by MBC News | Jul 28, 2021 | Current News
The New Democrats are urging Premier Scott Moe to institute greater localized public health measures in northern Saskatchewan to assist communities in addressing the spikes in new COVID-19 infections. The hardest hit community of Buffalo River Dene Nation, located in...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2021 | Current News
Prince Albert police are looking for new clues in an unsolved missing person case that goes back more than four decades. Robert “Bud” Wiggins was last seen in the early morning hours of July 28, 1980, in the 500 block of 11th Street East. Police believe Wiggins was...
by MBC News | Jul 28, 2021 | Current News
Cameco reported loses of $37 million in the second quarter, due to production decreases at its Cigar Lake facility in Northern Saskatchewan and its strategy of investing in digital and automation technologies. Non-essential personnel were temporarily evacuated from...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2021 | Current News
Prince Albert police are reaching out to the public for tips on an unsolved homicide from last year. Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the death of 27-year-old Dorian Michel. Police responded to a call of a serious assault in the 400 block of 18th Street West...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2021 | Current News
Black bears and the overturned garbage bins where they’ve found their meals, have been recently spotted throughout a La Ronge residential area. And conservation officers have been dealing with the unwanted visitors. Matthew Tokaruk, a black bear biologist with the...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2021 | Current News
Newly released federal government data shows violent crime continues to be a problem in Prince Albert. Out of 300 municipalities with a population over 10,000 in Canada, the city ranked fifth in terms of violent crime numbers in 2020. This is a slight decrease from...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2021 | Current News
A spokesperson for the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia is advocating for Indigenous communities who have had to evacuate due to wildfires. Nel Wieman, the acting-deputy chief medical officer at the authority, said these evacuations can be triggering...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2021 | Current News
A Councillor with the City of Prince Albert said leadership there needs to do more to advance reconciliation in concrete ways, such as implementing more Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action. “I watched communities coming together to lower flags, cancel...
by MBC News | Jul 27, 2021 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations said the province needs to ramp up efforts to help curb the rising COVID-19 infections impacting the Buffalo River Dene Nation. The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority which declared an outbreak there Thursday, said...
by MBC News | Jul 26, 2021 | Current News
RCMP are looking for a 20-year-old Dillon man who has been missing for two weeks. Ronsyn Benjamin has been missing since the community was evacuated due to fires around July 12. He is described as 5’ 11” tall, weighing 135 lbs, with black hair and brown eyes. Police...
