by MBC News | May 6, 2015
Paul Leroux is headed back to prison. Originally, the notorious residential school sexual predator was sentenced to a three-year prison term but the Crown appealed. A Saskatchewan Court of Appeal judge has agreed, ruling an eight-year sentence fit the crime. Leroux...
by MBC News | May 6, 2015
It appears a quad accident in northern Saskatchewan has claimed the lives of two men in their late forties. Pinehouse RCMP were called out to investigate the discovery of a body in Pinehouse Lake on Monday. When they arrived they found a second body. RCMP believe the...
by MBC News | May 5, 2015
Seven people have been charged with second degree murder in connection to the killing of a 17-year-old boy in Pelican Narrows over the weekend. Four of the suspects are still at large. The victim has been identified as Hilliard Sewap, Jr. He was found in need of...
by MBC News | May 5, 2015
Statistics Canada says the crime rate in northern Saskatchewan is higher than northern areas anywhere else in Canada. The federal agency says there were nearly 55,000 crimes reported per 100,000 people in northern Saskatchewan in 2013 — six times as high as the...
by MBC News | May 5, 2015
Premier Brad Wall announced his government will contribute $500,000 towards the construction of a 56-space early learning centre on the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. The federal government will provide $1 million, BMO Financial $250,000 and the Whitecap Dakota First...
by MBC News | May 5, 2015
A mentally-challenged Aboriginal woman is the subject of a search in the Broadview area. Twenty-five-year-old Marissa Duke was last seen Sunday morning in the Grenfell area. RCMP are asking people to look in buildings on properties in the areas around Grenfell,...
by MBC News | May 5, 2015
The Saskatchewan legislative building was taken over by a group of enthusiastic students from some far flung regions of northern Saskatchewan today. They got to take the big chairs and see what it feels like to be a provincial politician. This is the sixth year for...
by MBC News | May 4, 2015
A total of seven people have died on Saskatchewan roadways over the weekend. The latest confirmed death involved a 20-year-old man on the Okanese First Nation. File Hills First Nations Police say they believe the man was ejected from a vehicle in a Saturday afternoon...
by MBC News | May 4, 2015
The communities of Flin Flon and Snow Lake in Northern Manitoba are trying to cope with a mine strike. While both sides say they are ready to return to the bargaining table, a union official says there is a lot of ground to cover before labour peace can be...
by MBC News | May 4, 2015
A tiny resort community north of La Ronge has become Saskatchewan’s first FireSmart community. The recognition came Saturday during Canada’s first National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day. A new wildfire information sign was unveiled, and there was...