by MBC News | Jan 30, 2015
An Aboriginal offender convicted of stabbing a man in the face with a pen faces the prospect of spending the rest his life behind bars. Prosecutors are trying to get 35-year-old Anthony Joseph Slippery declared as a dangerous offender but his lawyer Kevin Hill argues...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2015
An ambulance driver summoned to a house fire on a La Ronge-area reserve got a little more than he bargained for when he arrived Thursday afternoon. The La Ronge EMS ambulance was struck by an allegedly impaired driver as it and other emergency responders arrived on...
by MBC News | Jan 30, 2015
The Saskatoon Police Service is looking to get more Aboriginal people involved in the force. SPS held a special recruitment session with the goal of increasing the number of Indigenous officers in the police force on Thursday night. Police Chief Clive Weighill says...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2015
Police have made an arrest in the death of 28-year-old Monica Burns. Burns’ body was found on a snowmobile trail about 15 kilometres outside of Prince Albert on Jan. 17. Thirty-eight-year-old Todd Daniel McKeaveney of Prince Albert has been charged with...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2015
It was an emotionally-charged day in Regina Court of Queen’s Bench as the jury delivered its verdict in the trial of a man accused of beating his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter to death in June of 2012. The jury began its deliberations in the...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2015
Nearly 100 people braved the cold in Prince Albert today to walk in support of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. The group walked from city hall to the John A. Macdonald Building to show their support for an inquiry into the issue. Joining them on the...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2015
Officials with the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region say a small number of patients had their personal health information accessed by an employee who was not involved in their care. The region began an investigation last month and found that the breaches took place...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2015
The Communist Party of Canada says the unemployment rate on First Nations reserves in Saskatchewan and Manitoba is about 70 per cent. The party also says the exclusion of labour force data on reserves is part of a strategy by the Harper government to hide the true...
by MBC News | Jan 29, 2015
RCMP continue to search for a man who escaped from custody last week. Twenty-one-year-old Solomon Toutsaint was appearing in court in Black Lake on break and enter charges when he escaped police custody on January 21. While at large, Toutsaint has taunted the police a...
by MBC News | Jan 28, 2015
Cameco announced an expansion of its Touchdown for Dreams program Wednesday afternoon to help more women suffering with life threatening forms of cancer make their dreams come true. Over the next two years, the program will grant seven to ten wishes per year with each...
