by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council says it is high time an all-weather road was built in the Wollaston Lake area of northern Saskatchewan. The Hatchet Lake Dene Nation is currently served by a winter ice road and for much of the year access is only possible by air or...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for changes to Saskatchewan’s child welfare system. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron says a representative advisory committee which would oversee provincial child welfare services would help improve the current system....
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
RCMP in Pelican Narrows say a woman is charged with bootlegging. Police were patrolling a check stop at the Opawikoscikcan Narrows along highway 135 on November 23, after receiving information that bootleggers were transporting liquor into the dry community. A...
by MBC News | Nov 27, 2018 | Current News
La Ronge RCMP are reporting a rash of thefts from vehicles in that community in the past few weeks. Police say the thieves are targeting vehicles with items in plain view. Police report it appears some of these thefts occurred between 1:30 am and 4 am on Monday. The...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2018 | Current News
The family of Beverly Littlecrow is asking the Crown to appeal the not guilty verdict of the man accused of killing her. “The family is deeply saddened and outraged with the acquittal of Gabriel Faucher,” cousin Diane Littlecrow says. “We are calling on the justice...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2018 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s justice minister says the province is open to discussing a retail cannabis operation on the Muscowpetung First Nation but it must be done within the government’s existing legal framework. The First Nation is currently operating such a marijuana business...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2018 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s NDP Opposition is pressuring the province to get going on proposed upgrades to the Fond du Lac airport. The province has put in an application to the federal government for cost-shared funding to expand the existing runway by 1,200 feet. However,...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2018 | Current News, MBC News
The sentencing for the third male who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of restaurant owner Simon Grant was unexpectedly adjourned in La Ronge provincial court Monday. The incident took place in April 2017. The suspect was 17-years-old at the time of the assault and...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2018 | Current News
The Regina Police Service says it will be making changes to its investigative procedures following a review by RCMP into the death of Nadine Machiskinic. Chief Evan Bray who will not release the report publicly says management of major cases will see changes to how...
by MBC News | Nov 26, 2018 | Current News
The Cumberland House Cree Nation says it will banish drug dealers from the community, which would also include the loss of benefits and services. “Anybody found lawfully wrongful in utilizing or pushing drugs on our reserve, will be dealt with. That means they will...
