by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
A First Nations man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after a drug deal apparently went wrong and resulted in the stabbing death of another man last summer. Last November, Arnold Isiah Halkett, a member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, pleaded guilty to the...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
It appears youth in Northern Saskatchewan may be more likely to vote provincially and federally if they could see some tangible benefits. Professor Bonita Beatty of the University of Saskatchewan helped conduct a survey that looked at voter trends in the north. She...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
A 31-year-old man who escaped from a minimum security institution last week has been arrested in Saskatoon. Royce Virgil Bear was one of two men who escaped from the Willow Cree Healing Lodge in Duck Lake on Jan. 27. About 3:30 p.m. yesterday police located Bear in...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
A researcher for an aboriginal think-tank says it’s an exciting time for he and his colleagues. Dr. Ryan Walker is the director of the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network’s prairie centre. He says today’s launch of the organization’s new website is just one of the many...
by MBC News | Feb 5, 2013
The CEO of the Hatchet Lake First Nation says she’s hoping an ice-road to the community could be open within the next few days. Ann Robillard says it couldn’t come at a better time as supplies are starting to run low. She adds construction of the road-link began three...
by MBC News | Feb 4, 2013
A La Ronge man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Jimmy Ross was charged in September of 2011 with the death of 23 year-old Jason Charles. Charles’ body was found at a house on Far Reserve. Ross was originally charged with first-degree murder but ended...
