by MBC News | May 31, 2013
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is mourning the loss of its oldest resident. Elder Jeannie Amelik Roberts passed away yesterday at the age of 110. A resident of Stanley Mission, Roberts was known for her gentle nature and willingness to help anyone in need. She was born...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013
There has been a major drug and weapons bust on the Little Black Bear First Nation in Southeast Saskatchewan. RCMP executed a search warrant on a home on the reserve yesterday and seized a large amount of marijuana and 15 guns. 41 year old Trent Bellegarde is facing...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013
An apartment building in Prince Albert has been renovated into an affordable-housing unit. The 17-unit building is located in the 300 block of River Street west. Nearly $500,000 was spent fixing up bathrooms, putting in new kitchen cabinets, painting and replacing the...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013
A police-dog handler in Meadow Lake has been charged with slashing someone’s tires on the Waterhen Lake Reserve. RCMP say the incident allegedly happened on March 18th. They received a complaint from a resident the following day and launched an investigation. As...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013
A youth charged after shots were fired at a La Ronge area school this week remains in custody. The suspect appeared in Prince Albert court on Thursday. A total of five firearms related charges were laid after several shots were fired into the ground outside of Senator...
by MBC News | May 31, 2013
The second annual Missing People Awareness Walk is on today hosted by the Agency Chiefs Tribal Council. The event began this morning in Spiritwood with a rally, followed by the walk which ends with supper at Witchekan Lake First Nation. Co-organizer Delphine McAdam...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013
Uranium giants Cameco and Areva have reached a $600 million deal with a northern Saskatchewan First Nation to support their mining operations and drop a lawsuit over land near the proposed Millennium project. The collaboration agreement is with the English River...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013
An arrest has been made in the murder of a man found critically injured in Regina in the early morning hours of New Year’s Eve. Thirty-six-year-old Nathaniel Thomas Elk of the Fort Qu’Appelle area has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in...
by MBC News | May 30, 2013
Saskatoon police say a body found in a river in Calgary is not that of a missing Aboriginal man from Saskatoon. Late yesterday afternoon, the Saskatoon Police Service says it became aware that 24-year-old Joseph Pelletier’s vehicle was located in Calgary....
by MBC News | May 30, 2013
Final legal arguments regarding compensation for former students of the Timber Bay residential school are being heard today at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench. Lawyers for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have raised two main issues why they believe Timber Bay...
