by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016 | Current News
An accused killer, considered armed and dangerous, is on the loose after executing a well-planned escape from two Prince Albert correctional guards on Wednesday night. Braidy Chase Vermette, 28, was being held on a charge of first-degree murder in the May, 2015 death...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016 | Current News
A new report out of the University of Saskatchewan suggests social and economic factors have led to several health inequalities in the province. The study says the inequalities are related to higher rates of death and mental disorders which have persisted in the...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016 | Current News
The Green Party is hoping to resonate with northern Saskatchewan in next week’s provincial election. Cumberland candidate Michael Lessard says the Green perspective on protecting the land is in line with aboriginal values. But Lessard’s big message to northern...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016 | Current News
An aboriginal advocacy group in Saskatchewan says political candidates have been silent on indigenous issues during the election campaign. The Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan says political parties in the province have not released any platforms directly...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016 | Current News
Prince Albert police are releasing more information about the daring escape of an accused killer. Braidy Chase Vermette, 29, was being taken to hospital for treatment of an injury to his arm after 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday. When the corrections officers arrived at the...
by MBC News | Mar 31, 2016 | Current News
RCMP are investigating a suspicious death on the Muskowekwan First Nation, north-east of Regina. They were called to the reserve shortly after 1 p.m. afternoon on Wednesday after receiving a report of an unresponsive man in a home on the First Nation. The man was...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016 | Current News
A Saskatchewan man faces a murder charge in the death of a man who was found critically injured at a Regina home. Fifty-six-year-old Andre Joseph Aubertin was found at the house on Tuesday after officers responded to a weapons call. Police say he was later pronounced...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016 | Current News
Elgin “Chucky” Sasakamoose. Photo courtesy Facebook. A large, well-known family from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation is in mourning after a shooting on the reserve on Tuesday. The family of Fred Sasakamoose, who was the first aboriginal man to play in the NHL, has...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016 | Current News
Roman Catholic Bishop of Saskatoon, Donald Bolen. The Catholic Church in Canada is expressing its support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People Bishops across the country signed onto two separate documents this week outlining the...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2016 | Current News
Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale hinted at more funding and expanding the First Nations policing program during an address to the Indigenous Public Safety and Policing forum being held in Regina. Goodale says the program is long overdue for a major overhaul. Right...
