by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
A man who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of an 18 year-old in Prince Albert nearly three years ago has been given an 11-year prison sentence. Twenty-five-year-old Blake David Norman was sentenced in a Prince Albert courtroom yesterday for his involvement in the...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015 | Current News
A coalition representing people with disabilities wants to see an increase of $250 a month in provincial funding. Right now, about 15,000 people are enrolled in the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability Program. Most are barely getting by. Today, they...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2015 | Current News
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday after the body of a missing Prince Albert woman was found. RCMP say the remains of 22-year-old Danielle Nyland were located Friday evening just east of Shellbrook. The wooded area is situated about 500 metres from where her cell...
by MBC News | Jun 21, 2015 | Current News
Two people were taken to hospital following a collision involving a police vehicle and a pickup on the Fishing Lake First Nation. Wadena RCMP say the crash happened around 6:00am Saturday at an intersection on the main grid road on the reserve. The RCMP officer...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015 | Current News
Family violence is the number one factor in missing and murdered Aboriginal women. That is the conclusion of an analysis of the numbers and a progress report one year after the RCMP released its report into missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Over a 22-year period,...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015 | Current News
The Conference Board of Canada issued a report that northern communities need to heal from the effects of Indian Residential Schools as part of a northern economic growth plan. The report focused on how the north can plan for economic growth identifying three...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015 | Current News
All across the country, Canadians will celebrate National Aboriginal Day on Sunday. In Saskatoon, the University of Saskatchewan will celebrate the day with a lineup of dignitaries and entertainers. It will also be marking the 55th anniversary of the Aboriginal right...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015 | Current News
Bart Tsannie has been elected to another term as chief of the Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation. Tsannie received 311 votes in yesterday’s election — roughly 130 votes more than his nearest rival, Ed Benoanie, Sr. This is Tsannie’s fourth term as...
by MBC News | Jun 19, 2015 | Current News
A Saskatoon elementary school received a $68,000 grant from the Indigo chain of bookstores today. The Westmount Elementary School will use the money to buy books for students and improve their library. Principal Nicola Bishop-Yong says the school is on the path to...
by MBC News | Jun 18, 2015 | Current News
Manitoba has become the first province to formally apologize to Aboriginal adoptees for taking them from their homes and placing them with non-Native families. Premier Greg Selinger delivered the apology in the provincial legislature following a ceremony for those who...
