by MBC News | Apr 12, 2021 | Current News
Police continue to search for a 26-year-old woman from the Shoal Lake Cree Nation who was last seen on Wednesday. Mykayla Bearboy was last seen at the Rexall Pharmacy in Nipawin where she had been dropped off by a medical taxi. She was supposed to meet the driver for...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2021 | Current News
Dallyn Peekeekoot has been making the best of his debut season in the Western Hockey League. In seven games with the Prince Albert Raiders the 2004 born forward from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation has five points, with three goals and two assists. Peekeekoot credits much of...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2021 | Current News
The New Democrats assert the location of a proposed monument for residential school survivors is unsuitable. The provincial government and Lt. Governor Russ Mirasty have committed to building a Truth and Reconciliation monument at Government House this year, following...
by MBC News | Apr 9, 2021 | Current News
Cameco is restating production at its Cigar Lake facility later this month. The uranium producer suspended operations in December over concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The safety of our workers, their families and communities is always our top priority,” said...
by MBC News | Apr 9, 2021 | Current News
An outbreak of COVID-19 in one of its communities has somewhat scuttled plans for the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation election. The election is scheduled for Tuesday but the outbreak in the community of Sturgeon Landing means voters will not be able to cast ballots...
by MBC News | Apr 9, 2021 | Current News
Gaelan Patterson is moving on from the La Ronge Ice Wolves. The team’s associate head coach/general manager is moving to Nanaimo British Columbia to be the director of hockey operations for the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association. In a tweet from the Ice Wolves’ official...
by MBC News | Apr 9, 2021 | Current News
(Photo of the exterior of the Holy Trinity Church. Courtesy of Tourism Saskatchewan.) The final refurbishment on the Holy Trinity Church in Lac La Ronge Provincial Park will begin in June, with the painting of the interior and exterior of the historic building. Mid...
by MBC News | Apr 8, 2021 | Current News
La Ronge’s Scattered Site Outreach Program is set to re-open its doors. The facility, which provides meals and addictions services to vulnerable people, closed its doors last week after a government funding contract ended Mar. 31. However, Kikinahk Friendship Centre...
by MBC News | Apr 8, 2021 | Current News
Seeking to expand its knowledge base and build a virtual map of the province’s southeast, leaders with Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (MN – S) are putting out the call for stories from its members and their families, part of a region-wide traditional land use study. MN –...
by MBC News | Apr 8, 2021 | Current News
The City of Regina has started an online public conversation on the future of the Sir John A. Macdonald statue in Victoria Park. The statue was to be moved into storage while public consultations on its final resting place occurred. Council voted March 31, on a...