by MBC News | May 7, 2014
A giant traveling map of the boreal forest arrived at the Prince Albert Forest Centre today as part of an educational campaign about the economic and environmental importance of the boreal forest. The giant floor map measures 8 x 11 metres and is being used to...
by MBC News | May 7, 2014
A young Pelican Narrows student was one of the recipients at Prince Albert’s Badge of Respect and Peace Awards yesterday. Sixty local students between the ages of five and 18 were recognized at an awards ceremony for their efforts to show respect, help others...
by MBC News | May 7, 2014
Aboriginal people from across the province are in Prince Albert today to learn how to better manage diabetes. The 11th Annual Saskatchewan Aboriginal Gathering on Diabetes is being held at the Exhibition Centre. Jan Cochrane, a certified diabetes educator with SIAST...
by MBC News | May 6, 2014
Saskatchewan’s Advocate for Children and Youth is urging the province to adopt an anti-poverty strategy. Bob Pringle says poverty lies at the heart of the many issues that put children at risk. Pringle tabled his annual report today, noting Saskatchewan and B.C....
by MBC News | May 6, 2014
Court heard Tuesday morning Daleen Bosse was on anti-depressant medication and drinking heavily around the time of her disappearance in May 2004. Douglas Hales is on trial for first-degree murder in the death of the 25-year-old Aboriginal woman whose remains were...
by MBC News | May 6, 2014
High school students from far flung regions of the province’s north are on quite the field trip. Twenty-nine of them are taking part in the provincial government’s 5th Annual Youth Mentorship Program. It meant hours on the road in a bus, and then two...
by MBC News | May 6, 2014
A La Ronge man charged in the death of a teen in Prince Albert has been handed an eight-and-a-half year prison term. Twenty-five-year-old Scott Keighley appeared in Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench yesterday and entered a guilty plea to a charge of...
by MBC News | May 5, 2014
Regional chiefs from across Canada are meeting this week in Ottawa to determine how they’ll choose a new leader after the sudden resignation of Shawn Atleo. The executive committee of the Assembly of First Nations is reviewing their charter and may decide to...
by MBC News | May 5, 2014
The murder trial of Douglas Hales got underway in Saskatoon Monday morning. Hales is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Daleen Bosse who was last seen in 2004. Bosse’s remains were discovered northeast of Saskatoon in 2008. The Aboriginal...
by MBC News | May 5, 2014
There has been a development in the legal proceedings against a former teacher at the Moosomin First Nation day school. 69-year-old Morris David Hryniuk is charged with indecently assaulting eight different victims between 1964 and 1969. He was due to enter a plea and...
