by MBC News | Dec 4, 2014
Regina police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 15-year-old girl. Christine Jewel Littlecrow went missing on Nov. 22 and was last seen leaving her residence on the 1100 block of Rae Street. Littlecrow is described as Aboriginal, 5’ 5” tall, 140...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2014
Canada’s environment minister says a proposed diamond mine near Prince Albert will not cause any significant adverse environmental effects. The Star Orion South Diamond Mine Project would be located 60 km east of the city. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq says she...
by MBC News | Dec 4, 2014
The body that oversees Canadian colleges announced an Indigenous education protocol Wednesday. Colleges and Institutes Canada has put forward a new document that pledges to improve education for Aboriginal people in its post-secondary institutions across the country....
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
Four recommendations have been given to Prince Albert police and the Parkland Health Region following a coroner’s inquest into the death of Billy Ballantyne. In November 2012, Ballantyne came to the Prince Albert hospital because he was feeling ill, but was...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
A 21-year-old woman who was involved in a major Saskatoon collision that killed two teens in May has pleaded guilty to a number of charges. Cheyann Chrystal Peeteetuce appeared in Court of Queen’s Bench Wednesday and pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal negligence...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
Prince Albert police have arrested a man responsible for a robbery with a needle. On Saturday, a 38-year-old man was walking home when a suspect brandishing a needle demanded cash. The victim complied and handed over the money while the suspect fled on foot. Police...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
The Hatchet Lake Dene Nation unveiled a new $1.2 million dollar fire hall Wednesday. The new fire hall has a number of different funding partners. The federal government put in $525,000 and Areva Resources Canada and Cameco Corporation each contributed $200,000. The...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
A suggested recommendation has caused a delay at the coroner’s inquest into the death of Billy Ballantyne. A representative of the Ballantyne family had made a suggested recommendation of cultural sensitivity training for staff of the Prince Albert Police...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
It is another sad statistic — the vast majority of murders in Regina involve Aboriginal victims and in most cases the accused is also Aboriginal. They are the people behind the latest numbers that give Regina the dubious distinction of being the murder capital...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
A Saskatchewan Metis leader says it is time for a review of the province’s duty to consult policy. Metis Nation – Saskatchewan president Robert Doucette is making that call in the wake of the court injunction handed to Dene trappers staging a roadblock....
