by MBC News | Oct 11, 2012
A 23-year-old Prince Albert man has been sentenced to 20 months behind bars for drunkenly running over and killing a 17-year-old girl from Southend in the city’s West Flat. Over two dozen friends and family members of Danika Clarke attended the hearing into her...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2012
A 49-year-old Saskatoon man is recovering in hospital after being beaten and stabbed during a home invasion last night. The assault took place at around 10:30 p.m. in a home in the 700 block of Weldon Avenue. The victim told officers that he was at home when three...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2012
A new whistleblower hotline has been set up for workers in Saskatchewan’s uranium industry. The new line is the brainchild of the Committee for Future Generations — a group that opposes the current dialogue between northern communities and the Nuclear...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2012
A man who hopes to create a permanent homeless shelter in North Battleford is pretty frustrated. Don Toovey runs the Reclaim Outreach Centre in the city. He has been trying to set up a permanent homeless shelter in that building for months, but he says he keeps...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2012
A North Battleford high school that combines academics and Aboriginal culture is now 10 years old. Sakewew High School will be celebrating that birthday tonight with a supper and awards ceremoney in North Battleford’s Gold Ridge Centre. Colin Sutherland has been...
by MBC News | Oct 11, 2012
The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society is getting ready to introduce its service to Saskatoon and northern parts of the province. A newly-fitted helicopter is expected to arrive this weekend, and the service officially launches on Monday. STARS has been operating in...
by MBC News | Oct 10, 2012
An acting chief is now in place at the Moosomin First Nation. Councillor Bradley Swiftwolfe takes over from Elliot Kahpeaysewat. Kahpeaysewat was removed from office by Aboriginal Affairs for allegedly buying votes. He was elected chief on January 22nd, 2011. However,...
by MBC News | Oct 10, 2012
Winter weather has scrubbed a proposed trip by the Governor General to the Hatchet Lake First Nation. Blowing snow in Prince Albert and heavy cloud cover grounded David Johnston’s plane this morning. Johnston was scheduled to meet with children at Father Megret...
by MBC News | Oct 10, 2012
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples has wrapped up a recent tour of western Canada. The committee was examining the issue of Metis identity, and tackling the thorny question of who is Metis in the country and who isn’t. Lillian Dyck is a Liberal...
by MBC News | Oct 10, 2012
A man received a six-year sentence today for manslaughter in the death of a Canoe Lake man. But his actual time in jail works out to three-and-a-half years. That’s because he received credit for time spent in remand. Last spring, the man pleaded guilty to manslaughter...
