by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
The demolition before and after. Photo courtesy Northern Village Ile-a-la-Crosse, Facebook. Anyone who went through the Ile-a-la-Crosse Boarding School system has the chance to watch a video the demolition of the former boy’s dormitory, which was broadcast live...
by MBC News | Feb 22, 2017
University of Regina President Vianne Timmons. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. University of Regina President Vianne Timmons shared a deeply personal story about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder today when she addressed a national symposium on the disability being...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2017
The Canadian Challenge starting line for Steven Laviolette. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. The Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race got underway with great fanfare in Elk Ridge late Tuesday afternoon. There are 19 teams taking part in the race, which winds its way through...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2017
Victim Jonathan Lee Cowan. Photo courtesy Facebook. One of three men accused in the first Prince Albert murder of 2016 is set to proceed with a two-week trial in November. Tyler Thomas Pechawis, 26, is slated for a jury trial in relation to the death of Jonathan Lee...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2017
Dogs outside the vet check in Prince Albert. Photo by Rod A. Young, originally posted here. For the second straight year, the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race is experiencing issues due to a lack of snow. The start location for the race is now taking place at Elk...
by MBC News | Feb 21, 2017
File photo. People in Pelican Narrows may notice an increased police presence today as Mounties investigate a murder. RCMP were called to a home in the community around 1:00 am Tuesday about a sudden death. Police say a male was taken to the local health centre and...
by MBC News | Feb 17, 2017
Saskatchewan Environment is considering limiting the amount of export permits for American hunters as a way of reducing illegal outfitting on some First Nations. In a strongly worded speech to the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation convention in Regina today, the...
by MBC News | Feb 17, 2017
The NDP Opposition is calling on the Wall government to finally make good on a promise to apologize for Saskatchewan’s role in the Sixties Scoop. It follows an Ontario court ruling in favour of Sixties Scoop survivors that recognized the federal...
by MBC News | Feb 17, 2017
The victim impact statement from the victim’s grandfather. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A Big River First Nation family is upset with a nearly two-year sentence for the man who struck and killed a five-year-old last summer while driving in Big River. Stephen...
by MBC News | Feb 17, 2017
A number of Metis people and local presidents joined Bryan Lee, Kelvin Roy, and Louis Gardiner at Prince Albert’s Court of Queen’s Bench. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A Metis Nation meeting in Saskatoon will go ahead as planned this weekend, despite an...