by MBC News | Aug 22, 2014 | Current News
A 40-year-old Poundmaker First Nation man has gone missing. RCMP say Vernon Arthur Kasokeo was last seen on the reserve on Monday. Kasokeo is described as 5’ 7’’ tall and weighing about 185 pounds. He also has black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2014 | Current News
A new report says students attending residential schools not only suffered abuse at the hands of authorities but also from fellow students. The report was written by Amy Bombay for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. Former AHF executive director Mike DeGagné says the...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2014 | Current News
A construction firm has been fined for unauthorized alteration to a riverbank shoreline in northern Saskatchewan. Cando Contracting has been fined $12,600 for altering the shoreline on the Chitek River near Meadow Lake. The Chitek River provides drinking water to the...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2014 | Current News
Twenty-two Aboriginal teenagers from all over Saskatchewan are learning about what a life in the Canadian Armed Forces might be like this week. The Aboriginal youth leadership camp, called “Eagle’s Nest”, began on Monday and wraps up with a graduation on Saturday....
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2014 | Current News
An interactive program with the goal of teaching about SaskPower is coming to the Prince Albert are this weekend. The Power to Grow tour will be in Shellbrook on Saturday and Prince Albert on Sunday. SaskPower spokesperson Heather Johnson says the tour has been...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014 | Current News
Police have released the identity of a man found dead after a house fire in Prince Albert. They say 45-year-old Raymond Joseph Carriere’s body was found in the house after firefighters put the blaze out. The fire happened just before midnight on August 18. An autopsy...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014 | Current News
A Pelican Narrows man has been sentenced to three months in prison plus a 12-month probation period for starting a fire that claimed the life of a young girl. In September of 2013, 10-year-old Denasia Highway died in a fire at her grandparents’ house. Darryl Sewap was...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014 | Current News
Uranium mining company Cameco is confirming a worker was injured in an accident at its Rabbit Lake facility earlier this month. Cameco spokesperson Gord Struthers says the accident occurred on Aug. 13 when the worker was performing a task called “bolting and...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014 | Current News
Opposing sides in a Sturgeon Lake First Nation election dispute met in a Saskatoon courtroom Wednesday. Supporters of Henry Felix say he won a March 2013 vote for chief fair and square. However, local electoral officials disqualified Felix claiming he owes money to...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2014 | Current News
The excitement level was high Wednesday at the Kraft Celebration Tour in Prince Albert. Not only did the Kinsmen Water Park receive a $25,000 cheque from the tour, it also hosted a live broadcast of TSN’s Sports Centre. “Welcome to Prince Albert!” screamed the...
