by MBC News | Aug 25, 2020
A four-month investigation by the Saskatchewan RCMP into drug trafficking at the Prince Albert Provincial Correctional Centre has resulted in charges against a 30-year-old woman. Tara Anita Bird of Prince Albert is charged with conspiracy to traffic controlled...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2020
Former La Ronge Ice Wolf Zach Bannister has committed to play the 2020-21 hockey season at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, which is an NCAA Div. III program. The Grande Prairie, AB forward spent parts of three seasons with the Ice Wolves before he was moved to...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2020
Canada’s first female First Nations senator has officially retired. Lillian Dyck has reached the age of 75 which is the mandatory age for retirement from the Canadian Senate. Dyck, a member of the George Gordon First Nation, was first appointed to the Upper Chamber as...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2020
La Ronge’s Scattered Site Outreach Program is looking at relocating to a new building. According to a Town of La Ronge Facebook post, the proposed location is on La Ronge Avenue, right across from the Waterbase Inn and Suites. Community members who have been living in...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2020
A Prince Albert city councillor says both the province and Ottawa need to be part of an effort to kick start the forestry industry in northern Saskatchewan. At a media announcement Monday morning, long time Prince Albert politician Don Cody announced he is seeking...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2020
The Northern Lights School Division is mandating that all staff and students from grades 4-12, wear a non-medical mask when two meters of physical distancing cannot be maintained. However, students in lower grades will not be required to wear masks, yet may choose to...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2020
Shellbrook RCMP now consider the death of a 20-year-old man taken to hospital Friday as a homicide. Police confirm the victim Wesley Custer, originally from Denare Beach, was recently residing in the Prince Albert/Montreal Lake area. Police are trying to piece...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2020
Sucker River’s Dade Bernatchez was back on the links this past weekend. Bernatchez, who plays on the Maple Leaf Junior Tour, was taking part in a bantam event in Warman, SK. The 13-year-old shot a 77 on the first day of action and followed that up with an 82 on the...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2020
A 21-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Brett Mckay on the Red Earth Cree Nation early Friday morning. RCMP say the the 24-year-old McKay was found unresponsive and later pronounced deceased at a residence on the First Nation...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2020
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has issued an advisory in Prince Albert after an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 visited two local businesses Friday morning. Anyone who visited either the Safeway or Dollarama Store on 2nd Avenue West between 10 a.m....
