by MBC News | Jul 2, 2013
There was a scare during Canada Day festivities in downtown La Ronge yesterday. An older man and a child were injured at the local children’s festival when a strong gust of wind suddenly sent a bouncy castle tumbling. The child was one of four kids in the...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2013
Saskatoon police are hoping a candlelight vigil for a missing Aboriginal woman will prompt someone to come forward with a lead that will help solve the case. Karina Wolfe was last seen three years ago today near 20th street and Avenue H in Saskatoon. Police...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2013
Police continue to investigate what they’re calling a fatal hit and run on a Saskatchewan reserve. The victim’s body was found lying on the road on the Poundmaker First Nation while RCMP were responding to an unrelated complaint Saturday morning. Sgt. John...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2013
The Kawacatoose First Nation is taking a bold step. On Friday, the band voted to adopt the First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act. This makes it the first band in Canada to opt out of the Indian Act financial arrangement in favour of the new process. The...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2013
Police are still on the lookout for a female inmate who escaped from the Pine Grove Institution in Prince Albert. Corrections officials say 27-year-old Doris Roberts escaped Friday evening She is rated as a low-security offender and has been serving time for breach of...
by MBC News | Jul 2, 2013
Dozens of people are marching to the Regina Correctional Centre this afternoon to raise awareness about the increasing number of Aboriginal people behind bars and to raise the spirits of both inmates and corrections workers. The protest is being organized by the...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2013
Water is continuing to rise at Cumberland House. This morning government officials said flows were thirty-five hundred cubic metres per second. The average speed is five to six hundred cubic metres. Spokesman for the Water Security Agency, Patrick Boyle, says water...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2013
The blood-suckers are back. Mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus are starting to show up in surveillance traps set up around Regina. Their numbers will peak from mid-July until the end of August. We have had a bit of a break from mosquitoes because of the...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2013
Saskatchewan senator Lillian Dyck is satisfied with the way Parliament Hill security staff have responded to her concerns about a memo advising senators to stay away from Aboriginal protesters. The memo was sent out in advance of last Friday’s Aboriginal Day...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan professor says the recent lawsuit filed against the partners of a multi-million dollar economic collaboration agreement between two uranium companies and the northern community of Pinehouse should not be viewed as a negative thing. In...
