by MBC News | Aug 6, 2021
The province has announced a public inquest into the death of a 20-year-old man whose remains were found in a burnt-out vehicle on the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation three years ago. A 2019 coroner’s report determined Brennan Ahenakew-Johnstone’s death was accidental and he...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2021
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is looking to get more people in the north vaccinated. Patricia Skalicky, primary health care manager for northeast areas one and two, which cover a large part of the far northeast, explained they are planning to do pop up...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2021
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller was in Saskatchewan on Thursday for two multimillion-dollar announcements. In the morning, Miller was in Saskatoon where he pledged $23 million in federal funding over five years to the Saskatoon Tribal Council’s Child and...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2021
The wife of a La Ronge restaurant owner who was brutally beaten to death in a botched 2017 robbery says she is disappointed one of the men convicted in his killing has had his sentence reduced. The man, who was 17 at the time of the offence and cannot be named under...
by MBC News | Aug 5, 2021
RCMP say a woman died as the result of a single-vehicle rollover near La Loche early Wednesday morning. Police say the accident happened on Highway 155, about two kilometres south of La Loche, at 7:30 a.m. The woman was declared deceased on scene. La Loche RCMP are...
by MBC News | Aug 4, 2021
Two northern Saskatchewan airports are slated to receive up to $300,000 each in federal funding for upgrades. The announcement was made Wednesday by Western Economic Diversification Canada and includes the Prince Albert and La Ronge airports as part of a $4 million...
by MBC News | Aug 3, 2021
A 55-year-old man faces a number of charges after a house fire on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation early Monday morning. Police say the three occupants of the home were not injured and an investigation determined the fire had been deliberately set. Scott Bird of the...
by MBC News | Aug 3, 2021
A group of researchers and patient advocates from the University of Saskatchewan recently published a population-based study on First Nations people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The research was meant to advocate for First Nations people who are...
by MBC News | Aug 3, 2021
RCMP says it has charged a woman in the death of a Big River First Nation man from early 2020. Police determined that Richard Netmaker had been abducted from his home and was last seen in an isolated area northwest of the First Nation on January 6. Mounties would...
by MBC News | Aug 3, 2021
The Chief of the Clearwater River Dene Nation is encouraging members to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as the virus spreads through the community. Chief Teddy Clark said approximately 28 percent of the eligible population has at least one dose, while about 14...
