by MBC News | Oct 2, 2017
Photo courtesy of ochapowace.com A 41-year-old man from Ochapowace First Nation is dead after a hit-and-run. RCMP say the incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The victim was walking along a grid road about one kilometre north of Ochapowace when he was struck...
by MBC News | Oct 2, 2017
Larissa Burnouf. Photo courtesy of APTN. *UPDATE – When MBC contacted Burnouf for an interview this morning, her hotel was still under lockdown. She has since been given clearance to leave her hotel room, and at last word was packing and headed for the...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017
Peter V. Abrametz. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. Closing arguments were heard today in a disciplinary hearing against a Prince Albert lawyer accused of seven counts of conduct unbecoming a lawyer. The discipline committee of the Saskatchewan Law Society concluded...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017
Sandra Pelletier speaking at a safety conference in Ile-a-la-Crosse. Photo by Abel Charles For the second year in a row, Ile-a-la-Crosse is hosting a unique safety conference in the province’s northwest. The one-day conference kicked off on Friday and will...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017
Photo courtesy of saskatchewan.ca A company out of Meadow Lake is facing a hefty fine after one of its employees died at a northern Saskatchewan work site. In July 2015, a Cowan Bros. Transport worker was killed at a job site near Waskesiu after he was run over by a...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017
Photo courtesy of orangeshirtday.org Over the next couple days, communities across the province are coming together to honour residential school survivors by wearing an orange shirt for the annual Orange Shirt Day. While the legacy of Canada’s Residential School...
by MBC News | Sep 29, 2017
Chief Franklin Paibomsai of Whitefish River First Nation speaking at an FSIN housing forum in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. According to a First Nations Chief from Ontario, rent-to-own policies have been extremely beneficial for housing in his community. Chief...
by MBC News | Sep 28, 2017
Kamao Cappo outside the Canadian Tire store where the incident took place. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. No criminal charges will be laid after an Indigenous man who was forcefully removed from a Canadian Tire store in Regina this past summer. The Regina Police Service...
by MBC News | Sep 28, 2017
FSIN Vice Chief Dutch Lerat speaking at an Indigenous housing forum in Saskatoon. Photo by Joel Willick. Hundreds of people gathered at a forum in Saskatoon on Thursday aimed at discussing updates to Indigenous housing policy. The two-day forum is titled Foundation of...
by MBC News | Sep 27, 2017
Montreal Lake Cree Nation logo. Image courtesy mlcn.ca. A special by-election has been called on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation for the position of chief. In a notice to band members issued today, chief electoral officer Clifford D. Bird says it comes as a result of a...
