by MBC News | Sep 29, 2016 | Current News
This row of apartment contains the suite Alpheus Burns was killed in. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski The picture of the events leading up to, during, and after the killing of 70-year-old Alpheus Burns are starting to come clear at the jury trial for his accused...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2016 | Current News
Dr. Janet Hux, Photo by Manfred Joehnck. The chief science officer for the Canadian Diabetes Association says loss of culture, poverty and lifestyle have all contributed to rampant diabetes rates in the First Nations community. Dr. Janet Hux says it is time to end the...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2016 | Current News
Two young boys who were the subject of a brief Amber Alert overnight have been found safe. La Ronge RCMP issued the alert shortly after midnight. It was believed a ten-year-old boy and an eight-year-old had been taken away by an 18-year-old man. The vehicle involved...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2016 | Current News
Michael Montgrand has longer hair currently than he does in this photo, which is outdated according to the RCMP. Photo courtesy Buffalo Narrows RCMP *UPDATE – RCMP say Michael Montgrand was apprehended at 9:35 p.m. Wednesday night. Mounties say a male...
by MBC News | Sep 28, 2016 | Current News
Substitute teacher Charlene Klyne shares the story of being shot during the La Loche school shooting. Photo by Joel Willick Months after the tragic school shooting in La Loche, one victim is sharing her story and the struggles she has gone through. On January 22, a...
by MBC News | Sep 28, 2016 | Current News
Photo courtesy Lorrie Church’s Facebook page. Friends of a Saskatchewan musician are organizing a fundraising concert for her as she battles cancer. This Saturday, several bands will travel to Meadow Lake for a concert to help Lorrie Church pay for the treatment of...
by MBC News | Sep 28, 2016 | Current News
Courtesy the gofundme.com page Over $60,000 has been raised for an RCMP officer who lost his wife during childbirth. Mark Burnett and his wife Megan went into the hospital this past Friday to deliver their second child, but complications quickly arose. Sadly, Megan...
by MBC News | Sep 28, 2016 | Current News
Adele Morin in younger years. Photo courtesy Shantelle Morin, Facebook. The jury at an inquest into the overdose death of a Saskatchewan Aboriginal woman in police cells is recommending better surveillance and more training for officers to prevent a similar tragedy in...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2016 | Current News
LLRIB lawyer Michael Sinwood outside a court date on the Timber Bay school matter. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. The lawyer for the Lac La Ronge Indian band is confident about his chances after making a pitch to the court of appeal today, asking it to overturn a lower...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2016 | Current News
Candace Gail Moostoos leaves court on Monday. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains graphic details that may disturb some readers. A Melfort courtroom has heard testimony that the victim of a killing in May of last year was considered...