North to Benefit From New Home Model

North to Benefit From New Home Model Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at 14:58       Northern residents who require better housing may soon be able to take advantage of an offer by the Agency Chiefs Tribal Council.   After four years of testing and construction, the council...

Saskatoon Residents Missing on Lac La Ronge

Saskatoon Residents Missing on Lac La Ronge Monday, August 25, 2003 at 15:42       Searchers are combing Lac La Ronge for 6 people from Saskatoon that went missing in a boat yesterday.   The RCMP says the group left Napatak at around 11:30 yesterday morning. They were...

More Sask. Firefighting Help On Its Way to B.C.

More Sask. Firefighting Help On Its Way to B.C. Monday, August 25, 2003 at 15:40       Saskatchewan is sending another 124 firefighters to B-C to help with that province’s extreme forest fire situation.   That will bring the total number of Saskatchewan...

SaskParty Touts Northern Nuclear Expansion

  SaskParty Touts Northern Nuclear Expansion Monday, August 25, 2003 at 15:36       A Cumberland House man running for the Saskatchewan Party in the next provincial election says his party would seriously examine putting a nuclear reactor in Northern Saskatchewan if...

Belanger Plays Down Timing of Nomination Meeting

Belanger Plays Down Timing of Nomination Meeting Monday, August 25, 2003 at 15:31       Environment and Northern Affairs Minister Buckley Belanger says people shouldn’t read too much into the fact that the NDP’s nomination meeting for his riding is taking...

Accused in Little Red Stabbing Out on Bail

Accused in Little Red Stabbing Out on Bail Monday, August 25, 2003 at 15:18       A man accused of stabbing two people on the Little Red River reserve will be allowed to temporarily return there as part of his bail arrangement.   26-year-old Jackie Dale McKenzie was...

Dillon Man Killed in Shooting Incident

Dillon Man Killed in Shooting Incident Friday, August 22, 2003 at 15:05       The RCMP is investigating a fatal shooting in Dillon.   At about 9:30 yesterday morning, the RCMP and medical personnel responded to a call of a 34-year-old man from St. George’s Hill...

Forestry Giants Sit Down with West Side Groups

Forestry Giants Sit Down with West Side Groups Friday, August 22, 2003 at 15:02       Some major players in Northern Saskatchewan’s forestry industry are meeting in Beauval today.   The North West Metis Council is hosting what it’s calling the 1st Annual...

Fond du Lac Hunter Cleared of Wildlife Charges

Fond du Lac Hunter Cleared of Wildlife Charges Friday, August 22, 2003 at 14:54       The Northwest Territories’ Department of Wildlife has decided to drop charges against a hunter from Northern Saskatchewan.   Harvey Laurent of Fond du Lac was accused of...

Ottawa Snubs Dene in North of 60 Talks

Ottawa Snubs Dene in North of 60 Talks Friday, August 22, 2003 at 14:48       A leader in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca region says he’s disappointed by the federal government’s inability to attend an important gathering with the Dene people earlier this...