by MBC News | Aug 10, 2016
The RCMP arrested two of its own officers in Saskatchewan on separate assault charges this week. The first arrest took place on Monday, related to an assault on two youths by an on-duty officer February 24 incident around 2 a.m. Warman Corporal Dean Flaman is...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2016
A Green Lake man turned himself into police three days after a weekend standoff that blocked roads and brought in extra reinforcements into the north-west Saskatchewan community. Corey O’Neil Bouvier, 27, is now in custody. He’s the last of three suspects to be...
by MBC News | Aug 10, 2016
A model of proposed long-term care facility in La Ronge. Photo supplied by Braden Malsbury. Two designs have been unveiled for a proposed long-term care facility in La Ronge. A group of over 50 individuals from around the health region recently spent a week-long event...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2016
A man is dead and charges are pending following a single vehicle rollover on the Poundmaker Cree Nation. Cut Knife RCMP says a truck rolled down an embankment near the town site, killing a 33-year-old male passenger. Four other occupants — including the...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2016
Photo from the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID) program handbook, courtesy Saskatchewan Government. The province’s Ministry of Social Services is explaining some complex changes coming to social assistance recipients that start taking effect on...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2016
Environment Minister Herb Cox speaking with reporters in Saskatoon on Tuesday. A proposed potash mine in southern Saskatchewan has passed the first of many hurdles before construction can begin. On Tuesday, the provincial government conditionally approved the...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2016
Photo of Tristen Smith from when a warrant was out for her arrest in April. Photo courtesy Prince Albert Police. On Tuesday, Prince Albert court heard the woman who’s charged with helping an accused murderer escape from prison in April is pregnant. Tristen Smith...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2016
When a northeastern Saskatchewan murder case returned to Prince Albert court this week, the whole room took notice. Brett Napolean Michel, 20, was visible on a TV screen by video, making his second appearance since his arrest for second-degree murder in the killing of...
by MBC News | Aug 9, 2016
Conrad Burns poses at Mile 0, his final stop on the 7,400-kilometre Rise Up National Walk. Photo courtesy Conrad Burns, Facebook. A Cree Prince Albert man has completed a 7,400-kilometre walking trek across Canada to rise up against domestic violence. In the four...
by MBC News | Aug 8, 2016
Mounties say one suspect is still at large, considered armed, after a weekend standoff in Green Lake. Corey O’Neil Bouvier, 27, is from the community, and faces firearm and violence-related offences. He is 5’9″, First Nations, has a scar on his neck,...
