by MBC News | Dec 23, 2013 | Current News
A former teacher at the Moosomin First Nation’s Day School charged with numerous sex crimes says he cannot afford a lawyer. Sixty-nine-year-old Morris David Hryniuk is facing charges of indecent assault from eight different alleged victims between the years of...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2013 | Current News
The Saskatchewan Research Council is hoping to move on to the next stage of cleanup at the Gunnar Mine Site. The company says all of the buildings that once stood at the uranium mine have now been removed. However they still have to analyze the ground water and soil...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2013 | Current News
Last week’s supreme court ruling that stuck down Canada’s prostitution laws is being met with skepticism by one outreach worker in Prince Albert. Donna Brooks of the YWCA says she’s not sure the decision will benefit women caught in the sex-trade. On the one hand...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2013 | Current News
A man from the Kawacatoose First Nation has been charged with aggravated assault after a young child was injured last year. Punnichy RCMP received a call in February 2012 that a 10-month-old infant had been brought to Fort Qu’Appelle Hospital with a broken leg....
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2013 | Current News
The Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society is offering a $5,000 reward for information on an injured dog in Patuanak. On December 9, Patuanak RCMP received reports that a puppy was set on fire using an accelerant. The incident left the puppy badly injured and scarred and...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2013 | Current News
The Provincial government is investing $40,000 in a new program designed to help homeless people in Prince Albert. The YWCA has been selected to operate the cold weather shelter program out of the Our House shelter facility. It is designed to give people who are...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2013 | Current News
The international community is where one Winnipeg writer thinks First Nations should turn to — in order to force the government to change the status quo. Don Marks says the Canadian government frequently tries to craft an image of itself as being a kind and...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2013 | Current News
A national business group says there needs to be better supports for Aboriginal workers leaving remote communities. The suggestion is contained in a new report by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. It says the transition might be easier for those reserve-residents...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2013 | Current News
A caribou expert says hoof-rot may possibly have impacted the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou herds. Ross Thompson is the executive director of the management board that advocates for the herds. He says community members noticed the problem over the past couple of...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2013 | Current News
People driving through La Ronge will notice a change in the speed limit along a stretch of Highway 2 and 102. New signs have been put up indicating a reduction from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. Saskatchewan Highways spokesperson Mark Rathwell says the reduction followed a...
