by MBC News | Feb 24, 2012
A Pelican Narrows man has been committed to stand trial on a charge of first-degree murder. Twenty-one-year-old Riley Ballantyne is accused of fatally stabbing his grandmother in the community. Her body was discovered on the morning of December 25th, 2010. A date for...
by MBC News | Feb 24, 2012
A man running for the federal NDP leadership says he would like to borrow a few themes from his home province of Quebec to improve the lives of First Nations people in the country. Thomas Mulcair is currently making the rounds through Saskatchewan as part of his...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012
The Saskatchewan Penitentiary is currently in lockdown. The move was made after two inmates were assaulted in the medium-security wing around 9:45 last night. Prison spokesman Darcy Begrand says the pair approached staff, who noticed they had “visible signs of...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012
Canada is coming under fire for how it presented a report to the United Nations on human rights. The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Forms of Racial Discrimination has issued a report which says key issues concerning the rights of Indigenous people were...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012
The Ministry of Social Services has issued an apology to a Prince Albert woman who was denied access to seeing her own children. The woman, who can only be identified as “A.H.” recently won a court decision allowing her to be reunited with her kids. They...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012
A gold company says it has received ministerial approval to open a fourth mine in the La Ronge Gold Belt. Golden Band Resources says it still has to apply for the applicable construction and operational permits and licenses for the open pit Golden Heart mine project....
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012
SaskTel says a 4G cellular tower will be built at Southend as a result of financial contributions from several corporations and community organizations in the area. The Crown utility allows communities to raise funds to cover the shortfall “when it is not...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012
There is a slight change in the crop insurance formula this year for wild rice producers in northern Saskatchewan, particularly those in the north-central region. They will be paying slightly more in premiums, while producers in the northeast and northwest will pay...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012
It was a sale to remember for North American Fur Auctions. Company spokesman Dave Bewick says every variety of pelt performed well in his group’s wild fur sale this past week — most notably, the wild mink and beaver. In fact, Bewick says some types of...
by MBC News | Feb 23, 2012
A Cumberland House resident wants to encourge people to donate organs for transplants. Fifty-year-old Wanda Chaboyer had a heart and double lung transplant in Edmonton in 2007. Chaboyer says it’s given her a second chance at life. She would like to see the same...
