by MBC News | Oct 16, 2012 | Current News
The head of the Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan says he wants to hear more Aboriginal issues discussed in the Saskatoon civic election campaign. Kim Beaudin says, so far, he has heard virtually nothing from the three men who are running to be mayor....
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2012 | Current News
A 24-year-old man from Buffalo Narrows is due in court today after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase through Prince Albert. Police say it was around 2:00 a.m. on Saturday when a pickup truck ran through a red light, passing a police vehicle stopped at the...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2012 | Current News
Two suspects charged in last week’s double murder on the Standing Buffalo First Nation made their first court appearances today. One of them is a 17-year-old boy — the other is 22-year-old Kody Bear. The courtroom in Fort Qu’Appelle was packed. ...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2012 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has become the first band in the province to offer child and family services both on- and off-reserve. Social Services Minister June Draude was in La Ronge today to officially sign the new agreement with the Lac La Ronge Indian Child and...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2012 | Current News
They saved a woman from a burning truck in a two-vehicle crash. Because of that, three Pelican Narrows men are receiving medals for bravery from Lt. Gov. Vaughn Schofield in Regina today. Steven Merasty, Kendall Linklater, and Larry Custer came upon a two-vehicle...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2012 | Current News
RCMP continue to investigate a fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision in the La Ronge area. Mounties say 31-year-old Jonathan Derek Charles was seriously injured while walking on Bells Point Road over the weekend. He was taken to the local health centre, where he...
by MBC News | Oct 15, 2012 | Current News
RCMP have broken up an apparent grow op on the Pasqua First Nation. Mounties say officers raided a home on Saturday and discovered several cannibis marijuana plants. Thirty-year-old Corrine Keepness and 26-year-old Cordell Keepness each face charges of producing the...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2012 | Current News
A few hundred people turned out to welcome the first-ever Indigenous Bishop for the Anglican Church of Saskatchewan. The Venerable, Adam Halkett, Archdeacon of Saskatchewan and priest-in-charge at St. Joseph’s, Montreal Lake First Nation was elected to the position of...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2012 | Current News
Fear has eased on the Standing Buffalo First Nation after the arrests of three people accused in a double murder. 21 year-old Brittney Bear, 22 year-old Kody Bear and a 17 year-old male youth are all facing two counts of first-degree murder. Tensions are still high on...
by MBC News | Oct 13, 2012 | Current News
The Nekaneet First Nation has become the first band, covered under Treaty, to begin charging a Goods and Services Tax on its reserve. The move was made Wednesday. Up to now the only other First Nation in the province to charge GST was the Whitecap Dakota First Nation...
