by MBC News | Apr 17, 2012 | Current News
Communities within the Prince Albert Grand Council are taking steps to buckle up. SGI has selected the PAGC to take part in its annual Seatbelt Challenge. The campaign has been going on since 2008. Two other communities in southeast and southwest Saskatchewan are also...
by MBC News | Apr 16, 2012 | Current News
RCMP say roads were icy and slippery at the time of a fatal rollover in northern Saskatchewan over the weekend. The crash took place on a grid road just south of Patuanak shortly before midnight on Saturday. The rollover claimed the life of one person and left two...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2012 | Current News
Two men charged following a riot in La Loche last year will be going to trial on November 5th. Twenty-seven-year-old Fabian Laprise and 25-year-old Randall Laprise appeared in La Loche Provincial Court yesterday. They face numerous charges, including assaulting a...
by MBC News | Apr 13, 2012 | Current News
A four-unit rental housing complex for Metis families in Yorkton has officially opened. The Provincial Metis Housing Corporation was in charge of the project and received about $900,000 from the province. PMHC General Manager Greg MacLeod says the total cost for the...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2012 | Current News
The latest Aboriginal Governance Index compiled by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy has been released. This year, five First Nations in Saskatchewan are among the top ten Aboriginal communities — based on survey responses from band members. The organization...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2012 | Current News
One of three men charged following a riot in La Loche last fall has been sentenced to six months time served. In La Loche Provincial Court on Tuesday, 22-year-old Deano LaPrise entered a guilty plea to uttering threats and participating in a riot. Nine other charges...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2012 | Current News
A northern Aboriginal investment company is now a part owner of West Wind Aviation. Athabasca Basin Development has purchased just under 30% of the Saskatoon-based corporation. Officials with West Wind say there will be no changes to the company’s current...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2012 | Current News
Officials with Sweetgrass First Nation say after being hit with two fires in the past week, the band plans to improve its fire protection. Chief Lori Whitecalf says the band fire truck could not be used to fight the fires on the reserve this week, because it was being...
by MBC News | Apr 12, 2012 | Current News
Lloydminster RCMP have released the name of the man from the Island Lake First Nation found dead in a city park Monday morning. Police say the body of 68-year-old Clarence Paddy was discovered near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary. Investigators say there were...
by MBC News | Apr 11, 2012 | Current News
Police and conservation officers in Prince Albert were kept busy last night after a bear was spotted in the city. Officials say calls about the bruin started coming in Tuesday morning, but the animal could not be located. Then, at around 10:00 p.m., the bear was seen...
