by MBC News | Apr 27, 2017
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck More than a hundred children, accompanied by the band council of the Piapot First Nation, staged a sober walk this morning to recognize and celebrate a youth-driven resolution to make the First Nation drug and alcohol-free. Wearing...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2017
Grave site for Hilliard Sewap, Jr. Photo courtesy Facebook. Two separate trials are set to go ahead for the 2015 death of Pelican Narrows teen. Five men and two youths are accused of second-degree murder in Hilliard Sewap Jr.’s beating death, which the Crown...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2017
This is Part 2 in a series on the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development. Part 1 can be accessed here. Teacher Billie Jo Natomagan is currently working a masters project focused on land-based education. Photo submitted by Billie Jo Natomagan....
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2017
Richelle Dubois speaks on April 26, 2017. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. An Aboriginal woman believes authorities would take a more serious look at the circumstances surrounding her son’s death if he was a white child. Richelle Dubois made the comments during an emotional...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2017
Pinehouse Lake RCMP detachment. Photo courtesy Pinehouse Lake RCMP. Mounties say they have 100 grams of cocaine in their possession after stopping a vehicle between Pinehouse Lake and Beauval on Monday afternoon. The traffic stop on Highway 165 led to a seizure of the...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2017
Prince Albert Provincial Court. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski The family of a man accused of impaired driving hit and run that injured a group of kids on Big River First Nation earlier this month was in court on Wednesday. At last update, an 11-year-old girl is still in...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2017
Tolko employees making donation to Positively Parenting of Meadow Lake. Photo courtesy Linda Lennea, Tolko Meadow Lake OSB Division. Tolko’s Meadow Lake OSB Division is donating $10,000 to the Meadow Lake group Positively Parenting through the company’s community...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2017
The homemade conducted energy weapon (taser) seized after Bear’s January arrest. Photo courtesy Prince Albert RCMP. A Muskoday First Nation teen received a jail sentence of two years less a day on Wednesday after he was caught with cocaine valued between $3,700 and...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2017
Piapot First Nation. Photo courtesy of piapotfn.ca The band council on the Piapot First Nation, about 45 kilometres northeast of Regina, is following the lead set by youth on the First Nation. The junior chief and council presented the band council with a resolution...
by MBC News | Apr 26, 2017
Amber Merriman. Photo courtesy of Facebook. La Ronge’s Amber Merriman will be playing football this season for the Saskatoon Valkyries of the Western Women’s Canadian Football League. Merriman will be playing on the offensive line. Amber admits, she’s excited to start...
