by MBC News | Jul 11, 2019 | Current News
The first wave of as many as 3,000 evacuees from northwestern Ontario began arriving in Regina Thursday morning. The area has been ravaged by wildfires this summer and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe confirmed yesterday the province is in a position to help Ontario...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Indigenous child welfare legislation is getting a lot of attention from provincial politicians to protesters. The premiers and national Indigenous leaders met Tuesday on the Big River First Nation to discuss implementing newly passed federal Indigenous child welfare...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
La Ronge will host the JRMCC Men’s Fastball Tournament this weekend. The action is taking place at the JRMCC Sports Grounds, with things kicking off Friday and wrapping up Sunday. “We started this last year and we want to continue to host this event – and try to...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Police say 17-year-old Jamie Quewezance has been located and is safe....
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2019 | Current News
A federal court has ruled a Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation councillor must step down and by-election be held. PBCN’s election tribunal previously ruled the 2018 election of urban councillor Warren McCallum was invalid due to election irregularities. McCallum...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
TD’s Summer Reading Club and the Pahkisimon Nuye?ah Library System have teamed up to deliver the reading initiative at 10 school libraries around north-central Saskatchewan next week. Pahkisimon Nuye?ah has been offering the program for over two decades and every year...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2019 | Current News
A 30-year-old man has been charged with several offenses after a stabbing on the Clearwater River Dene Nation last weekend. La Loche RCMP say a man, armed with a machete, broke into a local residence and assaulted another male while he was sleeping. The victim...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2019 | Current News
The majority of young people who took part in a new poll said they are optimistic about the future of reconciliation. 1,377 people aged 16 to 29 took the Canadian Youth Reconciliation Barometer survey. 73 per cent of Indigenous participants and 68 per cent of the...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2019 | Current News
It appears Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has his work cut out for him in terms of appealing to First Nations voters in the upcoming federal election. A recent poll says Liberal support among Indigenous voters has dropped 17 points from where it was in 2015, to 24 per...
by MBC News | Jul 10, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News
The La Ronge Ice Wolves were thrilled at the end of May with their selections at the SJHL Bantam Draft. One of the players they picked was defenceman Linden Gamble from Prince Albert. Gamble was taken 49th overall in the fifth round. He tallied 12 points in 31 games...
