by MBC News | May 26, 2023
A Coroner’s inquest has been scheduled into the death of a man at Victoria Hospital who was in custody of the Prince Albert police. 30-year-old Jordan Norfield died in hospital on December 5, 2020. He was taken to hospital by ambulance while he was in custody of...
by MBC News | May 26, 2023
Residents from several northern communities who were forced to flee earlier this month due to wildfires are returning home. The evacuation orders for Buffalo Narrows and Île-à-la-Crosse were removed on Wednesday, and residents have now begun to return home from...
by MBC News | May 25, 2023
Battlefords RCMP are putting out another call for help in the case of a missing man. 23-year-old Branden Baptiste was reported missing to RCMP in August of 2022. That same month police put out a call to the public for information on his possible whereabouts. Baptiste,...
by bryanorthner | May 25, 2023
A bylaw amendment to extend the hours of operation for liquor retailers in La Ronge failed to pass a third reading at a town council meeting this week. Bylaw 599/18 was originally introduced in December 2018 as part of a community alcohol management strategy, which...
by MBC News | May 25, 2023
Northerners evacuated due to wildfire threats are beginning to return home. Ile a la Crosse, which lifted its evacuation order Wednesday said that Regina-based evacuees are headed north. Buffalo Narrows Mayor Sandy Ericson said on Facebook that residents currently...
by Joel Willick | May 25, 2023
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology has received an investment from the federal government. At an event at SIIT’s Aviation Learning Centre Thursday morning, Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal announced $7.6 million in funding for economic...
by MBC News | May 25, 2023
The Government of Saskatchewan and Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) are officially opening a new health care facility in Meadow Lake. Representatives from the Tribal Council, provincial government and Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) were on hand Thursday for the...
by MBC News | May 25, 2023
Saskatoon Police are seeking information on the city’s third homicide of 2023. Authorities say the victim, Angose Standingwater died of injuries sustained at a business in the 3000 block of Clarence Avenue South May 20. Investigators are searching for a 2017 white...
by Joel Willick | May 25, 2023
Over 300 people from over a dozen different Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota nations from the prairie provinces and the United States are at Dakota Dunes Conference Centre this week discussing language revitalization. The 5th annual Revitalizing Our Sacred Language (Oceti...
by MBC News | May 24, 2023
The Meadow Lake RCMP have arrested a youth who was wanted on a charge of attempted murder. RCMP said the youth was arrested on May 22 in Meadow Lake. The youth is set to make their first court appearance Thursday in Meadow Lake. The arrest of the youth stems from a...
