by Joel Willick | Mar 21, 2022 | Current News
CONTENT WARNING: The following details may be distressing. In May 2019, Benjamin Toutsaint, died by suicide at a correctional centre in Saskatoon. An inquest into his death is underway in Saskatoon this week. Toutsaint, of Black Lake First Nation, was serving a...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2022 | Current News
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Prince Albert’s two largest school divisions both received funding to advance truth and reconciliation education, but their focus will be on two separate areas. The Government of Saskatchewan will provide...
by Joel Willick | Mar 21, 2022 | Current News
CONTENT WARNING: The following details may be distressing UPDATE 3:50 The final two witnesses on Monday were a psychiatric nurse and the Deputy Warden for the Regional Psychiatric Centre since 2014. Nurse John Petrishen-Ha testified that he was the first medical staff...
by MBC News | Mar 21, 2022 | Current News
A Lac La Ronge Indian Band member made a rare find during his historical research into the region. Teron Roberts found videos with moving images of the Lac La Ronge All Saints Anglican Indian Residential School from the 1930s and 40s. Roberts has been researching the...
by Joel Willick | Mar 18, 2022 | Current News
The family of a Saskatoon woman whose body was found in Prince Albert believes initial reports of her missing could have been handled better. Taya Sinclair, a Métis woman originally from the Green Lake area, was found dead in Prince Albert on Tuesday after her family...
by Joel Willick | Mar 18, 2022 | Current News
For the first time since the tragic passing of 13-month-old Tanner Brass in Prince Albert, his mother Kyla Frenchman is speaking publicly. Tanner Brass was killed after Prince Albert police officers arrested Kyla Frenchman during a domestic dispute. According to the...
by MBC News | Mar 18, 2022 | Current News
An adult man in La Ronge was arrested Wednesday evening after entering the La Ronge Health Centre where he stated he had a firearm. La Ronge RCMP were called, confronted the man who then allegedly threatened to shoot the police, but he then ran away. Police then...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2022 | Current News
The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) are investigating a homicide after a burnt body was found at the snow dump area South of the Alfred Jenkins Field House. Police say they were called to the area along with the Prince Albert Fire Department on Tuesday morning....
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2022 | Current News
City of Prince Albert Councillors were recently briefed on the work being done to advance the Truth and Reconciliation Calls (TRC) to action in the city. City Council’s executive committee was recently provided a report prepared by civic administration which outlined...
by MBC News | Mar 16, 2022 | Current News
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Two errors in the most recent Canadian census were the starting point for a discussion between a Jewish and a Metis academic about the commonalities and distinctions between their peoples. On March 7,...
