by MBC News | May 23, 2012 | Current News
The Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation is looking for a bigger police presence on the reserve. According to former chief Rick Gamble, the RCMP is expected to provide the band with officers who spend 80% of their time on the First Nation. Gamble says the band...
by MBC News | May 23, 2012 | Current News
A body believed to be that of a missing Saskatoon man has been recovered from Cowan Lake. Big River RCMP had been searching for 23-year-old Colton James Thieman, who went missing on Sunday. Police say he was last seen after jumping from a pontoon boat into the water....
by MBC News | May 22, 2012 | Current News
A trial has begun at Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench for a man accused of killing another man on the Mistawasis First Nation over a decade ago. Curtis Nataucappo sat quietly in court this afternoon, looking ahead, while lawyers argued his case before a...
by MBC News | May 22, 2012 | Current News
Friday’s election results on the Poundmaker Cree Nation may be appealed. Wes Favel, a spokesman for a group called Concerned Citizens of Poundmaker, says they are unhappy with the outcome. He says under band custom rules, people convicted of theft can’t...
by MBC News | May 22, 2012 | Current News
A 30-year-old La Ronge man died in a single-vehicle rollover near Hall Lake over the weekend. The incident at the junction of Highway 165 into the community was reported around 3:00 a.m. Saturday. Police say the man was taken to the La Ronge health centre and then...
by MBC News | May 22, 2012 | Current News
Five people, including one youth, are facing charges after a weekend drug bust on a Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve in the La Ronge area. Officers from La Ronge and Prince Albert along with a police dog from Meadow Lake were involved in the searches of two homes. The...
by MBC News | May 22, 2012 | Current News
People across Saskatchewan will soon have a chance to provide input on changes to one of the oldest pieces of fire legislation in Canada. Saskatchewan Environment is holding a series of public meetings on proposed new legislation called The Wildfire Act. It will...
by MBC News | May 22, 2012 | Current News
Health Minister Don McMorris has announced the appointment of board members for Saskatchewan’s 12 regional health authorities. Sixty-six of the appointees are men, and 50 are women. The province says 16 of them self-identify as First Nations or Metis. In the...
by MBC News | May 16, 2012 | Current News
Cameco Corporation held a meeting in Pinehouse last night to discuss the Key Lake extension environmental process. The company is seeking approval to increase annual production capacity of the Key Lake mill and to increase the capacity of the Deilmann tailings...
by MBC News | May 16, 2012 | Current News
Human remains have been pulled from the wreckage of a burned-out house on the Yellowquill Reserve. RCMP say the identity of the deceased has been confirmed as Penny Ann Whitehead, a 45 year-old resident of the community. The fire happened on Thursday of last week,...
