by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Delores Stevenson holds a photo of family member Nadine Machiskinic An inquest into the death of a Regina woman who fell ten stories to her death down a hotel laundry chute will be held beginning March 27th. 29-year-old Nadine Machiskinic died in January of 2015....
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Photo courtesy Manfred Joehnck The program known as NORTEP has been around for 40 years and it has been successful graduating about 500 teachers, most of whom are still teaching in the north. However, the minister says there was a lot of duplication of services....
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Murder victim Mark Clarence Michel. Photo courtesy Facebook. The Crown has announced plans to seek an adult sentence for the youth accused of a murder in Pelican Narrows that took place last month. Three other males, all adults, are also accused of killing 16-year-old...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Photo courtesy of Dean Bear A Saskatchewan First Nation is using a model from a neighboring city to help deal with social issues and at risk individuals in their community. Last March, the Muskoday First Nation implemented the Muskoday Intervention Circle (MIC) as a...
by MBC News | Mar 15, 2017
Zoey Roy, Kendal Netmaker and AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde are set to speak at WE Day. Photo courtesy we.org Indigenous role models are taking the stage at WE Day in Saskatoon to speak in front of more than 15,000 young people. The annual event rewards school...
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2017
New North CEO Matt Heley at an October gathering. MBC file photo. New North is hosting a two-day training event for community police boards in Prince Albert this week. In 2009, the Framework Agreement for Community Safety and Policing Initiative was signed and a part...
by MBC News | Mar 14, 2017
Pinehouse Lake. Photo courtesy Tommy Sanderson, Facebook. The province is revealing details of an investigation that went to great lengths to bust an illegal outfitting operation in northern Saskatchewan’s Pinehouse Lake area. Three United States agencies joined...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2017
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is in discussions with several Saskatchewan First Nations on legal options to put a stop to the auction sale of Crown land. FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron has sent a letter to the ministers of Agriculture, First...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2017
Leslie Black. Photos courtesy Facebook. On Monday, Marlene Bird spent time in the same room as the man who attempted to kill her in downtown Prince Albert in June of 2014. Leslie Black is going through a dangerous offender hearing in Prince Albert, and Bird spent a...
by MBC News | Mar 13, 2017
Swearing in of Chief Electoral Officer, Loretta Metzger. Photo courtesy of mnselection.ca It will be a wide open race for the job of president of Metis Nation Saskatchewan. The vote will be held May 27th. The current president, Robert Doucette, is not seeking...