by MBC News | Aug 25, 2015 | Current News
The branch of lawyers that represents people who can’t afford legal services is letting go of a high-profile case out of Prince Albert. Leslie Black pleaded guilty to attempted murder against Marlene Bird earlier this year. She had to have two legs amputated and was...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2015 | Current News
The province will sift through ideas to reduce poverty in Saskatchewan, now that it’s received recommendations from an advisory group. The government, led by Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer, will consider the input, which focuses on six key priority areas, in...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2015 | Current News
The executive director of a homeless shelter in Regina is providing heightened awareness of the plight of the homeless by camping out on the roof of the building for five days. It has become a yearly ritual for Joe Miller, the executive director of Soul’s Harbour...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2015 | Current News
Prince Albert Police want people to know they’re not linked to last year’s dog shooting. An online petition saying police used excessive force against a dog on the Key First Nation, near Kamsack, is nearing 200,000 signatures. Part of the RCMP incident...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2015 | Current News
Last week, there was a quick resolution for a man charged with uttering threats and resisting arrest out of Onion Lake. Garth Swiftwolfe, 18, had been charged with fleeing police, assaulting a peace officer, resisting arrest, uttering threats, and multiple breaches of...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015 | Current News
Four years after a teen went missing on a first nation near Lestock, his family continues to search for him. Cody Ridge Wolfe was 17, and last seen in May of 2011 walking from his grandmother’s to a friend’s place on the Muskowekwan First Nation. The first...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015 | Current News
The beating death of a six-year-old on a Kahkewistahaw First Nation two years ago is now the subject of a lawsuit. The parents of Lee Bonneau are suing the social services department for negligence. The boy was in foster care at the time on the First Nation, which is...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015 | Current News
Duke is the subject of a complaint to RCMP. Photo courtesy “We Want Justice for Duke,” Facebook. An online petition demanding justice for a dog shot by RCMP on the Key First Nation last summer has now gathered more than 150,000 signatures. Video of the...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015 | Current News
Two life-changing events have come in quick succession for a La Ronge couple. Rod Holinaty is the $14.2 million winner of August 5’s LOTTO 6/49 draw. The announcement came in Saskatoon on Friday morning. He said at that conference, he had a pressing question for his...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2015 | Current News
The provincial government has renewed another five-year deal to provide funding to the Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI). It will receive $11.2 million over the next fiscal year. The money will be used to support the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program...
