by MBC News | Nov 28, 2017
Two men are facing dozens of charges after RCMP conducted targeted enforcement checks on the weekend in La Loche. Police say 29-year-old Brendan Toulejour of La Loche was arrested on 27 warrants. The charges include six counts of assault, two counts of assault with a...
by MBC News | Nov 28, 2017
Marlene Bird leaves court after Leslie Black’s sentencing on Sept. 22, 2017. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. The Prince Albert Grand Council Women’s Commission is stressing the importance of the story of Marlene Bird, following her passing on Monday morning....
by MBC News | Nov 28, 2017
Regina Giant Tiger location where Ezekial Bigknife alleges he was racially profiled. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. Giant Tiger is in full damage control mode. In a statement on its website, it says an employee accused of racial profiling is no longer with the company. It...
by MBC News | Nov 28, 2017
Photo courtesy of brt6hc.ca The Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre is challenging Indigenous communities to install blue lights to deter smoking in homes. The communities of Little Pine, Moosomin, Mosquito, Poundmaker, Red Pheasant and Sweetgrass First Nations are...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2017
Athletes and coaches gather with Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsky. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Participants from the North American Indigenous Games and Tony Cote First Nations Summer Games were introduced in the provincial assembly today. The...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2017
Marlene Bird leaves court after Leslie Black was sentenced on Sept. 22, 2017. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A Montreal Lake Cree woman who was set on fire after being sexually assaulted in 2014 died in a Prince Albert hospital early this morning. Fifty-year-old Marlene...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2017
Matt Fedler. Photo courtesy of Twitter, @MattFedlerNDP Metis candidate, Matt Fedler, is hoping to champion Indigenous rights as the next MP for Battlefords-Lloydminster. The 25-year-old from North Battleford will run as an NDP candidate in the upcoming federal...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2017
Randall-Dre Friday of Fishing Lake First Nation is an archer, and says his sport of choice is basketball. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Saskatoon Tribal Council and the University of Saskatchewan have recruited about 70 First Nations kids for a new athletic leadership...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2017
Photo courtesy of freshwaterfish.com Northern Saskatchewan commercial fishers are becoming increasingly dependent on pickerel for their income. The Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation paid out just over $4.2 million to Saskatchewan fishers in the last fiscal year...
by MBC News | Nov 24, 2017
La Ronge Provincial Court. File photo. A 22-year-old man from Hall Lake has been ordered to pay more than $41,000 in restitution after admitting he started a number of forest fires near that community in July of 2015. Donald Halkett, Jr, recently appeared in La Ronge...
