by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015
A 25-year-old man convicted of manslaughter in the death of a man from the Black Lake First Nation has been sentenced to over seven years in prison. In September 2013, Davis Broussie was stabbed in a parking lot in Prince Albert and later died in hospital. Charles...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015
It’s a first for a First Nation in Saskatchewan. The Little Black Bear First Nation recently opened the first Aboriginal owned Tim Hortons franchise in the province. It is part of a Petro-Canada located in the Qu’Appelle Valley, about 70 km northeast of Regina just...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015
It has been business as usual at the recycling depot in La Ronge this week despite a fire at the facility on the morning of June 15. The manager, Nisar Ghani, says three suspects allegedly jumped the fence and set fires in two of the bins. Ghani posted pictures of the...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2015
Several northern Saskatchewan communities and projects will reap the benefits of over $7 million dollars in funding announced by the Community Initiatives Fund. This morning, the CIF announced the approval of 502 different grants for projects across the province....
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015
A national committee for Aboriginal peoples is calling on the federal government to remove the two percent cap on increases in funding for on-reserve programs. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples tabled their report today and included with it thirteen...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015
Wildfire Management officials say some large fires in the La Ronge area have kicked up again — but do not pose a smoke or fire threat to communities. Wildfire Management executive director Steve Roberts says the Egg and Sucker Fires are among four fires in the...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015
Justice Murray Sinclair told a crowd of human rights workers Canadians need to be re-educated about the settler – First Nations relationship in the country. The head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says Canadians have been mis-educated about Indian...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2015
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
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
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...
