by MBC News | Nov 18, 2011
About three dozen people took part in an Aboriginal business forum in Prince Albert yesterday. The event was aimed at jumpstarting discussions and business opportunities between local business and the Aboriginal business sector. Gene Kimbley is the CEO of Primrose...
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2011
Mounties in Meadow Lake were called into action yesterday after a canoeist became stranded on Waterhen Lake. RCMP say the man, 56-year-old Norman Martell, was reported as being in trouble around 11 a.m yesterday. Police say Martell’s canoe had become surrounded...
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2011
A La Ronge man accused of killing a Prince Albert teenager has made his first court appearance. This morning, 23-year-old Scott Leslie Keighley appeared in Prince Albert Provincial Court to answer to a charge of second-degree murder. He is accused of taking the life...
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2011
Red Pheasant First Nation Chief Stewart Baptiste has been fined $750 for driving while disqualified. He has also lost his driver’s licence for a year. Baptiste was sentenced today in North Battleford Provincial Court after pleading guilty to the charge. On July...
by MBC News | Nov 17, 2011
A descendant of a member of Louis Riel’s inner circle took part in a vigil for the late Metis leader in Regina last night. It was the Regina Riel Metis Council’s third annual remembrance event, which was held on the 126th anniversary of Riel’s...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011
A 23 year-old man from La Ronge has been arrested and charged with killing a teenager in Prince Albert. Crown prosecutors are currently determining whether the accused should face a count of first-degree or second-degree murder. It was Tuesday morning when the body of...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011
Fort Qu’Appelle RCMP would like to hear from anyone with information on a 17-year-old missing from the Echo Valley Youth Centre. Leslie Whitebear left the facility Tuesday afternoon and was followed by staff who lost sight of him in the bush. Police say its...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011
An order barring a Calgary-based law firm from holding Independent Assessment Hearings with residential school survivors has been lifted. It was last week that the firm Blott and Company was ordered by a court in British Columbia to cease all of its hearings. Few...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011
A tragic shooting in Regina involving two family members reached closure last week. 46-year old Dennis Dustyhorn recieved a two-year suspended sentence for pleading guilty to mischief endangering a life. Three years ago Dustyhorn accidently shot his nephew. 21-year...
by MBC News | Nov 16, 2011
For the first time in its history, the Canadian Western Agribition will include a First Nations pavilion. Elmer Eashappie is the project’s architect and says it’s a great opportunity for cultural awareness. “We’ll have the Office of the Treaty...
