Police Probe Youth’s Hours In Custody Before He Died

Police in Prince Albert say they’re hoping an autopsy will shed more light on how a 16 year-old teenager died while in custody. The youth had been taken to the Prince Albert Youth residence on September 12th from the Big River detachment. He made a court appearance on...

NDP Brass Meet With Aboriginal Leaders In Prince Albert

A meeting of the minds took place in Prince Albert yesterday. Opposition leaders sat down to talk with chiefs from the Prince Albert Grand Council, members of the Indian/Metis Friendship Centre and local metis leaders. NDP Aboriginal Affairs critic Jean Crowder was...

Accused Beauval Supervisor Represents Himself In Court

The trial for a former dormitory supervisor charged with abusing boys at a northern Saskatchewan residential school continues today. Paul Leroux who is now 72, is representing himself at his trial at Court of Queen’s Bench, Battleford. He pleaded not guilty to...

U.N. Investigator Backs Call For Inquiry Into Missing Women

A United Nations human rights investigator says the federal government should set up a national inquiry into the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women in Canada. James Anaya, the UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, spent the last nine...

Province Partners With First Nations To Build Technology Centre

The provincial government will provide $10 million to build a new trades and technology centre in Yorkton. It will also match a $150,000 scholarship donation to provide local first nations youth with scholarships over the next five years. Premier Brad Wall made the...