by MBC News | Apr 17, 2020 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
The La Ronge Ice Wolves say 2001-born forward Gavin Mattey has committed to the team for the upcoming campaign. Mattey is from Chase, B.C. and he has spent the last three seasons playing for the Chase Heat in the KIJHL. “I’m a skilled forward, I’m a smaller guy ,”...
by MBC News | Apr 16, 2020 | Current News
There continues to be a discrepancy on what information the health authorities that serve northern Saskatchewan are willing to release in terms of COVID-19 infections. Both the Northern Inter-Tribal and Athabasca health authorities have released specific community...
by MBC News | Apr 16, 2020 | Current News
A lawyer from Green Lake is taking time off work to help make homemade masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Angela Bishop has been a lawyer for more than 26 years, and she is sending masks across the country with the help of her friends and family. The masks have...
by MBC News | Apr 16, 2020 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
A football camp in northern Saskatchewan is on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Saskatchewan Roughriders Northern Football Jamboree has been postponed. “We regret to inform all football fans that the Northern Saskatchewan Football Roughrider Jamboree has...
by MBC News | Apr 16, 2020 | Current News
A person in the northern community of La Loche has tested positive for COVID-19. According to Mayor Robert St. Pierre, the Sask. Health Authority Wednesday began contact tracing in that community, to make them aware of the increased risk of exposure. The SHA says to...
by MBC News | Apr 16, 2020 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
Wapun Johns has been a mainstay at La Ronge Ice Wolves games for years. If you have ever been to a game at the Mel Hegland Uniplex featuring the Ice Wolves, you can’t miss her cheering on the SJHL team with her signature wolf hat. “One of the biggest things in her...
by MBC News | Apr 16, 2020 | Current News
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from the person who shot and killed four people while injuring seven others in the northern community of La Loche in January 2016. The now 22-year-old shooter who was 15 days shy of his 18th birthday killed two...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2020 | Current News
Prince Albert police are confirming the death of a three-year-old girl last week as a homicide. This comes after an autopsy was completed Tuesday. Police say the victim and suspects were known to each other and it was not a random incident. The unresponsive girl was...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2020 | Current News
An assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Nursing from Thunderchild First Nation has received an Indigenous research chair in nursing. Dr. Holly Graham is also a U of S researcher and was given the chair to improve Indigenous people’s...
by MBC News | Apr 15, 2020 | Current News
White Butte RCMP are asking for the public’s help to find a missing 14-year-old. Shay-lyn Brass is described as 5’4″, approximately 117 lbs. with black hair and brown eyes. Brass was last seen at a residence near Pilot Butte at around 8:00 p.m. on March...
