by MBC News | Jul 5, 2018
A class action lawsuit is being launched against the RCMP by the mother of a missing Saskatchewan First Nations woman. The lawsuit was launched Thursday morning in Regina. Diane BigEagle is part of a lawsuit suing the RCMP for $600 million alleging systemic negligence...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2018
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Some readers may find parts of this story disturbing.) Jared John Charles will soon learn his fate. The 20-year-old man previously pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl. The incident was the subject of a Prince...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2018
Thursday marks the 14th anniversary that five-year-old Tamra Keepness went missing without a trace from her Regina home. Tamra was last seen in her home on the 1800 block of Ottawa Street. Despite an intensive ground search she was not found. Every July since then the...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2018
The RCMP in La Ronge say they are investing a booze theft from a broken down delivery vehicle in that community late Monday or early Tuesday. Authorities say the vehicle, which was delivering the alcohol to a local vendor became inoperable in the 100 Block of Royal...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2018
The Piapot First Nation north of Regina has returned Jeremy Fourhorns as their Chief in elections conducted Tuesday. Fourhorns took 443 votes to his only challenger Darrell Obey’s 243. Eight councilors were elected, with four returning; Mark Fox, Harold Kaiswatum, Ira...
by MBC News | Jul 4, 2018
It has been almost 20 years since the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark Gladue decision but in many ways not much seems to have changed. In the decision, Canada’s highest court calls on judges to consider the unique history and systemic challenges of Indigenous...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2018
The search for the body of four-year-old Sweetgrass Kennedy continues. Prince Albert police believe Sweetgrass drowned in the North Saskatchewan River on May 10. A team of rescue workers were out once again last week scouring the river in the hopes of finding the...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2018
Attorney General Don Morgan says the Saskatchewan government has made no specific commitments to the Justice for Our Stolen Children camp. The comments were made following a Monday meeting between the two groups in Fort Qu’Appelle. Morgan and four other government...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2018
Officials with STARS air ambulance are planning to replace the current fleet of helicopters with new aircraft. The aircraft that has been chosen to lead the organization into the future is the Airbus H-145. It is hoped the first one can be delivered next year, with...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2018
The protesters at the Justice for Our Stolen Children Camp say they want sweeping changes to the Indigenous child welfare system, adoption processes and the incarceration of First Nations youth. Camp spokesperson Michelle Stewart says following a meeting Monday with...
