by MBC News | Jan 27, 2016 | Current News
The North Battleford Civic Centre was the site of the BIMFC All-Native Hockey Tournament every spring. Photo by Braden Malsbury. According to organizers, a once popular Aboriginal hockey tournament in Saskatchewan will likely never hit the ice again. The annual...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2016 | Current News
Tuesday was a day of banding together in La Loche, but banding against the media. Many in the small northern community said they feel national reports have misrepresented the community. In response to that, they’re closing doors to media as they hold a community...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2016 | Current News
The Goforths leave court on Tuesday. Photo by Manfred Joehnck WARNING: This article contains graphic details that may disturb some readers A boy who visited his cousins at the home of Tammy and Kevin Goforth testified against the Regina couple at their murder trial on...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2016 | Current News
The northern village of La Loche is making funeral preparations after the carnage of Friday’s school shooting. And the community’s leaders are trying to stem the flow of liquor as people deal with their grief. La Loche’s liquor store and bar are...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2016 | Current News
An RCMP forensics expert says there was DNA from both of the accused in a Regina child murder case — as well as the victim — on a number of items seized by police. Among the items tested were human hairs, pyjama bottoms with duct tape on them, a cargo...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2016 | Current News
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled the federal government discriminated against children on reserves in its funding of child welfare services. The quasi-judicial body published its findings this morning related to a 2007 complaint from the Assembly of First...
by MBC News | Jan 26, 2016 | Current News
**UPDATE – RCMP report Melody Wahpistikwan has been found safe. Loon Lake RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing woman. Police say 39-year-old Melody Wahpistikwan was last seen Saturday, January 23 in Loon Lake. She was getting into a...
by MBC News | Jan 25, 2016 | Current News
The lawyer for the La Loche teen who’s at the centre of a national tragedy spoke after his first court appearance on Monday. Grief has stricken an entire community, with four La Loche residents dead and seven injured in Friday’s school shooting. A...
by MBC News | Jan 25, 2016 | Current News
*WARNING – This story contains graphic content that may be disturbing to some readers. Injuries to the genital area of two young girls were detailed today at the trial of a Regina couple accused of killing the four-year-old and nearly killing her two-year-old...
by MBC News | Jan 25, 2016 | Current News
The man accused of abducting a teenaged girl and killing her boyfriend in La Ronge almost a year ago has been committed to stand trial on a charge of first-degree murder. Jonas Budd made a court appearance by video link earlier today in La Ronge Provincial Court. The...