by MBC News | Apr 6, 2022
A Coroners Jury is returning 12 recommendations after the inquest into the death of Ronalda Wescoup. Among the recommendations is a dedicated detox facility at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre, having nurses on site both day and night, addictions workers present...
by Joel Willick | Apr 6, 2022
On April 1, Tina Giroux-Robillard took over the position of Executive Director of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management board. She replaces Ross Thompson who retired after holding the position for thirty years. Going forward, Giroux-Robillard feels there are...
by MBC News | Apr 5, 2022
One person has died following a fatal hit and run north of Prince Albert. RCMP say a car and truck collided on a highway near Christopher lake early on Tuesday morning. The driver of the car, a 64-year-old man from the area died at the scene. His family has been...
by MBC News | Apr 5, 2022
The inquest looking in to the death of Ronalda Wescoup is finished hearing from witnesses. Wescoup, who was a member of the Long Plane First Nation in Manitoba, died while in custody at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in June of 2019. She had originally been...
by Joel Willick | Apr 5, 2022
A Métis lawyer originally from Prince Albert has announced her bid for leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP party. Kaitlyn Harvey announced her intentions to run for leader at an event in Saskatoon Tuesday morning. As a single mother, Harvey says she always wanted to...
by MBC News | Apr 5, 2022
Punnichy RCMP are seeking help in locating the driver in an alleged fatal hit and run on the George Gordon First Nation Sunday evening. Mounties say a 52-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle, yet the driver did not remain at the scene. The unidentified victim was...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2022
The Coroners Inquest looking in to the death of Ronalda Wescoup heard from five witnesses during its first day of hearings at the Coronet Hotel in Prince Albert Monday. Wescoup died in June of 2019 while she was in custody at the Pine Grove Correctional Centre in...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2022
Two more people have been arrested in connection to the recent death of a man on Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation. Cody Tait was found dead in the community last week and Robbie Cameron was charged with second-degree murder in his death. Now as a result of an...
by MBC News | Apr 4, 2022
Pinehouse RCMP are on the lookout for an inmate who escaped from the Besnard Lake Correctional camp. RCMP says Ernest Albert Gladue left the camp this past Saturday morning and has not been located. Gladue is described as being 6’2” tall, 189 pounds, with...
by MBC News | Apr 1, 2022
“For the deplorable conduct of those members of the Catholic Church, I ask for God’s forgiveness and I want to say to you with all my heart: I am very sorry.” That is what Pope Francis told First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders and delegates in a general audience at...
