by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
Northlands College in Air Ronge held its powerline technician program graduation on Tuesday. A total of 12 students are in this spring’s graduating class. This is the first year all entrants graduated the course. Bruce Skilliter is the head instructor for the program....
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
Prince Albert city council has no intention of backing off on a controversial back alley curfew bylaw, despite protests from one of the province’s largest tribal councils. The Prince Albert Grand Council says the new bylaw will increase police racial profiling of...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
As the province looks to revamp how police oversight is conducted, Sask. Justice Minister Don Morgan said it would be “ideal” to appoint an Indigenous person as Chair of the Public Complaints Commission. The current Chair Brent Cotter has been appointed to the Senate...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
The La Ronge Ice Wolves continue to carry on during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team recently announced that season tickets are now on sale for the 2020-21 campaign. “We waited until we had some idea that things were gonna go ahead,” said Randy Johns, who is a board...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council and city police are set to meet Tuesday afternoon after a video surfaced on social media of an officer using, what the tribal council says, was excessive force while taking a suspect into custody. The video, posted on the Facebook page...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News, MBC News
UPDATE: RCMP say Samantha Bluecloud has been located and is safe. Turtleford RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing 29-year-old woman from Thunderchild First Nation. Police say Samantha Bluecloud has not been heard from since the last time she...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2020 | Current News
Concern is growing as water is rising on Highway 165 one kilometre east of Beauval. The Beaver River has surpassed its flood lines and submerged a portion of the highway. Swelling from the La Plonge Creek is also contributing. The treat of a washout or the closure of...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2020 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
It was a sixth place-finish for Sucker River golfer Dade Bernatchez over the weekend in Swift Current at the Elmwood Golf Club. The 13-year-old shot an 82 on the first day and followed that up by a 91 on the second day for a two-day total of 173. Darien Herlick of...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2020 | Current News, MBC News
Turtleford RCMP are looking to the public for information on 32-year-old DeeDee Steele from Thunderchild First Nation. Her family has not heard from her since June 12. DeeDee Steele was last seen in Thunderchild at House 266. It’s believed she may have travelled to...
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2020 | Current News
RCMP have spent the last few days searching Makwa Lake for a missing six-year-old boy. Police released their first report of the missing child on Wednesday. Since then, Loon Lake, Pierceland and Meadow Lake RCMP detachments have been working with CASARA, the police...