by MBC News | Jan 4, 2017
Saskatchewan Health Minister Jim Reiter. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. A major transformation is underway on how health services are delivered in Saskatchewan. Twelve regional health authorities will be merged into one, likely by the fall of this year. Health...
by MBC News | Jan 4, 2017
Sheryl Kimbley reacts to being named Prince Albert’s 2016 Citizen of the Year. Photo courtesy Voices of the North, Facebook. Sheryl Kimbley’s efforts to create music in response to the La Loche mass shootings and her work on suicide prevention strategies in the...
by MBC News | Jan 3, 2017
Eric Ratt. Photo courtesy of RCMP. As another group of searchers heads north this week to look for 58-year-old Eric Ratt, organizers of the effort will assess the situation. Ratt, who is an experienced trapper and bushman, was reported missing on December 3rd, 2016....
by MBC News | Jan 3, 2017
The homemade Conducted Energy Weapon (also known as Taser) seized by police. Photo courtesy Prince Albert RCMP. Mounties say a Muskoday teen assaulted an officer during a traffic stop on New Years Day. Justin Glen Bear, 18, was arrested along with a 17-year-old girl...
by MBC News | Jan 3, 2017
File photo. Serious health concerns have forced a delay in the Saskatchewan Metis election, which is scheduled for next month. The chief electoral officer was forced to resign because of health problems. Now, a replacement will have to be found, a new election date...
by MBC News | Jan 3, 2017
File photo. Murder charges have now been laid in connection with the death of a 44-year-old woman from Southend, which is located in northern Saskatchewan. The woman was rushed to the local health clinic around 2:00 am on New Year’s Day, but she died several hours...
by MBC News | Jan 3, 2017
File photo. One person was arrested after shots were fired Monday on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. RCMP received a call early in the morning about a man with a firearm. Police say two people were assaulted at one home in the community. A shot was also fired outside...
by MBC News | Dec 28, 2016
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Executive is congratulating the Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation. In a release, the FSIN says the Specific Claims Tribunal has ordered the federal government to pay $4.5 million for breaching...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2016
Jessie Fox. Photo courtesy Dignity Memorial. Next fall, a North Battleford court is set to host a trial for an alleged fatal hit and run that occurred on Sweetgrass First Nation on Nov. 26, 2015. Terrance Watson, 36, is charged with impaired driving causing the death...
by MBC News | Dec 23, 2016
Premier Brad Wall. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall wants to do more to engage Aboriginal participation in the work place, but he is not prepared to offer revenue-sharing deals with First Nations nor does he feel an obligation to negotiate...
