Chief Pleads Guilty To Driving While Disqualified

Red Pheasant First Nation Chief Stewart Baptiste has been fined $750 for driving while disqualified. He has also lost his driver’s licence for a year. Baptiste was sentenced today in North Battleford Provincial Court after pleading guilty to the charge. On July...

Regina Hosts Annual Vigil For Louis Riel

A descendant of a member of Louis Riel’s inner circle took part in a vigil for the late Metis leader in Regina last night. It was the Regina Riel Metis Council’s third annual remembrance event, which was held on the 126th anniversary of Riel’s...

Northern Man Charged With Killing Teenager

A 23 year-old man from La Ronge has been arrested and charged with killing a teenager in Prince Albert. Crown prosecutors are currently determining whether the accused should face a count of first-degree or second-degree murder. It was Tuesday morning when the body of...

Search On For Missing Youth

Fort Qu’Appelle  RCMP would like to hear from anyone with information on a 17-year-old missing from the Echo Valley Youth Centre. Leslie Whitebear left the facility Tuesday afternoon and was followed by staff who lost sight of him in the bush. Police say its...

Court Lifts Order Against Calgary Law-Firm

An order barring a Calgary-based law firm from holding Independent Assessment Hearings with residential school survivors has been lifted. It was last week that the firm Blott and Company was ordered by a court in British Columbia to cease all of its hearings. Few...

Sentence Handed Down In Family Shooting

A tragic shooting in Regina involving two family members reached closure last week. 46-year old Dennis Dustyhorn recieved a two-year suspended sentence for pleading guilty to mischief endangering a life. Three years ago Dustyhorn accidently shot his nephew. 21-year...