by MBC News | Jun 26, 2013
A 39-year-old woman from the Keeseekoose First Nation has been remanded in custody until July 5 on murder charges. Tania Quewezance is facing a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of 35-year-old Blaine Allen Fiddler of Runnymede, Saskatchewan....
by MBC News | Jun 26, 2013
It is a first in Canada. The province’s Ministry of Justice is partnering with the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Saskatchewan branch to help serious violent offenders with chronic mental illness. Dave Nelson, the executive director of the...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2013
The evacuation of Cumberland House is now complete, but the worst is yet to come for the northeast Saskatchewan community. Flood waters from Alberta are still making their way to the community and it will be at least two weeks before they can go back home. The North...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2013
It’s only been a few days since Cumberland House residents were evacuated from their homes as part of flooding precautions, but already a few that are staying in Prince Albert are trying to find work. The reason behind the job search is simple – money. Susan...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2013
High water flows in northeastern Saskatchewan are forcing SaskPower to take preemptive emergency measures. The electrical utility says much higher inflows than usual into its Nipawin and EB Campbell hydroelectric stations may force it to close the spillway gates on...
by MBC News | Jun 25, 2013
A group of citizens in northern Saskatchewan have turned to the courts in an effort to stop a deal between the Village of Pinehouse and two uranium companies. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in a Prince Albert courthouse by Regina lawyer Larry Kowalchuk. It was...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2013
Residents of the village of Cumberland House and the Cumberland House Cree nation are on the move as raging flood waters from Alberta make their way downstream and through Saskatchewan. It is not known when the Cumberland Lake will peak, but Saskatchewan Water...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2013
The Bell of Batoche is coming home, but only for a visit. On Friday, a Metis group held a news conference in Winnipeg to announce the bell, which has been missing for 22 years, will be returned to Batoche for a special mass and celebration on July 20. After that, it...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2013
A bill to amend the Indian Act has been delayed, at least for now. Bill C-428 is the brainchild of northern Saskatchewan MP Rob Clarke. Clarke maintains the act is archaic and badly in need of repair. For several months now, the bill has worked its way through the...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2013
A man from the Pelican Lake First Nation has the next four years to reflect on a violent incident at a bar that sent him to jail for manslaughter. On Friday, 39-year-old Frederick Charles was given a four-year sentence for causing the death of his brother-in-law Jones...
