by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018 | Current News
Prince Albert police say they are investigating a shooting which left a 28-year-old man in a Saskatoon hospital. Police and EMS responded to an alley in the 200 block of 9th Street East Thursday evening, where they found the victim with a gunshot wound to the face. He...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The union representing school bus drivers in Ile-a-la-Crosse says at least six drivers will be without a job, as the school division has now privatized bus transportation. Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4607 representative, Tony Head, says the decision,...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Aspiring young writers in La Ronge and area will have a chance to hone their skills this summer as part of a creative writing workshop. The workshop is put on by Sage Hill Writing and will run from July 30 to Aug. 3 at Senator Myles Venne School in Air Ronge. Sage...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
A fifth person is facing charges in a fatal riot at Prince Albert’s Saskatchewan Penitentiary in December 2016. 27-year-old Sundance Okemaysim is charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder. Police say Okemaysim was an inmate at the Penitentiary at the time...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Indigenous overrepresentation in the criminal justice system will be the topic of discussion at a Prince Albert seminar next week. The Gladue Awareness Project seminar will take place July 3-4 at the Government of Saskatchewan Building on Central Avenue. Michelle...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2018 | Current News
*UPDATE – Saskatoon police say Jordan Tindall has been found safe. Saskatoon police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 22-year-old man. Jordan Tindall was last seen in the 1100 block of Idylwyld Drive North on June 23. Police say...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2018 | Current News
Four Pinehouse residents are facing drug possession charges after a recent RCMP investigation. Pinehouse RCMP say they made the arrests the afternoon of June 20. Dalton Hansen, Donovan J. Misponas, Kenneth G. Misponas and Cordarryl J. Smith are all facing a charge of...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says the entire Canadian judicial system needs to be overhauled following three acquittal verdicts in murder cases involving First Nations victims this year. He says these verdicts tell the First Nations...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
Just days before a planned meeting between the protesters at the Justice for Our Stolen Children camp at Wascana Park and five Sasatchewan government ministers, Premier Scott Moe called the camp illegal and stated that he is in support of Regina police enforcing...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
A group bringing soccer to the La Ronge area made a presentation last night to La Ronge town council. Autumn Carlson is with the Lac La Ronge Tri-Community Soccer Association, she says youth soccer will begin this summer. “We will be starting August 27 – that week and...
