by MBC News | Mar 22, 2017 | Current News
Photos courtesy Saskatchewan Transportation Company, Facebook. On Wednesday, provincial Finance Minister Kevin Doherty announced the Saskatchewan Transportation Company has a two-month lifespan before the province closes it down altogether. “The decision to wind down...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2017 | Current News
Sask. Finance Minister Kevin Doherty. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. The Saskatchewan budget contains nearly a billion dollars in new taxes, impacting nearly everyone in the province. The biggest hit will be an increase in the provincial sales tax from five to six...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2017 | Current News
One of the activities at the workshop held at the Prince Albert Inn on Tuesday. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A number of workshops across the province are asking uncomfortable questions, all in the name of reconciliation. They’re asking things like “was the...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2017 | Current News
The crime scene of the 300-block Ninth Street East murder. Photo by Dean Bear. Prince Albert Police have two suspects in custody in relation to the city’s first homicide of the year. Officers were called to a home in the city’s midtown area at 1:22 Wednesday morning...
by MBC News | Mar 22, 2017 | Current News
Marlene Bird and her partner Patrick Lavallee outside court on March 15. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Much of Canada is already familiar with the severity of Marlene Bird’s immediate injuries from the 2014 attack on her life in Prince Albert, but the photographic...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2017 | Current News
A Lac La Ronge Indian Band lawyer says the chief and council do have the authority to make rules concerning band elections — including a controversial one that prevents people who owe money to the band from running. Peter Abrametz, Sr. says even though the...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2017 | Current News
Guest speaker Sylvia McAdam addresses delegates as keynote speaker. Photo by Dean Bear. A two-day conference that started on Tuesday in Saskatoon is providing HIV-positive people with the coping tools and support mechanisms to deal with HIV on a daily basis. Margaret...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2017 | Current News
Crown prosecutor Jeff Lubyk leaves court after the hearing on March 21, 2017. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Leslie Black addressed court soon after evidence closed in his Prince Albert dangerous offender hearing on Tuesday. His attempted murder victim, Marlene Bird, was...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck The majority of First Nations in Canada are now holding their elections under custom election rules rather than the Indian Act. The Fraser Institute took a look at the trend to determine if it was better or worse for First Nations and...
by MBC News | Mar 20, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy Danny Mirasty, Facebook. About 60 members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band were at the Band Office in La Ronge on Monday to protest some potential candidates not being allowed to run in the upcoming election. Last month, the band’s executive...
