by MBC News | Feb 28, 2013 | Current News
If you have ever needed a lawyer, you know the cost can be hundreds of dollars an hour. If you are poor you may qualify for legal aid but if you don’t qualify the cost can be overwhelming. A group of lawyers in Saskatchewan is hoping to change that by providing free...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2013 | Current News
A scathing report out of Ontario says Aboriginal people are seriously under represented in jury trials and this is having detrimental effects on how justice is administered. The report written by former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci makes a number of...
by MBC News | Feb 28, 2013 | Current News
Four men and a woman have been charged after a crack cocaine drug bust in Saskatoon yesterday. A vehicle traffic stop led police to a residence in the 600-block area of 10th Street East where they found 50 grams of crack cocaine, a .45 calibre handgun, a .22 calibre...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
Two men from the Red Earth First Nation charged with a New Year’s day murder have made bail. Last week, Justice A.R. Rothery granted bail to 26-year-old Tyson Whitehead and 19 year-old Douglas Head. The two men were charged with second-degree murder in the killing of...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
Saskatoon police have made a major drug bust. An going investigation led police to a residence on the 900-block of Spadina Crescent where they seized close to 524 grams of crack cocaine, a handgun and ammunition. Four males and a female have been charged with a total...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
A professor from the University of Saskatchewan was in La Ronge Monday as part of a follow up study on political engagement in northern Saskatchewan. Bonita Beatty conducted the study over a three-year period and over 500 Aboriginal people took part. She says the...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
An Indigenous stop motion animated television series is being nominated for yet another award. Wapos Bay has already received four national awards and series producers Dennis and Melanie Jackson have been nominated for Best Writing in a Children’s Program by the...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
A University of Saskatchewan professor says those who do not take the Idle No More movement seriously may want to think again. Ken Coates, who is a Canada Research Chair at the university, says the anti-Vietnam War movement was also not initially taken seriously but...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
Just two weeks after the company’s CEO resigned, four people have stepped down from the company’s board of directors. Three more people have since been appointed. In late January, Golden Band hired Clarus Securities to help it analyze its financial position. No one...
by MBC News | Feb 26, 2013 | Current News
The dean of the University of Saskatchewan’s college of nursing says she hopes a robot will one day be allowed to treat patients in Ile-a-la Crosse. Lorna Butler explains the robot in question is really a complex, body-shaped piece of equipment that can perform simple...
