by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Murder victim Mark Clarence Michel. Photo courtesy Facebook. The Crown has announced plans to seek an adult sentence for the youth accused of a murder in Pelican Narrows that took place last month. Three other males, all adults, are also accused of killing 16-year-old...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Photo courtesy of Dean Bear A Saskatchewan First Nation is using a model from a neighboring city to help deal with social issues and at risk individuals in their community. Last March, the Muskoday First Nation implemented the Muskoday Intervention Circle (MIC) as a...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Zoey Roy, Kendal Netmaker and AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde are set to speak at WE Day. Photo courtesy we.org Indigenous role models are taking the stage at WE Day in Saskatoon to speak in front of more than 15,000 young people. The annual event rewards school...
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2017
New North CEO Matt Heley at an October gathering. MBC file photo. New North is hosting a two-day training event for community police boards in Prince Albert this week. In 2009, the Framework Agreement for Community Safety and Policing Initiative was signed and a part...
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2017
Pinehouse Lake. Photo courtesy Tommy Sanderson, Facebook. The province is revealing details of an investigation that went to great lengths to bust an illegal outfitting operation in northern Saskatchewan’s Pinehouse Lake area. Three United States agencies joined...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2017
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is in discussions with several Saskatchewan First Nations on legal options to put a stop to the auction sale of Crown land. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron has sent a letter to the ministers of Agriculture, First...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2017
Leslie Black. Photos courtesy Facebook. On Monday, Marlene Bird spent time in the same room as the man who attempted to kill her in downtown Prince Albert in June of 2014. Leslie Black is going through a dangerous offender hearing in Prince Albert, and Bird spent a...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2017
Swearing in of Chief Electoral Officer, Loretta Metzger. Photo courtesy of mnselection.ca It will be a wide open race for the job of president of Metis Nation Saskatchewan. The vote will be held May 27th. The current president, Robert Doucette, is not seeking...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2017
Joseph ‘Augie’ Merasty. Photo courtesy Facebook. No one could have foreseen how the One Book One Province Saskatchewan reading tour of The Education of Augie Merasty would play out. Originally, 87-year-old Joseph ‘Augie’ Merasty was slated to...
by MBC News | Mar 10, 2017
Youth recreation centre open on Saulteaux First Nation. Photo courtesy FSIN. It was a day of celebration on the North Battleford-area Saulteaux First Nation as the community officially opened its new Youth Recreation and Cultural Centre. The cost of the new 4,000...
