by MBC News | Jun 10, 2014
Proponents of a Saskatoon accord say it is making significant progress in directing people in detention due to intoxication to the proper facilities. The Saskatoon Action Accord was launched in July 2011. It is a co-partnership between the Saskatoon Board of Police...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2014
A man charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two men in a Uranium City house fire four years ago made his first court appearance today in Prince Albert. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael LaRocque of Stony Rapids will next be in court in La Ronge on Thursday for a bail...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2014
A man accused of forcibly confining and sexually assaulting someone on the Standing Buffalo First Nation is now in custody. Twenty-nine-year-old Jonathan Edward Kinequon turned himself in to Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP this morning. He is making his first court...
by MBC News | Jun 9, 2014
A 29-year-old man is facing a number of weapons-related charges after a botched robbery of a north Regina bingo hall on Sunday night. A little before 9 p.m., a man was seen outside the establishment — with what appeared to be a handgun — asking patrons for...
by MBC News | Jun 8, 2014
The RCMP’s Historical Case Unit North has charged a 29-year-old Stony Rapids man with two counts of manslaughter in connection to a fatal house fire in Uranium City four years ago. Michael LaRocque was arrested and charged this morning. He will be making his...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2014
Prince Albert community members gathered this afternoon to march for the victim of a recent vicious assault. A homeless woman was brutally assaulted on June 1st at 10:20 am in the 1200 block of First Avenue West. She is currently in an Edmonton hospital where she is...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2014
The Supreme Court of Canada says an offender’s Aboriginal status does not need to be taken into account when the Crown is deciding whether to seek a mandatory minimum sentence. In a 7-0 decision, the high court says the only way the Crown’s decision to...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2014
The Saskatoon Indian and Metis Friendship Centre held its 30th annual Aboriginal graduation last night at the Prairieland Hall. The celebration allows all the Aboriginal students in Saskatoon to gather together and be honoured. Friendship centre executive director...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2014
Hundreds of students, staff and parents gathered at St. Michael’s Community School in Prince Albert for their 7th annual West Flat Pow Wow. The West Flat Community School Pow Wow was created in partnership with five community schools which are all located on the...
by MBC News | Jun 6, 2014
Canoeists and kayakers will have an additional resource when planning their trip to the province’s north this summer. Currently, paddlers depend on the government guides to document paddling routes in northern Saskatchewan. But for the first time, these guides...
