by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Greens Dump On Tories Over Changes To Waters Act Monday, March 16, 2009 at 12:43 The Green Party says recent changes made to the Navigable Waters Protection Act will violate Aboriginal rights to consultation on issues impacting treaty rights. Leader Elizabeth...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Northern Referrals Hurting Health Region’s Budget Monday, March 16, 2009 at 12:42 The provincial government is providing the Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority with $5.2 million in additional funding for the current fiscal year to cover...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Dagenais Given Mandatory Life Sentence Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:16 Spectators clapped this morning as a judge in Saskatoon handed down the mandatory life sentence to a man convicted in the fatal shootings of two Saskatchewan Mounties and the attempted murder...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
BMO To Close Branches In Beauval, Ile-a-la-Crosse Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:11 The Bank of Montreal has sent shock waves throughout northwest Saskatchewan with word it will be closing its branches in Ile-a-la-Crosse and Beauval in September. In notices it has...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Meadow Lake Sawmill Shutting Down Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:08 NorSask Forest Products in Meadow Lake is shutting down its sawmill indefinitely, starting this Sunday. Forty people will be out of work as a result of that decision. However, 22 employees will...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Trial Ordered For Ballantyne Murder Suspects Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:05 Two men accused of killing another man in Pelican Narrows almost a year ago have been committed to stand trial. The decision was made last month after a judge in Prince Albert reviewed...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Merchant Handed Two-Week Suspension Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:03 A Regina lawyer whose firm has pursued class-action lawsuits on behalf of Indian residential school survivors is being temporarily suspended from practising law. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Aboriginal Students Showcase Science Projects Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:01 Traditional knowledge and science are taking centre stage at the two-day First Nations and Metis Science Fair at the First Nations University of Canada this week. More than 120...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Dagenais Found Guilty On All Counts Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 16:12 There were cheers in a Saskatoon courtroom today as a man was found guilty of murdering two Mounties. Curt Dagenais admitted during his three-week trial that he shot RCMP constables Marc...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Okanese Shooting Suspect To Stay Behind Bars Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 15:56 The man charged in connection to the recent violence on the Okanese First Nation made his first court appearance today. 42-year-old Murray Alvin Stonechild was arrested following a...
