by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
A 21-year-old woman who was involved in a major Saskatoon collision that killed two teens in May has pleaded guilty to a number of charges. Cheyann Chrystal Peeteetuce appeared in Court of Queen’s Bench Wednesday and pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal negligence...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
Prince Albert police have arrested a man responsible for a robbery with a needle. On Saturday, a 38-year-old man was walking home when a suspect brandishing a needle demanded cash. The victim complied and handed over the money while the suspect fled on foot. Police...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
The Hatchet Lake Dene Nation unveiled a new $1.2 million dollar fire hall Wednesday. The new fire hall has a number of different funding partners. The federal government put in $525,000 and Areva Resources Canada and Cameco Corporation each contributed $200,000. The...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
A suggested recommendation has caused a delay at the coroner’s inquest into the death of Billy Ballantyne. A representative of the Ballantyne family had made a suggested recommendation of cultural sensitivity training for staff of the Prince Albert Police...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
It is another sad statistic — the vast majority of murders in Regina involve Aboriginal victims and in most cases the accused is also Aboriginal. They are the people behind the latest numbers that give Regina the dubious distinction of being the murder capital...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
A Saskatchewan Metis leader says it is time for a review of the province’s duty to consult policy. Metis Nation – Saskatchewan president Robert Doucette is making that call in the wake of the court injunction handed to Dene trappers staging a roadblock....
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
The Thunderchild First Nation was in a Saskatoon courtroom this morning challenging the federal government’s decision to put the band under third party management. The Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development has made the decision as the result of...
by MBC News | Dec 3, 2014
Grey Cup champion Geroy Simon was in Prince Albert last night to help kids in need get warm coats for the winter. Simon was at the Northern Lights Casino signing autographs in exchange for donations to his Coats 4 Kids charity. The charity was founded in Regina last...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2014
The inquest into the death of an Aboriginal man at a Prince Albert hospital more than two years ago continued on Tuesday. On November 29, 2012, Billy Ballantyne of the Little Red River reserve was taken to the Victoria Hospital. According to hospital security,...
by MBC News | Dec 2, 2014
The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says the Harper government’s First Nations Financial Transparency Act has “several flaws”. In a release issued this morning, FSIN Vice-Chief Heather Bear says the act was pushed through without consultation and...
