by MBC News | Jan 11, 2012
Cut Knife RCMP would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed a shooting incident from last fall. On the morning of October 30th, police received a call about gunshots being fired near a home at the Little Pine First Nation. No one was hurt, and it’s not...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2012
RCMP are looking to the public for information on the location of a man from the Piapot First Nation. Police went to the reserve on December 16th after receiving a 911 call that indicated 41-year-old Christopher Crowe was in medical distress. Southey RCMP Sgt. Mark...
by MBC News | Jan 11, 2012
It doesn’t appear an elk population in western Manitoba infected with tuberculosis is much of a threat to elk or livestock in Saskatchewan. Parks Canada says about 4% of the elk in Riding Mountain National Park have TB, and there is a serious threat to the...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2012
A 44-month jail sentence has been handed out to a Meadow Lake man for the beating death of a fellow city resident. In a Battleford court room, Kyle Villeneuve pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter in the death of Joey Merasty. He was sentenced to four years in...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2012
A law expert from Toronto says he thinks a government case against a First Nations tobacco company could be a little weak. Several months ago the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. all launched legal action against Rainbow Tobacco for importing cigarette...
by MBC News | Jan 10, 2012
The Cowessess First Nation is still working out the details of its drug policy. Chief Grady Lerat predicts it will be in place by the end of this month. Lerat had hoped the policy would be in place by January 3rd but he says they’re still dealing with rights issues,...
