by MBC News | Aug 11, 2014
MLA Doyle Vermette will once again represent the New Democrats in the Cumberland constituency in the next provincial election. Vermette was acclaimed as the NDP candidate at a nomination meeting on Saturday in La Ronge. He says housing continues to be one of the major...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2014
Five men and two teenage boys face a charge of first-degree murder following the killing of a 54-year-old Regina man in the city earlier this week. Regina police say Shawn Roderick Douglas was murdered either late Wednesday or early Thursday morning. The police...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2014
La Ronge RCMP have now released the name of the victim of a fatal pedestrian collision which happened early Saturday morning. He has been identified as 52-year-old Gary John Johnson of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Mounties have said the incident happened around 2:30...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
Nearly three years after the death of a man from La Loche, a trial date has been set for the man accused of killing him. On Aug.16, 2011, 21-year-old Mason Tex Montgrand was stabbed to death at the maximum security Edmonton prison. Ten days later, Lance Matthew Shane...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
A new report from Amnesty International says the rights of Indigenous peoples across the Americas are being trampled on. The report, entitled Indigenous Peoples’ Long Struggle to Defend their Rights in the Americas, is being published ahead of tomorrow’s...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 29-year-old woman who is awaiting trial after being charged in a Regina murder last year. Brianna Wesaquate is accused of second-degree murder in the death Cassandra Joan Desjarlais. Desjarlais died in the early-morning hours of...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
A yearly gathering to promote healing for families who have lost loved ones will be held on the Muskoday First Nation this weekend. The “Healing the Families of Murdered and Missing Peoples Gathering” will begin Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Park in Muskoday and...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
The unemployment rate in Saskatchewan hit a historic low last month. The province says unemployment was 3.3 percent in July. This is the lowest rate on record since Statistics Canada started recording employment data back in 1976. The unemployment rate in the province...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2014
The 17th Annual John Arcand Fiddle Fest is in full swing this weekend just southwest of Saskatoon. The festival officially kicked off Thursday and offers four days of fiddle music, jigging, workshops and cultural camps. One of the highlights of this year’s festival is...
by MBC News | Aug 7, 2014
The head of the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat says he is pleased with a new Ontario court decision. The province’s Superior Court has ruled that testimonies received from residential school survivors should be destroyed after 15 years. During...
