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...
by Joel Willick | Mar 31, 2022
The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and Sturgeon Lake First Nation have joined an economic development alliance out of Prince Albert. The MN-S and Sturgeon Lake signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday morning to officially become members of the Prince Albert Region...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2022
The parents of Happy Charles are frustrated with the lack of tips, leads and information, which may help solve their daughter’s disappearance. Sunday will mark the fifth anniversary she went missing, but also another awareness walk. “Well, probably frustration...
by MBC News | Mar 30, 2022
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council is asking the federal government to reconsider its funding allocation for on-reserve housing. Vice-Chief Richard Derocher, who is the former housing and First Nation manager for Flying Dust, told a House of Commons Committee that housing...
