by MBC News | Jun 27, 2016
Kayla Natomagan hugs her mother, Erica Hennie, outside court. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A La Ronge teen says she feels ready to talk after the sentencing for the man who kidnapped her last winter. Jonas Budd killed Kayla Natomagan’s boyfriend, 17-year-old...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
The man behind a February 2015 murder in La Ronge will serve a life sentence and can’t apply for parole for 14 years. On Friday morning, 45-year-old Jonas Budd entered a guilty plea to second-degree murder for shooting 17-year-old Dustin Bird twice in the chest...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
Northern Saskatchewan’s Georgina Jolibois says her first parliamentary session in Ottawa has been a tough one. The La Loche shooting took place only months after she was elected to represent Desnethe-Missinipi Churchill River for the NDP. “The incident in...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
The idea of justice and closure after losing loved ones was fresh in the minds of those participating in the Prince Albert ‘Honour Our Brothers and Sisters Memorial Walk’ on Thursday. The different stages of grief were all represented – from those...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
As a municipal election approaches in Saskatoon one Aboriginal advocacy group is hoping to bring urban Indigenous issues to the forefront. The Coalition of Indigenous Peoples of Saskatchewan says they plan to invite all mayoral candidates to a debate on Indigenous...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
Activist Shawna Oochoo, photo courtesy Facebook. There are a lot of questions and concerns after a rash of shootings in Regina over the past week. There have been four separate shootings that have left two people injured , one of them critically. Three of the...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
Shellbrook RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a woman wanted for several charges stemming from a three vehicle collision in October 2014. The collision occurred at the intersection of Highways 55 and 240 and two people in one of the vehicles...
by MBC News | Jun 24, 2016
The Whitecap Dakota First Nation will be the home of 56 new childcare spaces in the fall. The community has partnered with Preston Early Learning to add the learning centre to the the regional health centre and the pre-kindergarten to grade 4 school. According to...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2016
Each year, the number of heartbreaking stories heard at the ‘Honouring Our Brothers and Sisters Memorial Walk’ rises, but organizers want to put a stop to that. The walk was first held 12 years ago, hosted by the Prince Albert Grand Council Women’s...
by MBC News | Jun 23, 2016
Today, the media got a firsthand glimpse of what the forest looks like in the Weyakwin area a year after flames came through, burning up everything in its path during the northern Saskatchewan forest fires. In some spots near Weyakwin, flames reached around 70 feet...
