by MBC News | Feb 19, 2016
On Friday morning, a Prince Albert judge was left with too many questions to release a teen from custody while he faces an attempted murder charge. The judge said he needs a more detailed release plan if he’s going to make a decision to release the 17-year-old boy,...
by MBC News | Feb 19, 2016
Well-respected aboriginal educator, researcher, and mentor Jo-Anne Episkenew has died after a sudden and brief illness. It started as a flu a couple of weeks ago, before quickly turning into pneumonia and organ failure. Episkenew’s friends and co-workers say her death...
by MBC News | Feb 19, 2016
The recent shooting deaths in La Loche have ignited commitments from local leaders in Northern Saskatchewan and provincial officials. The advocate body for the region, called New North, held its annual municipal leader forum on Thursday. For the first time, they had...
by MBC News | Feb 18, 2016
A former Yorkton doctor is accused of sexually assaulting women patients going back as far as 2001. The investigation involves a dozen women who reported similar experiences between 2001 and 2008. None of the women knew each other and they came from different...
by MBC News | Feb 18, 2016
The Indigenous Peoples Health Research Centre has announced the passing of Dr. Jo-Ann Episkenew. Episkenew was the centre’s director. A post on the centre’s Facebook page says Episkenew died early this morning. She had a distinguished career as a...
by MBC News | Feb 18, 2016
There is no guarantee that full semi loads of supplies will ever be able to cross the ice road to Wollaston Lake this year. That is the word from local leaders. They are saying that could create supply issues in the far north that could last a year. Building the ice...
by MBC News | Feb 18, 2016
A fur table sale in Prince Albert in December. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Officials with Fur Harvest Auctions of Ontario say the wild fur market around the world has experienced a downturn this year, with some products difficult to sell overseas. At an auction held in...
by MBC News | Feb 18, 2016
Photo provided by Ministry of Highways spokeswoman Sonja Orban. Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways has installed three web-based cameras which are now online at the airport in Sandy Bay. The goal is to provide visual information of the approaches to the gravel...
by MBC News | Feb 18, 2016
Daniella Zalcman’s photo of Elwood Friday, who attended St. Phillips Indian Residential School. An American photo project that captures images of Saskatchewan’s residential school survivors is getting new life. The “Signs of Your Identity” project, by...
by MBC News | Feb 17, 2016
The Muskowekwan First Nation is partnering with Social Services to provide its first group home setting for troubled youth in Regina. It’s called Martha Cachene’s Home for Youth and it’s situated in a big house in a nice neighbourhood in northwest...
