by MBC News | Sep 5, 2022 | Current News
RCMP confirm that one of two suspects wanted in the stabbing deaths of 10 people and injuries to 19 others has been located deceased. Saskatchewan Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said the remains of 31-year-old Damien Sanderson were found in a heavily grassy...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2022 | Current News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Scott Moe are responding to Sunday’s tragic stabbing deaths on the James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon with sadness. “Yesterday’s attacks in Saskatchewan are shocking, and heartbreaking,” said Trudeau. RCMP...
by MBC News | Sep 5, 2022 | Current News
Dangerous Persons Alert issued by Spiritwood RCMP for Witchekan Lake First Nation Tuesday, September 6 – 6:30am One suspect, Kelly Witchekan, has been arrested. Melvin Starblanket is still at-large. The Dangerous Person Alert has been cancelled at this point....
by MBC News | Sep 4, 2022 | Current News
Update 5:45PM The James Smith Cree Nation has declared a state of emergency in response to what it said were numerous murders and assaults of its members earlier Sunday. In a statement, the First Nation said leadership voted unanimously for the state of emergency. Two...
by Joel Willick | Sep 2, 2022 | Current News
Dawn Walker has been released on bail. Walker, who faces charges after allegedly faking her death and fleeing to the United States, had a bail hearing Friday afternoon. Crown prosecutor Tyla Olenchuk and defense lawyers Chris Murphy spent the afternoon presenting...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2022 | Current News
An inquest into the death of a man at a Prince Albert jail cell in 2020 will take place in October. Kevin Wolbaum was found unresponsive at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary on January 28, 2020. The 55 year-old was taken to hospital, but died two days later. The inquest...
by MBC News | Sep 1, 2022 | Current News
(STARS helicopter landing on the scene to take Tanner Kilby to the Royal University Hospital — submitted photo) By: Bailey Sutherland, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Four local families have been forever bonded together thanks to joint life-saving...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2022 | Current News
WARNING: Disturbing content A frustrated former student of the Timber Bay residential school is organizing an awareness walk in hopes of sustained pressure on the federal government to formally recognize the institution. First Nations leaders and others have been...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2022 | Current News
2 people from Cumberland House have died after a single vehicle rollover. RCMP say, at around 12:30 pm on Tuesday, a vehicle with six occupants rolled on Highway 123, about 24 kilometres north of the junction with Highway 55 near Carrot River. Mounties say there were...
by MBC News | Aug 31, 2022 | Current News
Six northern airports will be seeing significant upgrades. The airports in La Loche, Île-à-la-Crosse, Sandy Bay, Cumberland House, and Pinehouse Lake are getting combined federal and provincial funding to install All Weather Observation Systems. These observation...
