by MBC News | Aug 30, 2012 | Current News
Prince Albert police have issued an advisory to the public about an offender who was released from custody this week. James McKnight is considered a high risk to re-offend . The 33-year-old is living in Prince Albert and has previously lived in Saskatoon. McKnight has...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2012 | Current News
A second teenager charged in Saskatoon’s first homicide of the year remains in custody after his first court appearance this morning. Eighteen-year-old Shelby Pinnell is facing charges of second degree murder and committing an indignity to a dead body in...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2012 | Current News
A gold mining company with operations in northern Saskatchewan says it’s in the process of an extensive review of its operations. This after Golden Band Resources posted a $5.3-million loss for the three-month period ending April 30th. Golden Band spokesman Marc...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2012 | Current News
A three-year suspended sentence has been handed to the man charged after a stabbing death in Stanley Mission last summer. The sentencing hearing for 31-year-old James Michael Cook was held yesterday in Stanley Mission. Cook was arrested after the death of 26-year-old...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2012 | Current News
The new president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada says men are key to helping Aboriginal women fight their issues. Michele Audette was elected during the organization’s meeting in Saskatoon this week. Audette says Aboriginal women need men to...
by MBC News | Aug 29, 2012 | Current News
It has taken six months, but a North Battleford group now has a tentative crime fighting strategy in place. It’s modelled on the one in Prince Albert — with police, representatives of Social Services, and other agencies getting together on cases. They hope...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2012 | Current News
Some of the people who received vaccinations this summer at the La Ronge Health Centre are being asked to repeat those vaccinations. The advisory affects 19 people who were vaccinated for tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough after this summer’s prolonged power...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2012 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s environment minister says the province is exercising due diligence when it comes to approving projects that could impact the environment. Concerns are being raised after it was recently revealed the federal government was cancelling more than 700...
by MBC News | Aug 28, 2012 | Current News
RCMP say a 52-year-old man who died after an ATV crash near a Uranium City-area mine site was not wearing a helmet. They also say alcohol is considered a factor in the accident. The man died in a Saskatoon hospital Friday after he was found at the bottom of a 10-metre...
by MBC News | Aug 27, 2012 | Current News
A single vehicle rollover on the Poundmaker Cree Nation over the weekend killed two people and serious injured two others. The incident took place at about 4:00 p.m. Saturday in a field on the reserve. Cut Knife RCMP say two people, a 37-year-old man and a 40-year-old...