by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
A 44-year-old man from Pelican Narrows has died in the northern community’s RCMP detachment cells. RCMP say the man was found unresponsive in his cell yesterday morning and was pronounced dead at the scene. Very few details have been released on the incident,...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
The chief of the Onion Lake Cree Nation does not like the provincial government’s approach to licensing private marijuana stores in the province. Wallace Fox says it is arbitrary and fails to respect the sovereignty of First Nations when it comes to jurisdiction and...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
A total of $30,000 will be awarded to students living on First Nations in the province as part of BHP Billiton’s annual scholarship program for 2017. The Indigenous recipients are: Chenessa Gardipy, Kellsie Gamble, Brittani Gamble and Kelsey Desjarlais from...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
Red Earth First Nation resident, Edwin Whitehead, won $200,000 after purchasing a scratch-off ticket in Nipawin. The seven-dollar ticket was purchased at Par-A-Mar Foods in Nipawin and contained the top prize of the LUCKY LINES EXTRAVAGANZA game. Whitehead says he was...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2018
Organizers of a new event coming to Saskatoon this April are hoping innovation will be key in turning around Saskatchewan’s resource sector. The International Minerals Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
RCMP say a 32-year-old woman is unaccounted for following a house fire on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation yesterday. RCMP say the Loon Lake Fire Department was already on the scene when Mounties arrived at about 3 a.m. Sunday. According to police, a number of...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
Four men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of a Pelican Narrows teen. Seven individuals, including two youths, were initially charged with second-degree murder as a result of the beating death of Hilliard Sewap, Jr. in May of 2015....
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
A northern Saskatchewan Member of Parliament is calling on Senator Lynn Beyak to resign from the senate. This comes after Senator Beyak reportedly refused to remove “letters of support” from her website, which many deemed racist in nature. She posted the letters in...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
A Saskatoon inmate is at large after walking away from a work crew earlier Monday morning. Police say 31-year-old Trevor Stanley Ballantyne was part of a group from the Saskatchewan Correctional Centre working on a project on the city’s west side. Police believe...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2018
Police in the province are on the lookout for a 31-year-old man who failed to return to the Prince Albert Correctional Centre after a temporary absence. Jonathan Wade Benson left PACC last Friday and was scheduled to return the next day at 6:00 p.m. According to...
