by MBC News | Aug 23, 2017
A graph from “Case planning and recidivism of high risk and violent adult probationers,” a study involving the Ministry of Justice. Training has begun for a justice program that targets violent offenders on Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. The idea is to identify those...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2017
Victim Cindy Joseph. Photo courtesy beaulacfuneralhome.com A Mistawasis man accused of second-degree murder is scheduled to head to a preliminary hearing in November. Danny Ledoux was 30 when he was arrested in early March following the death of Cindy Joseph. She was...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2017
The NYVRP’s Pelican Narrows community consultation. Photo provided by Shawna Bear. More photos can be viewed here. A new justice initiative underway in the province’s northeast is designed to offer intensive supports to steer young people away from crime...
by MBC News | Aug 22, 2017
Photo courtesy of Twitter Prince Albert police have confirmed that a suspicious death in the city last week is being investigated as a homicide. On August 16, officers were called to a home in the 800 block of 17th Street West. Police searched the residence and a body...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2017
RCMP say two people were killed in a three-vehicle collision near Debden over the weekend. The crash happened at around 9 p.m. on Sunday on Highway 55, about 8 kilometres south of Debden. Emergency responders found a man from Prince Albert and a woman from the Big...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2017
A photo from a Southend RCMP blitz in early July. Photo supplied by RCMP. The RCMP says 15 people have been charged and liquor with a street value of $6,380 was seized last week during a two-day liquor and traffic enforcement blitz in the Pelican Narrows, Sandy Bay,...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2017
Madison Tinker with her family after winning the people’s choice award. Photo courtesy Madison Tinker, Facebook. Northern Saskatchewan has helped a 15-year-old girl win the vote-based national people’s choice award at the Miss Teenage Canada competition. Madison...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2017
Ryan Lee Montgrand. Photo courtesy of RCMP. Meadow Lake RCMP are looking to the public for information on a missing 31-year-old man. Police say Ryan Lee Montgrand is wanted for assault, possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose and carrying a concealed weapon. He...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2017
George Gordon First Nation. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. It’s been smooth sailing so far in a court-ordered byelection on George Gordon First Nation that comes after two legal challenges over voting irregularities in the Punnichy-area reserve’s 2016 election....
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2017
Kinoosao. Photo courtesy of Jerry Clarke. Hours after officials with Manitoba Sustainable Development said a fire, which started in that province, was two kilometres from Kinoosao, the province of Saskatchewan says community leaders have spoken with officials and...