by MBC News | Nov 30, 2015 | Current News
A court case out of Meadow Lake is arguing for the inherent cultural – and constitutional – Metis right to hunt and fish for food. Testimony is set to last all week for three Metis men charged with doing so without a license. The Metis Legal Research and...
by MBC News | Nov 30, 2015 | Current News
Finance minister Kevin Doherty. Photo courtesy Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce. Saskatchewan’s finance minister may have been under fire with the mid-year budget coming out on Monday, but earlier this month he put another MLA in the spotlight with...
by MBC News | Nov 30, 2015 | Current News
During Aboriginal Aids Awareness Week, groups across Canada are reflecting on progress made to address the high rate of infections in the aboriginal community and sharing notes on what is working and what is not. Like so many other health issues, the HIV infection...
by MBC News | Nov 30, 2015 | Current News
The site where Karina Wolfe’s body was found. Photo courtesy Saskatoon Police, twitter. Investigators say a man charged with killing a woman who vanished five years ago walked into a Saskatoon police station and told them where to find her body. Police say Jerry...
by MBC News | Nov 30, 2015 | Current News
A 27-year-old woman is scheduled to appear in La Ronge Provincial Court this morning charged with manslaughter. RCMP say Shawna Finlayson, 27, was arrested Saturday after a death in Sucker River. Shortly after 3 a.m. that day, police were called to a home on the...
by MBC News | Nov 30, 2015 | Current News
The burned car that Troy Napope had last been seen driving. Photo courtesy RCMP A missing person case near Prince Albert that was suspicious off the get-go, has been officially declared a homicide by RCMP’s Major Crime Unit North and the Prince Albert Police. Troy...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2015 | Current News
Vern Bellegarde, left, and Fred Starblanket pictured in 1985. Photo courtesy sicc.sk.ca He was known simply as “Mr. Speaker.” Fred Starblanket, the long-time speaker of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Legislative Assembly passed away Friday...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2015 | Current News
Saskatoon Police say a 33-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder and offering an indignity to human remains, following the discovery of a body in a rural location northwest of the city. Police say the remains located on November 14 are those of Karina...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2015 | Current News
Prince Albert’s 100 or so Red Cross volunteers got a well-deserved pat on the back on Thursday. Evacuations from the summer’s wildfires crisis taxed the organization. Almost 10,000 people went through Prince Albert for help through the Red Cross after the...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2015 | Current News
Thursday’s release of a book that’s meant to help teachers tackle the difficult topic of residential schools is just the tip of the iceberg. A non-profit group called Facing History and Ourselves is reaching out to host workshops and offer strategies for...
