by MBC News | May 15, 2017
Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Editor’s note: To clarify, Ermine’s past assault convictions were for events that occurred before Bear’s death, not after. An accused Muskoday murderer took the stand in her own...
by MBC News | May 15, 2017
Kelvin Aubichon, in his early 20s. Photo submitted by RCMP. An inmate at large who was arrested in Meadow Lake last week will never return to the jail he was originally housed in. It’s been more than a year since Kelvin Aubichon, who Mounties say also goes by the name...
by MBC News | May 15, 2017
A 2014 photo of Happy Charles. Photo courtesy Facebook. The search for a missing woman in Prince Albert has expanded, and now includes another woman who disappeared this spring. On April 1, 42-year-old Happy Mary Charles was last seen in Prince Albert, and her family...
by MBC News | May 15, 2017
Photo courtesy of robbnash.com A Manitoba man will be sharing his story of battling mental illness and depression with northern Saskatchewan schools. The Robb Nash Project will be Wollaston Lake on Wednesday and will also tour the communities of Fond-du-Lac, Stony...
by MBC News | May 15, 2017
Image courtesy of Thomas Sierzycki, Facebook. Early indications point to a reduced forest fire threat in Saskatchewan this year. So far this year, there have been 50 forest fires, compared to the five-year average of 91. Only one of those fires is still burning, but...
by MBC News | May 15, 2017
Pelican Narrows local administrative centre on Monday morning. Photo submitted. The village office is smoldering in Pelican Narrows today after being rendered “not useable any longer” by a fire, says the RCMP. The office, also known as the local administrative centre,...
by MBC News | May 15, 2017
Cumberland House Cree Nation Chief Lorne Stewart. Photo courtesy of Cumberland House Cree Nation. The chief of the Cumberland House Cree Nation in northeast Saskatchewan has suddenly and unexpectedly resigned, effective today. In a heartfelt notice to band members,...
by MBC News | May 15, 2017
La Ronge Provincial Court The three teenagers charged in relation to the death of La Ronge business owner Simon Grant were back in court today. 18-year-old Austin Bird, a 17-year old and a 14-year-old appeared in court via video, but things were adjourned until June...
by MBC News | May 15, 2017
Earl Cook. Photo courtesy of Gabriel Dumont Institute. An educator from Cumberland House, who has spent four decades helping create educational opportunities for Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan, will be receiving an honorary doctorate this spring from the University...
by MBC News | May 12, 2017
Regina Court of Queen’s Bench. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. A Balcarres man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter in the vicious beating of an elderly man he once considered his friend. Dale Murray Stonechild, 62, was...