tony Cote. Cote, who founded the First Nations Summer Games in the mid-1970s, died Wednesday at the age of 84. He is also credited with establishing one of the first indoor hockey rinks on a Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Aug 1, 2019 | Current News
The NDP is calling on the Saskatchewan government to implement a suicide prevention strategy. Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette tabled a bill that would aim to reduce suicides in the province in November. The provincial government didn’t pass Bill 613, the Saskatchewan...
by MBC News | Aug 1, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
Hockey season is just around the corner and the La Ronge Ice Wolves need billet families for the upcoming campaign. “I’m thinking I need about 10 more beds,” said Rita Goertzen, the billet coordinator for the Ice Wolves. “I’m still working on a couple people and I...
by MBC News | Jul 31, 2019 | Current News
Miyawata Culture Inc. and the Poundmaker Cree Nation are putting on a Plains Indian sign language camp. The event began on Sunday and will finish on Friday at the Chief Poundmaker Museum. “We’re seeking alternative methods of teaching the Cree language,” says Plains...
by MBC News | Jul 31, 2019 | Current News
Regina police have charged a 27-year-old man in relation to a hit and run involving a cyclist Tuesday morning. Police say the incident happened in the 1400 block of Albert Street when a stolen vehicle bumped a 60-year-old female cyclist, drove over the bike and left...
