by MBC News | Jul 19, 2021 | Current News
Wildfires are no longer threatening two Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) communities. Maurice Ratt, emergency response coordinator for LLRIB said overall the situation for both Grandmother’s Bay and Stanley Mission has improved. “There is no threat of wildfires for...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2021 | Current News
A La Ronge man is facing several charges in two separate incidents, dating back to May. RCMP accuse Sampson Roberts of discharging a firearm on Bells Point Road May 3. It’s alleged that Roberts was involved in a rollover accident on Highway #165 in early July, where...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2021 | Current News
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The StarPhoenix Content Warning: Details in this story may be upsetting to readers. A ground-penetrating radar search has begun to lift the secrecy clouding Delmas Indian Residential School. The families of the...
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2021 | Current News
The wetter and cooler conditions are changing conditions in Saskatchewan. Steve Roberts, vice president of operations for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said with the long term forecast appearing more favorable they are able relax certain restrictions....
by MBC News | Jul 19, 2021 | Current News
The Sask. Court of Queen’s Bench has overturned acquittals of First Nations subsistence hunters from Ontario, trying to assert Treaty hunting rights in the province. Albert Green and Blair Hill of Six Nations were charged with unlawful hunting and possession of...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021 | Current News
By: Jessica Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Humboldt Journal 144 Grandmother’s Bay residents have chosen to evacuate their homes due to heavy smoke conditions from nearby wildfire. According to the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, the fire is not...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021 | Current News
Fires burning across northern Saskatchewan and other western provinces are creating smoky conditions. Due to the smoke, Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued special air quality statements for some northern areas including La Ronge, Cumberland House and...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021 | Current News
The province is recommending against all non-essential travel to northern Saskatchewan due to the high number of wildfires in the region. As of Friday, there were 137 active fires in the province. This is five more than the previous day. There has also been a total of...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021 | Current News
A 33-year-old man wanted by Prince Albert Police for second degree murder has been arrested. In a media release sent out Friday afternoon P.A. Police said Corey Clark was arrested by Baker Lake RCMP in Nunavut. P.A. Police issued a Canada Wide Warrant for Clark in the...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2021 | Current News
The Treaty Land Sharing Network, a network of farmers and ranchers who will give Indigenous people access to their titled land, was launched Thursday. It will allow traditional land users to go on the farms for gathering, hunting, ceremony and other uses. Mary...
