by MBC News | Sep 15, 2015
The man accused of the attempted murder of Marlene Bird wants to rescind his guilty plea. In late April, Leslie Black entered the plea related to the Prince Albert attack that left Bird wheelchair-bound. The Timber Bay woman was cut and burned in July of 2014 in...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2015
Wild rice producers in northern Saskatchewan are currently harvesting what could possibly be the largest crop in the province’s history. The harvest is well underway in Saskatchewan, both on farms in the south and in lakes in the north. Long-time wild rice farmer Lynn...
by MBC News | Sep 15, 2015
Coming home will now be easier for Fond du Lac students who seek higher education. Transwest Air says it will fund the cost of 53 plane tickets for 26 students – and their dependents – to make trips home while they’re in school. Fond Du Lac’s...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2015
Saskatchewan is extending its reach when it comes to getting help to fight forest fires. It already has reciprocal wildfire agreements with all of the provinces, the Northwest Territories, as well as a number of states in the U.S.A. This month’s new resource sharing...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2015
A trapper’s table in Prince Albert in Dec. 2015. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Events happening a half a world away are hurting Saskatchewan’s wild fur trade. One of the biggest customers is Russia, says the Saskatchewan Trappers Association. With Russia facing...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2015
RCMP investigation into a hit and run on Sturgeon Lake First Nation has revealed the three victims were camping in the vicinity of a gravel road when a vehicle struck them. At around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, paramedics and police were called to the accident scene, which...
by MBC News | Sep 14, 2015
The Liberal Aboriginal Affairs critic says a federal committee’s near-unanimous call for an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women was absent in the final report on violence against women in Canada. Referring to on the parliamentary committee looking into...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2015
The man who was at the center of an Amber Alert in February made a quick court appearance in La Ronge via video link on Friday. The man is charged with murder, kidnapping, among other serious charges after his then-girlfriend’s daughter was taken from a La...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2015
It was scary morning for early starters at a high school in North Battleford. Just after 8:30 a.m. on Friday the Battlefords RCMP received a report of a suspicious person in an area near Carlton Comprehensive High School. Shortly after, shots were fired. Luckily, no...
by MBC News | Sep 11, 2015
A Saskatoon Metis woman has had enough of the political scrapping taking place within the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan. There isn’t a mediator alive who could resolve the situation, said Shirley Isbister, who spoke as a Metis citizen, but also happens to be the...
