by MBC News | Dec 15, 2017 | Current News
Jeffrey Longman, the grandfather of Nikosis Jace Cantre. File photo. It has been an emotional day of final arguments at a sentencing hearing for a teenager who killed a Saskatoon baby. In July 2016, the then 16-year-old escaped Kilburn Hall Youth Centre while serving...
by MBC News | Dec 15, 2017 | Current News
Dallas Weenonis. Photo courtesy of RCMP. UPDATE: RCMP have reported that Dallas Weenonis has been located safe. Prince Albert RCMP are looking for the public’s assistance in locating a 15-year-old male from Muskoday First Nation. Dallas Weenonis was reported...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2017 | Current News
The Prince Albert Grand Council held a news conference today to praise the efforts of first responders, the RCMP, the Canadian Rangers, and residents of Fond du Lac, Black Lake and Stony Rapids for their response to what could have been a catastrophic plane crash. A...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2017 | Current News
A 14-year-old male entered a guilty plea today in relation to the April death of La Ronge business owner Simon Grant. The teen, who can’t be named, had originally been charged with second-degree murder, but has entered a plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter....
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2017 | Current News
One of the first on the scene of a passenger plane crash in Fond du Lac last night says it was a miracle no one died. Raymond Sanger risked his own life to help others trapped in the wreckage of the West Wind aviation plane that went down seconds after taking off....
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2017 | Current News
A Saskatchewan man has been appointed to an interim board of directors for the National Council for Reconciliation. On Thursday, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett announced the 6 person board, which includes Saskatchewan’s Max Fineday....
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2017 | Current News
A long-term drinking water advisory has been lifted for a Saskatchewan First Nation. Kahkewistahaw First Nation had been under a boil water advisory since June 2015. The community, about 160 kilometres East of Regina, was able to recently lift this advisory by...
by MBC News | Dec 14, 2017 | Current News
Photo of the crashed airplane. Courtesy Raymond Sanger. *UPDATE – 10:30 p.m. — Fond du Lac RCMP can now confirm that all 22 passengers and 3 crew members aboard the West Wind Aviation flight out of Fond du Lac have been accounted for and removed from...
by MBC News | Dec 13, 2017 | Current News
A new study out of the University of Saskatchewan says rising tuition rates are leading to food insecurity issues for students. The newly published study by the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit entitled the Journal of Hunger and...
by MBC News | Dec 13, 2017 | Current News
Photo courtesy of SaskTel Over 100 SaskTel business customers in Saskatoon and the province’s north were left offline this morning. Reports of lost services started rolling in to the telecommunications provider around 3:00 a.m. this morning. “We started...
