by MBC News | Mar 16, 2021
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is calling for systemic changes to federal prisons following the death of a First Nations man. CAP Vice-Chief Kim Beaudin said its been one year since the suicide of Curtis McKenzie at Saskatchewan Penitentiary, and little...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2021
RCMP have laid a homicide charge against a man in the death of an infant in Canora last November. 23-year-old Waylon Hilliard Severight of the Cote First Nation is charged with second degree murder in the death of 21-month-old Lorenzo Cote. Severight was arrested...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2021
After being closed for almost two years, the former Quality Inn Hotel in downtown Prince Albert has re-opened under First Nations ownership. The facility has been purchased by the Timanaska Development Corporation and the Saskatchewan River Business Corporation, which...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2021
Clem Chartier has announced he is seeking the presidency of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan in an upcoming election this spring. Chartier, originally from Buffalo Narrows, has been involved in Métis politics in one form or another for the past 40 years. He and a number...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2021
Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson is being recognized. In a media release sent out Monday The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) announced the LLRB chief had won the 2021 Indigenous Women in Leadership Award. The CCAB said chief...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2021
The La Ronge Ice Wolves have signed 2003-born forward Ryan Chambers to a letter of intent. The Drayton Valley, AB product had 24 points in 28 games with the Wetaskiwin Icemen Jr. B team during the 2019-20 season. “I like to play a hard, physical game, but then still...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2021
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) reported 80 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Friday. The far northeast reported the highest number of active cases with 61 followed by northeast region which reported seven. The far northwest reported two...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2021
Police say one person is charged with drug offenses following a raid on a La Ronge home Saturday. RCMP executed a search warrant on an apartment on Studer Street, seizing methamphetamine and hydromorphone pills. Erica McKenzie has been charged with two counts of...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2021
One of northern Saskatchewan’s most well-known politicians has announced he is leaving politics. Peter Beatty says he won’t be seeking another term as chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation when band members head to the polls next month. After close to 30 years in...
by MBC News | Mar 12, 2021
Two groups have announced their purchase of a closed Prince Albert hotel. In a media release sent out Friday afternoon Timanaska Development Corporation and The Saskatchewan River Business Development Corporation announced they had purchased the closed Quality Inn...
