The Bank of Canada is raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point today. The rate hike matches up with what many economists were expecting, bringing the bank’s key rate to 3.25 per cent. In the rate announcement, the Bank of Canada says global inflation remains high while the Canadian economy continues […]
The RCMP have released the names, and photos of the people killed Sunday on the James Smith Cree Nation. Each name has a story, each picture is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the devastated families and friends who have been left behind. The RCMP will not be releasing the names of […]
Mounties surrounded a house on the James Smith Cree Nation Tuesday after reported sightings of a suspected mass murderer, but left soon afterward with no sign of the man. Emergency alerts blared yet again. A helicopter and drones flew overhead. A tactical armoured vehicle arrived on-site, driving past a checkpoint where reporters were kept. Shortly […]
The RCMP have issued an alert, after shots were fired at a home in the RM of Brittania. Police say the gunfire came from a black, late model Ford Mustang. People in Maidstone, and the surrounding area are being told to take shelter immediately, and stay in that secure location. Police have not said if […]
Police have one of two people they were looking for in custody after an incident on the Witchekan Lake First Nation, north of Spiritwood. Police put out a “dangerous persons” alert Sunday morning, after gunfire was reported on the first nation. Not long after police announced they were looking for two people, 22 year old […]
A stabbing rampage on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, has left 10 people dead and at least 18 others injured. RCMP say one of the suspects, Damien Sanderson, was also found dead on Monday. His brother Myles Sanderson is still at large and police say […]
The Spiritwood RCMP are continuing their investigation, after a second “dangerous persons” alert in as many days in Saskatchewan. Earlier today, the RCMP in Spiritwood put out an alert, after reports of gun fire on the Witchekan Lake First Nation, just north of Spiritwood. The alert then went provincewide, as police were searching for a […]
One of two fugitives sought following a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan has been found dead. RCMP say the body of Damien Sanderson, 31, was found Monday morning on the James Smith Cree Nation, where some of the attacks took place Sunday morning. Those attacks left 10 others dead and 18 others injured. “(Sanderson’s) body was […]
For the second day in a row, Saskatchewan is subject to a “dangerous persons” alert from the Saskatchewan RCMP. This is not believed to be connected to the on-going search for two suspects who killed 10 people, and injured 18 others in nearby James Lake Cree Nation. The Saskatchewan RCMP advise shots have been fired […]
A break in the hot weather is coming by the middle of the week, but for today, the “Heat Warning” from Environment and Climate Change Canada remains in effect. Heat Warnings run down the central part of the province from Prince Albert in the north, to Gravelbourg and Assinaboia in the south. Tempoertaures are expected […]
