by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
A northern Saskatchewan Member of Parliament is calling on Senator Lynn Beyak to resign from the senate. This comes after Senator Beyak reportedly refused to remove “letters of support” from her website, which many deemed racist in nature. She posted the letters in...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
A Saskatoon inmate is at large after walking away from a work crew earlier Monday morning. Police say 31-year-old Trevor Stanley Ballantyne was part of a group from the Saskatchewan Correctional Centre working on a project on the city’s west side. Police believe...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
Police in the province are on the lookout for a 31-year-old man who failed to return to the Prince Albert Correctional Centre after a temporary absence. Jonathan Wade Benson left PACC last Friday and was scheduled to return the next day at 6:00 p.m. According to...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
Three large Saskatchewan First Nations and two northern communities are among the 40 areas selected for retail marijuana stores. The announcement was made this morning by Liquor and Gaming Minister, Gene Makowsky. He provided more details on what a legal marijuana...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
RCMP are advising against travelling on the Wollaston Lake ice road between Wollaston Lake and Barge Landing. The Mounties released an advisory on Saturday. Police say the road has not been certified and the ice thickness is unknown. The RCMP also says the road is not...
by MBC News | Jan 5, 2018
An appeals tribunal has ruled that one of two men claiming to be the chief in Montreal Lake does not owe the band any money. Frank J. Roberts, who has been acting as the chief since being acclaimed in a disputed, November by-election, says that keeps him as the...
by MBC News | Jan 5, 2018
The Office of the Chief Coroner is identifying the man who whose death is the centre of an external investigation of the RCMP. The coroner’s office confirmed that 59-year-old Frederick Stephen McKay was the Indigenous man who walked away from his Prince Albert-area...
by MBC News | Jan 5, 2018
A policy allowing workers with government-owned businesses to be elected to the SCC’s board of directors is designed to attract Indigenous entrepreneurs. The move attempts to attract members from organizations that are wholly or partially owned by First Nations...
by MBC News | Jan 5, 2018
A Saskatchewan appointee to an interim board for the National Council for Reconciliation says he is looking forward to the challenge. The National Council for Reconciliation comes from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action, which called on...
by MBC News | Jan 5, 2018
The off-reserve First Nations unemployment rate in Saskatchewan has jumped to nearly 22 per cent, an increase of 3.6 per cent from a year ago. The December jobless numbers were released this morning by Statistics Canada. The overall Aboriginal unemployment rate in the...
