by MBC News | May 10, 2017
Photo courtesy of YouTube. Northern Saskatchewan’s wild rice producers have a reason to be optimistic heading into 2017. Production on northern lakes has increased over the last couple of years, and there may be new export markets opening up in Asia. Rusty...
by MBC News | May 10, 2017
Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. Questions resembling the makings of a self defence argument are being asked at trial for a Muskoday killing. It’s the third day of the jury trial for Robyn Ermine, in relation to the 2015...
by MBC News | May 10, 2017
Regina Mayor Michael Fougere and File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council Chief Edmund Bellegarde. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. It’s about respect, honour, reconciliation and moving forward together. Today, the City of Regina and the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal...
by MBC News | May 9, 2017
Victim Evan Tylan Bear. Photo courtesy Facebook memorial page. WARNING: This story contains graphic content that may trouble some readers. The Crown’s only eyewitness to the stabbing death of Evan Tylan Bear says his accused killer used a mop to clean up his blood as...
by MBC News | May 9, 2017
Photo courtesy of Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry The NDP Opposition is asking the Saskatchewan Party government why a $1-billion hydroelectric project for northern Saskatchewan might be put on hold or cancelled altogether. Yesterday, SaskPower said that...
by MBC News | May 9, 2017
Screengrab courtesy of Saskatchewan Legislature video. The NDP Opposition is questioning why some of the victims of the La Loche shooting in 2016 are still suffering 17 months later. Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger raised the question in the Legislature during Question...
by MBC News | May 9, 2017
Carry the Kettle students and instructors. Photo courtesy Your Choice Homes Facebook page. A group of students from Carry the Kettle First Nation High School is learning what it takes to build a house. The students in grades 10 to 12 are learning through their...
by MBC News | May 9, 2017
Saskatchewan Legislature today. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck High school students from the province’s north are taking over the Saskatchewan Legislature today. It is part of the Charles Knight Youth Mentorship Program, now into its eighth year of operation. Its...
by MBC News | May 9, 2017
Photo courtesy of oic-ci.gc.ca A couple of recent First Nations elections in Saskatchewan are the subjects of applications with the Federal Court for Judicial Reviews. Henry McKenzie is attempting to have the Lac La Ronge Indian Band elections declared invalid over a...
by MBC News | May 8, 2017
Victim Evan Tylan Bear and his son. Photo submitted by Kristen Stonestand. More than a dozen people openly sobbed at a Prince Albert jury trial on Monday as they listened to a 911 call from a Muskoday woman trying to save a stabbing victim’s life. Robyn Laura Ermine,...
