by MBC News | Jun 20, 2019 | Current News
A new documentary film looks at the preservation and promotion of the Nakota language. To Wake Up the Nakota Language is the latest project of Regina filmmaker Louise BigEagle. BigEagle says the deaths of her grandparents was one of the catalysts that made her decide...
by MBC News | Jun 20, 2019 | Current News
Three Northern Sask. Chiefs are not happy with the federal government after they say Crown Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett reneged on a commitment to initial a traditional territory land claims agreement. The northern leaders say without warning they...
by MBC News | Jun 20, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Police say another arrest has been made in connection with a shooting incident in the La Ronge area this past winter. The incident happened Jan. 13. Several shots were fired at a home on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. The shooting left a five-year-old boy with non-life...
by MBC News | Jun 20, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News
The La Ronge Ice Wolves have made a minor trade. The Ice Wolves have sent 2000-born forward Taylor Halbgewachs to the Weyburn Red Wings in exchange for a player development fee and a fourth-round pick in the 2020 SJHL Bantam Draft. Halbgewachs never played a game with...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2019 | Current News
Two Saskatchewan youth have been selected to take part in an Indigenous global development program. Twenty-one-year-old Gavin Blondeau of Saskatoon and 27-year-old Prestin Fleming of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band will be heading overseas later this summer as part of...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
There has recently been an increased number of bear sightings reported on the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. Chip Taypotat is responsible for animal control in the community and says he has received more than 20 calls about bear sightings in the past month. “This year...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2019 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News
The La Ronge Ice Wolves are getting set to host a summer hockey training camp next month. The camp runs from July 22-25 at the JRMCC. Kids from the ages of 5-17 can take part. The camp will not contain an on-ice component. “We are going to work on puck-handling...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Pinehouse RCMP say an inmate who escaped from the Besnard Lake Correctional Facility earlier this month is back in custody. On June 10, police reported that 30-year-old Randy Timothy Venne left the facility two days earlier. Mounties said that he was considered to be...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Big River RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing 30-year-old man. Police say Harold Rabbitskin was last seen at a home on Big River First Nation Monday evening around 11:30 p.m. Mounties say they went to several homes in the community, but they...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2019 | Current News
The Saskatoon Police Service is investigating after a member of the Meadow Lake RCMP detachment fired a semi-automatic rifle at a pair of suspects. The incident started around 2:45 Sunday morning when Mounties were searching for suspects believed to have been involved...
