by MBC News | Sep 9, 2020 | Current News
The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan is turning to the Court of Queen’s Bench to prevent development of a uranium project in the southwest of the Athabasca Basin. The MN-S allege that NexGen Energy is in breach of its obligations under the Study Agreement that was signed...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2020 | Current News
The Northern community of Wollaston Lake is in mourning following the drowning of two youth Monday. Police said late Monday night they received a report that two boys aged 14 and 16 and an 18-year-old man had taken a canoe from the barge dock and tried to cross...
by MBC News | Sep 8, 2020 | Current News
Prince Albert police are asking for the public’s assistance locating two missing teens. Fifteen-year-old Darcy Gunn is described as 5’ tall, weighing 110 lbs, with long brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing black sweatpants, a black top with a silver...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2020 | Current News
A Regina judge will rule next week on whether northerner Tristen Durocher has a constitutional right to express his views on suicide on the grounds of the Legislature. Durocher, after walking from Air Ronge to Regina in late July erected a teepee and lit a sacred fire...
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2020 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
The La Ronge Ice Wolves need billet families for the upcoming campaign. “In total, I’ll need 28 billet families,” said Rita Goertzen, who is the billet coordinator for the Ice Wolves. “We’re still short a few. A few people have come forward, so that’s awesome.”...
by MBC News | Sep 3, 2020 | Current News
Mounties are treating the death of an Onion Lake Cree Nation man as suspicious. RCMP say they discovered the body of 24-year-old Tyrell Shane Lee Littlewolfe along a grid road northwest of St. Walburg Tuesday morning. An autopsy will take place, but police suspect...
by MBC News | Sep 2, 2020 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
The results are in from the Eagle Point Canoe Classic. This year marked the 26th edition of the event, which takes place in La Ronge. The duo of Rob Mackenzie and Warren Kelly came out on top in the seven-kilometre event, while Bill Jeffery and Jason Watt earned...
by MBC News | Sep 2, 2020 | Current News
Students in Saskatchewan are headed back to school this month and this includes students in the Northern Lights School Division and First Nations schools in the province’s north. Educating students in the COVID-19 era has created a number of questions and concerns for...
by MBC News | Sep 2, 2020 | Current News
All SaskTel services are now up and running in the Spiritwood area. For much of the past week, area residents have been without cellular, internet, telephone and 911 services after a fire destroyed the SaskTel building in Spiritwood on Aug. 23. In cases of emergency,...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2020 | Current News
One northern school will have students learning virtually. The Clearwater River Dene Nation School will see classes online for at least the first month. This comes after that community and neighbouring La Loche dealt with two significant COVID-19 outbreaks. School...
