by MBC News | Jun 4, 2013
The Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples heard from one of Saskatchewan’s top elected First Nations officials in Ottawa on Tuesday morning. Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Vice-Chief Simon Bird spoke to the committee on the topic of Canada’s...
by MBC News | Jun 4, 2013
The man accused of causing the death of a woman on the Red Earth First Nation has appeared in court. 23 year-old Dale Nawakayas was arrested after the car he was allegedly driving in crashed on the reserve Saturday morning. Emergency crews pulled a 36 year-old female...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
La Ronge RCMP say the body of a 43-year-old man reported missing last week has been found. Police say an Underwater Recovery Team located the remains of Reno Halkett in water along the main beach area in La Ronge this morning. He had last been seen in that area last...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
A Saskatoon man has been charged after a conservation officer was struck and killed by a vehicle while trying to direct traffic after an accident on Hwy 11 on Friday night. Saskatchewan environment conservation officer Justin Knackstedt, 23, was on his way to...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
More than $55,000 was raised during a weekend relay for life event in La Ronge. Teams got sponsors and then spent 12 hours walking laps overnight at the Mel Hegland recreation. When it was over participants were tired but happy. Event co-chair, Deb Thome says it was...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
Police have charged two men after a violent home invasion in Prince Albert over the weekend. Officers responded to a complaint on Saturday morning of a large fight in the east flat. When they arrived they learned two males had arrived at a residence armed with a bat...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
It appears Regina lawyer Bob Hrycan will likely represent a man accused of killing an Aboriginal woman in Saskatoon nine years ago. Douglas Hales of White Fox is charged with first-degree murder and offering an indignity to a human body in the 2004 death of Onion Lake...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
Saskatoon police have now officially closed their file on a missing persons case that attracted a lot of media attention over the last couple of weeks. The case spans three provinces. 24 year-old Joseph Pelletier was reported missing from this Saskatoon home on May...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
The Hatchet Lake First Nation has re-elected its sitting chief to another two-year term. It’s the third time Bart Tsannie has been chosen to lead the First Nation. On Friday he defeated two other challengers in a general election. Two councilors were also...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2013
A mine-rescue team from Cameco celebrated a pair of victories this weekend at the 45th annual Emergency Response/Mine Rescue Awards in Saskatoon. Underground and surface rescue teams displayed their skills and talents in 5 categories including fire fighting and first...
