by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
No Loss Of Northern Postal Service: Canada Post Friday, December 18, 2009 at 13:35 A spokeswoman for Canada Post is clarifying changes that are coming to some of their northern offices. Teresa Williams says there are no plans to reduce services in La Loche or...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
Tron Power Honoured For Business Success Friday, December 18, 2009 at 13:34 Several Aboriginal businesses, including one owned by the English River First Nation in northern Saskatchewan, are being recognized for their success. A report released Tuesday by the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
2010 Northern Reading Program Has Olympic Focus Friday, December 18, 2009 at 13:30 In the run-up to the Vancouver Olympics, northern Saskatchewan’s regional library system is encouraging northerners to exercise both their bodies and their minds. From...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
Flooded Mine Half Pumped Out: Cameco Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:55 Cameco continues to pump water out of the Cigar Lake mine. Company officials say about half of the total volume of water in the flooded mine has been pumped out, and they’re now down...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
UDP Chair Agrees With Focus On Uranium Research Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:46 The chair of the Uranium Development Partnership says it makes sense to hold off on nuclear energy in Saskatchewan. Dr. Richard Florizone headed up the group that prepared a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
New Film Promotes Business Opps In Athabasca Basin Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:20 Residents of Saskatchewan’s far north want to form more business partnerships to tap into the region’s potential for economic development — and to do so,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
Crash Kills Two Near Waterhen Lake Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:19 An intersection near the Waterhen Lake First Nation turned deadly last night. Two people died and four were injured during a single-vehicle accident. The accident occurred on Hwy. 951,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
No Nuclear Power Plant For Saskatchewan: Minister Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:18 Saskatchewan has stopped short of giving a green light to a nuclear power plant, but it isn’t putting up a permanent red light either. Energy Minister Bill Boyd says a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
Mayor Worried Over Possible Postal Service Cuts Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:16 The mayor of La Loche says she hasn’t had it confirmed by Canada Post, but has heard secondhand that there will be some cutbacks at the post office in her community. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010 | 2009
First Nations Receive Literacy Funding Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:14 The community of Black Lake is one of 15 communities set to benefit under a government grant program for literacy. The First Nation’s community literacy association will receive...
