by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012 | Current News
The government’s decision to axe the three Enterprise Regions in northern Saskatchewan has not discouraged the organizers of an upcoming business conference. On November 22nd and 23rd, business leaders from across the north are invited to attend the 2012...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012 | Current News
A woman involved in a violent home invasion on the Red Pheasant First Nation is expected to be sentenced next month. Last September, 29-year-old Rosella Moosomin was convicted of break and enter and committing bodily harm. She is the last of six people to be...
by MBC News | Oct 26, 2012 | Current News
The Spirit of our Nations Pow Wow is getting underway today at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon. The three-day event is expected to attract more than 1,000 dancers, 300 singers and 10,000 spectators. Things got started this morning with a pipe ceremony and feast....
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of a Saskatchewan Mountie-killer. Curtis Dagenais was asking for a new trial. His lawyer argued the issue or provocation was not put before the jury in his 2009 trial. The Court of Appeal dismissed...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012 | Current News
Perry Bellegarde has been elected as the new chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. Bellegarde received 488 votes in today’s voting at the FSIN fall legislative assembly in Saskatoon. Delbert Wapass was the runner-up with 240 votes, while Morley...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012 | Current News
At least five northern Saskatchewan municipalities have new mayors after yesterday’s civic elections. In Cumberland House and Buffalo Narrows, local citizens have elected women to fill the mayor’s seat. Estelle Laliberte knocked off long-time mayor Bobby...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012 | Current News
Wakaw RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing 38-year-old man. Police say Wilfred Almightyvoice from the One Arrow First Nation has not contacted his family since around 1:00 a.m. Saturday. He was last seen by friends who dropped him off at his...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012 | Current News
RCMP have released a warning to people in the Nipawin area about a female offender being released into the community. Police say 42-year-old Audrey Freda Bignose is considered to be a very high risk to re-offend. Bignose has a history of substance abuse and violent...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012 | Current News
The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has positively identified human remains found in a burned-out vehicle last week. Police say the body of Wesley Alvin Whitehawk of Saskatoon was found by firefighters called to a vehicle fire west of Highway 219 south of the city. The...
by MBC News | Oct 25, 2012 | Current News
Saskatchewan’s aviation industry is meeting in Prince Albert today. At issue is a new report which stakes out the economic impact aviation has on Saskatchewan. According to the study, there are 147 airports in the province, most of which exist on annual budgets...
