by MBC News | Jul 8, 2019 | Current News
One of three males convicted of killing La Ronge restauranteur Simon Grant two years ago is due back in court next month. The man, who was 17-years-old at the time of the attack on Grant, was given an adult sentence of nine years in May. At the sentencing, Justice Bob...
by MBC News | Jul 8, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News
The schedule for the 2019-20 SJHL season has been released. The La Ronge Ice Wolves open the campaign with a home-and-home series against the Flin Flon Bombers. Game one of the set goes Sept. 13 at the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon, with the conclusion of the weekend...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2019 | Current News
Friday marked the 15th anniversary of the disappearance of five-year-old Tamra Keepness. The White Bear First Nation girl, went missing from her Regina home on July 5, 2004. Every year, family and friends gather in a local park to raise awareness to her disappearance....
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2019 | Current News
Three people are facing charges after La Loche RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on the Clearwater River Dene Nation Monday. The warrant was executed under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Police seized a number of items including a firearm,...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2019 | Current News
A basketball player from the Thunderchild First Nation has been selected as the new face of a Nike campaign. Michael Linklater plays for the Saskatchewan Rattlers in the Canadian Elite Basketball League and will now be seen modelling pieces from the Nike N7...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2019 | Current News
The provincial government says it is not in communication with the Pheasant Rump Nakota Nation regarding its cannabis retail operation. “The government is not in current communication with unauthorized cannabis dispensaries,” a statement from the Sask. government...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2019 | Current News
RCMP say the body of a canoeist who went missing in northern Saskatchewan last month has been recovered. The 27-year-old man from Calgary went missing on June 8 while fishing on Smoothstone Lake. His canoe was later found submerged in the middle of the lake. RCMP say...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2019 | Current News
Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Chief Peter Beatty says cooler heads need to prevail in the wake of two videos that were taken of arrests in Pelican Narrows on the weekend. The videos show the same officer in two separate incidents with gun drawn and shouting profanities...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2019 | Current News
Several youth from the Black Lake First Nation are cycling 1500 kilometers from their home community in northern Saskatchewan to Lac St. Anne Alberta to raise awareness to suicide prevention. The youth aged 13 to 27 have already completed more than 600 kilometers,...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2019 | Current News
An RCMP officer in Pelican Narrows has been removed from the community and reassigned to non-frontline duties after videos of two arrests went viral on social media over the weekend. In both videos, the same officer has their gun drawn and is using profane language...
