by MBC News | Oct 19, 2020 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
It’s go time for the SJHL. The Junior A league has been given the green light to start games. “The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has been approved to start play, effective immediately,” said the league in a press release. “The SJHL will be allowed to have a...
by MBC News | Oct 19, 2020 | Current News
Voting will look different on the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. Elections officials said the presence of COVID-19 makes in-person voting unsafe. “Chief Peter Beatty and Council, working with public health officials and Saskatchewan’s Chief Electoral Officer, have...
by MBC News | Oct 19, 2020 | Current News
The Pre-Cam Community School in La Ronge will reopen to in-class instruction Tuesday. The school was closed October 13, after an individual tested positive for COVID-19. The Northern Lights School Division said testing has revealed that three students and two staff...
by MBC News | Oct 18, 2020 | Current News
RCMP says it needs help in locating an escaped prisoner from a detention center in Northern Sask. Its alleged that 29-year-old Travis Tyler Smith left the Besnard Lake Correctional Facility at around 2 PM Friday. It is unknown which direction he went. Smith does have...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2020 | Current News
With Halloween quickly approaching, the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is outlining ways community members can stay safe throughout the spooky holiday amidst a global pandemic. COVID-19 has made communal candy bowls and large groups of costumed kids on...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2020 | Current News
Mark Arcand has been re-elected to another term as chief of the Saskatoon Tribal Council. In delegate voting Thursday, Arcand edged out challenger Cliff Tawpisin 39 to 31 votes. Arcand, who is a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, was first elected as chief in...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2020 | Current News, Ice Wolves, MBC News, Sports
Recruiting out of the KIJHL has been fruitful for the La Ronge Ice Wolves over the past few seasons. Forward Jake Gudjonson spent three years in the KIJHL with the Golden Rockets before joining the La Ronge Ice Wolves prior to the 2018-19 campaign. In 110 SJHL regular...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2020 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is addressing COVID-19 cases in four communities. The First Nation reports that seven cases are in Little Red River, six in Stanley Mission, four in Sucker River and two in La Ronge. Stanley Mission has no new cases, other than the six...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2020 | Current News
Indigenous Services Canada said it is closely monitoring COVID-19 in northeast Saskatchewan, as approximately 18 people in communities within the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation and Lac La Ronge Indian Band have contracted the virus. “I think there’s still some...
by MBC News | Oct 14, 2020 | Current News
Northern and youth suicides was a hotly discussed topic Wednesday night as the leaders of the Saskatchewan Party and New Democrats squared off in the only debate of the election. Sask. Party leader Scott Moe was pressed on why he did not meet with Tristen Durocher,...
