by MBC News | Jul 3, 2018
The protesters at the Justice for Our Stolen Children Camp say they want sweeping changes to the Indigenous child welfare system, adoption processes and the incarceration of First Nations youth. Camp spokesperson Michelle Stewart says following a meeting Monday with...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2018
Prince Albert police are investigating the city’s first homicide of the year. Authorities say a 28-year-old man, who was shot in the face in an the alley of the 200 block 9th St East Thursday evening has died of his injuries in Saskatoon hospital. An autopsy is...
by MBC News | Jul 3, 2018
Two people are facing charges after RCMP say they seized drugs in Sandy Bay on Canada Day. Police say around 4 a.m. that morning, local citizens pointed out a vehicle which did not belong in the area. While checks were being made on the driver a male passenger took...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018
Prince Albert police say they are investigating a shooting which left a 28-year-old man in a Saskatoon hospital. Police and EMS responded to an alley in the 200 block of 9th Street East Thursday evening, where they found the victim with a gunshot wound to the face. He...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018
The union representing school bus drivers in Ile-a-la-Crosse says at least six drivers will be without a job, as the school division has now privatized bus transportation. Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4607 representative, Tony Head, says the decision,...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018
Aspiring young writers in La Ronge and area will have a chance to hone their skills this summer as part of a creative writing workshop. The workshop is put on by Sage Hill Writing and will run from July 30 to Aug. 3 at Senator Myles Venne School in Air Ronge. Sage...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018
A fifth person is facing charges in a fatal riot at Prince Albert’s Saskatchewan Penitentiary in December 2016. 27-year-old Sundance Okemaysim is charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder. Police say Okemaysim was an inmate at the Penitentiary at the time...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2018
Indigenous overrepresentation in the criminal justice system will be the topic of discussion at a Prince Albert seminar next week. The Gladue Awareness Project seminar will take place July 3-4 at the Government of Saskatchewan Building on Central Avenue. Michelle...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2018
Four Pinehouse residents are facing drug possession charges after a recent RCMP investigation. Pinehouse RCMP say they made the arrests the afternoon of June 20. Dalton Hansen, Donovan J. Misponas, Kenneth G. Misponas and Cordarryl J. Smith are all facing a charge of...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2018
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says the entire Canadian judicial system needs to be overhauled following three acquittal verdicts in murder cases involving First Nations victims this year. He says these verdicts tell the First Nations...
