by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
Two teens have appeared briefly in court charged with the first-degree murders of a couple in northern Saskatchewan. The boys, 14 and 17, are to be in Meadow Lake Provincial Court again in three weeks. A publication ban prevents releasing any information that may...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
Online gaming is coming to Saskatchewan — but it won’t come without a fight. The government says it is illegal. However, the man behind it says he welcomes any legal challenge. The site, called the Northern Bear Casino, will be run out of an office on the White...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
Almost two months after the first vote was cast, May Henderson has been declared the new provincial secretary of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan. Today, the MN-S released the results of a judicial recount that took place in Saskatoon on October 29th and 30th....
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
The Native Law Program at the University of Saskatchewan is celebrating 40 years of success. The program offers an eight-week course on property law to Aboriginal students who are looking at pursuing a legal career. The director of the program, Ruth Thompson, says it...
by MBC News | Nov 5, 2012 | Current News
Recent snowfall in the Wakaw district is hampering the search for a missing First Nations man. Thirty-eight-year-old Wilfrid Almightyvoice hasn’t been seen by anyone since October 20th, when he was dropped off by friends on the One Arrow Reserve around 1:00 a.m....
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2012 | Current News
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has completed three days of community hearings in northern Saskatchewan. Meetings were held Monday and Tuesday in Patuanak and yesterday in Ile a la Crosse. Commissioner Willie Littlechild says former students of residential...
by MBC News | Nov 2, 2012 | Current News
The latest job numbers are out and it is another record month for Saskatchewan. The jobless rate is 4.7% — the second lowest in Canada. The number of people employed stood at 541,600 — a record for October. Regina Chamber of Commerce CEO John Hopkins...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2012 | Current News
A Saskatoon police constable is in court later this month charged with assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon. The charges follow an incident involving a 14-year-old who was pepper sprayed and injured while being arrested. It happened on May 27th in the...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2012 | Current News
A North Battleford man convicted of murdering two men with an axe has been given permission to move back to his hometown. Layne Bobby Larose murdered David Kennedy and Hughie Sayers in May, 2002. Later, he was found not criminally responsible for their deaths because...
by MBC News | Nov 1, 2012 | Current News
The provincial government is substantially increasing funding to a couple of emergency shelters that provide help for the homeless. Social Services minister June Draude made the announcement in Regina at a group home run by the YWCA. It provides emergency shelter for...
