by MBC News | Jul 13, 2020 | Current News
RCMP say the body of a 32-year-old woman has been located on the Thunderchild First Nation. DeeDee Steele had been missing since June 12. Mounties say they do not consider the cause of death to be suspicious. (PHOTO: DeeDee Steele. Photo courtesy Turtleford...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2020 | Current News
Prince Albert police are asking for the public’s assistance with an unsolved homicide case that is now two years old. Police responded to a call on July 13, 2018 of a male down in a yard in the intersection of 6th Avenue East and 20th Street. The person was identified...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2020 | Current News
Stanley Mission RCMP are advising local residents to use caution after a bear entered a residence on Sunday night. Police say the bear gained entry to a home in the 1700 block of Settee Street by pushing out a portable air conditioner. One of the residents was taken...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2020 | Current News, MBC News
RCMP say a ninth person has been charged in connection to the death of Tiki Laverdiere. Police say 33-year-old Charles St. Savard was arrested in Edmonton on Friday. He is charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping. Laverdiere was from Edmonton. She disappeared...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2020 | Current News
The Montreal Lake Cree Nation is in lock-down after a member of that community tested positive for COVID-19. Chief Frank Roberts addressed his First Nation after Council held an emergency meeting to pass several motions and obtain a public health order authorizing the...
by MBC News | Jul 9, 2020 | Current News
A North Battleford lawyer says the recent violent arrest of a First Nations man in Saskatoon is not an uncommon experience for Indigenous people when dealing with police authorities. A video circulating on social media shows an officer punching a man named Evan Penner...
by MBC News | Jul 9, 2020 | Current News
A Saskatoon group which patrols and helps people in need is offering a new service: wellness checks. The Okihtcitawak Patrol Group patrols the Saskatoon neighbourhoods of Pleasant Hill and Riversdale. They help community members by being present in the neighbourhood,...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2020 | Current News
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde and Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday morning on Bill C-92. The bill came into effect Jan. 1. It gives Indigenous communities and families control over...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2020 | Current News
The Metis-Nation Saskatchewan is demanding an apology from Environment Minister Dustin Duncan for not consulting it on the Denison Wheeler River project exploration. In a June 11, letter to Attorney General Don Morgan, MN-S President Glen McCallum expressed concern...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2020 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Public Complaints Commission is being brought in to independently investigate a rough arrest caught on video in Saskatoon on Saturday. Police allege they were called to the 500 block of 11th Street East, where officers encountered a man that had...
