by MBC News | Aug 26, 2015
Court proceedings are moving ahead quickly for a woman who turned herself in this May after a man was found dead in his Melfort home. Candace Gail Moostoos, 34, has been in custody since the day 70-year-old Alpheus Burns’ body was found. She’s charged with...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2015
The provincial Ministry of Justice unveiled a new model for corrections at a Yorkton-area facility grand opening on Wednesday. Yorkton’s Whitespruce Provincial Training Centre is the first of its kind. The inmates will do their time, but when it is time to leave they...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2015
A woman charged in a series of syringe-wielding robberies in Prince Albert has been approved for bail. Carmine Patti Nayneecassum, 33, was arrested earlier this month after the thefts from four businesses in Prince Albert. She allegedly threatened employees with a...
by MBC News | Aug 26, 2015
Twelve inmates were moved into Besnard Lake Correctional Camp this week, months after renovations at the facility were complete. Repairs from a fire in the provincial government’s community training camp were complete in April, but the reopening was pushed back to the...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2015
A Regina woman who complained about a Prince Albert Kijiji advertisement wants reconciliation between First Nations and non-First Nations. Kijiji removed a housing rental ad that read “No Indians or dogs allowed” after Jeanne Labelle filed a complaint with the...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2015
The Eli Fire in the summer of 2015. Photo courtesy Tammy Cook-Searson, Facebook. A survey on the effects of this summer’s wildfires and evacuations on businesses in the La Ronge area is complete and has been released to the public. The Northern Wildfire Recovery...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2015
The province’s children’s advocate says poverty in Saskatchewan is largely an aboriginal problem that the entire province and the provincial government should be moving quickly to address it. Bob Pringle, Saskatchewan’s children and youth advocate, was responding to...
by MBC News | Aug 25, 2015
The branch of lawyers that represents people who can’t afford legal services is letting go of a high-profile case out of Prince Albert. Leslie Black pleaded guilty to attempted murder against Marlene Bird earlier this year. She had to have two legs amputated and was...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2015
The province will sift through ideas to reduce poverty in Saskatchewan, now that it’s received recommendations from an advisory group. The government, led by Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer, will consider the input, which focuses on six key priority areas, in...
by MBC News | Aug 24, 2015
The executive director of a homeless shelter in Regina is providing heightened awareness of the plight of the homeless by camping out on the roof of the building for five days. It has become a yearly ritual for Joe Miller, the executive director of Soul’s Harbour...
