by Manfred Joehnck | Jan 28, 2016 | Current News
A Regina murder trial will hear from the couple accused of starving a four-year-old girl to death and causing serious harm to her two-year-old sister. Tammy Goforth will take the stand tomorrow morning. Her husband, Kevin, will testify on Monday. They were the...
by Chelsea Laskowski | Jan 28, 2016 | Current News
MP Georgina Jolibois and Lorna Lemaigre at the Friendship Centre. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski The outside world is looking in at La Loche this week, after a school shooting shook the entire country. The grieving process of what is truly a community tragedy is not the...
by Chelsea Laskowski | Jan 28, 2016 | Current News
The circumstances surrounding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to La Loche on Friday are grim. But even in the wake of Canada’s biggest school shooting, La Loche’s residents are busy preparing to accommodate Trudeau. On Thursday morning, the Prime Minister’s...
by Manfred Joehnck | Jan 27, 2016 | Current News
The doctor who conducted the autopsy on a four-year-old girl who died of complications from severe malnutrition testified at her caregivers’ murder trial in Regina today. Tammy and Kevin Goforth are facing a second degree murder charge in her death, as well as a...
by Chelsea Laskowski | Jan 27, 2016 | Current News
In the wake of La Loche’s school shooting, northwestern Saskatchewan is showing just how important its local stations are. Radio and TV auctions in La Loche, Ile-a-la-Crosse, Beauval and Patuanak have raised thousands for the victims’ families. In the midst of...
by mbcnews | Jan 27, 2016 | Current News
One of three suspects wanted in a violent home invasion on the Muskowekwan First Nation has surrendered to authorities. Twenty-nine-year-old Vernon Bigsky turned himself in to police today and is currently in police custody. RCMP say seven people who were disguised,...
by David Smith | Jan 27, 2016 | Current News
Representatives from various provincial government ministries provided another update today on the work being done in the community of La Loche following last week’s shooting deaths. The Ministry of Health says four injured people remain in a Saskatoon hospital,...
by Manfred Joehnck | Jan 27, 2016 | Current News
Kevin and Tammy Goforth leaving court in Regina. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. A forensic pathologist has outlined his findings into what caused a four-year-old girl to die and what injuries she suffered before her death. Dr. Shaun Ladham is the final prosecution...
by Fraser Needham | Jan 27, 2016 | Current News
A new fund has been created with the goal of kick-starting co-operatives in Western Canadian Aboriginal and rural communities. The $5 million fund is called Co-operatives First and it will be used to provide start-up capital to help start co-operatives in such areas...
by Fraser Needham | Jan 27, 2016 | Current News
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is asking all schools in the province and across the country to take a moment of silence this Friday in memory of victims of a recent shooting in La Loche. As part of the memorial, the FSIN is asking schools to lower their...
