by MBC News | Oct 7, 2016
Tearful hugs were exchanged in a Prince Albert courtroom on Friday when a young aboriginal man was acquitted of manslaughter. The 18-year-old was a youth when he was arrested for the stabbing death of 36-year-old Johnathon Kasagan, and the teen’s name is protected by...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2016
Robert St. Pierre. Photo submitted. Residents of La Loche have decided not to re-elect the man who led them through the aftermath of January’s mass shooting. Instead, Robert St. Pierre has emerged as La Loche’s new mayor following Wednesday’s...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2016
Candace Gail Moostoos leaves court on Sept. 26 Photo by Chelsea Laskowski EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains graphic content that may disturb some readers. A jury in Melfort has found Candace Moostoos guilty of manslaughter in the death of Alpheus Burns....
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2016
Photo by Manfred Joehnck. Premier Brad Wall says legal action is a possibility if the federal government tries to impose a carbon tax on Saskatchewan. That comment from Wall was part of his first public statement since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2016
Saskatchewan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is up a half a point from August to 6.8%, slightly below the national average of 7%. The September jobless numbers were released this morning by statistics Canada. Aboriginal unemployment stood at 14.5% last month,...
by MBC News | Oct 6, 2016
A man from Stanley Mission has entered a number of guilty pleas related to a shooting that took place in the community last fall. Jeffery Roberts, 42, was arrested and charged with attempted murder after one of the three people in a Stanley Mission home on Oct. 4,...
by MBC News | Oct 6, 2016
Missing Mekayla Bali. Photo courtesy Facebook group “Let’s Bring Mekayla Bali home.” An emotional and tearful plea to bring her daughter back home was not enough, now a Yorkton mother is offering money to help find her missing girl. Mekayla Bali, 17,...
by MBC News | Oct 6, 2016
Bryan Trottier in La Ronge in 2015. Photo by Braden Malsbury Cameco’s Hockey Day in Saskatchewan is taking its show to the north in the New Year. Pinehouse and Shellbrook have been selected to host the event, which runs the third week of January....
by MBC News | Oct 5, 2016
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains graphic content that may disturb some readers. The decision of whether Candace Moostoos is guilty or not guilty of murder now lies in the hands of 12 Melfort jurors. In closing arguments, defence conceded that Moostoos is...
by MBC News | Oct 5, 2016
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron picture in June. Photo by Manfred Joehnck Much of the nation has grown wary of the new Liberal government’s delays on following through on campaign promises, and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is among them. On Wednesday,...
