by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Toddler Killed After Truck Backs Up Monday, May 11, 2009 at 14:59 Police are investigating the tragic death of a First Nations child in southern Saskatchewan. Authorities say that on May 6, a 17-month-old child was playing in a driveway on the Keeseekoose First...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Accused In Onion Lake Murder Due In Court Thursday Monday, May 11, 2009 at 14:58 A man from the Onion Lake Cree Nation is expected back in court this Thursday to face a charge of second-degree murder. Forty-nine-year-old Percy Littlewolfe is charged in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
P.A. Swine Flu Case No Cause For Worry: Doctor Monday, May 11, 2009 at 14:54 Prince Albert’s chief medical health officer says parents shouldn’t be alarmed about a recent diagnosis of swine flu for a boy living in the area. Dr. Jim Cross says it was...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Employment Up in Saskatchewan: Labour Minister Monday, May 11, 2009 at 14:48 The provincial government is trumpeting the latest job numbers in the province. Labour Minister Rob Norris says 10,000 more people were working in Saskatchewan last month than a year...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Northern CEO Pleased By Physician Recruitment Monday, May 11, 2009 at 14:43 The CEO of the Keewatin Yatthe health region says he’s encouraged to see that the province has launched a new strategy to recruit and retain doctors in the province. Richard Petit...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Woman, Child Rescued From Half-Submerged Van Monday, May 11, 2009 at 14:39 Saskatchewan Mounties had to act quickly to rescue a woman and her child from their vehicle which was nearly swept away by a fast-flowing river. The 20-year-old woman called Kamsack RCMP...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
No Rate Increase For National Park Visitors Monday, May 11, 2009 at 14:34 The fees to get into Prince Albert National Park — and all other national parks in the country — have been frozen. For individuals, the cost will remain the same until April 1,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Red Pheasant Woman Wins Health Scholarship Monday, May 11, 2009 at 14:30 Juggling family and school is not easy. But a Red Pheasant First Nation resident did that so successfully that she won an award on Friday. Naomi Wuttunee received the BTC Indian Health...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Court Rejects Bitternose’s Appeal For New Trial Friday, May 08, 2009 at 15:35 An Aboriginal man appealing a life sentence for first-degree murder will have to stay in jail. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has dismissed Quinton Lloyd Bitternose’s...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Lingenfelter Hopes Reputation On Reserves Not Lost Friday, May 08, 2009 at 15:29 The NDP leadership candidate at the centre of a membership scandal involving two reserves hopes the incident doesn’t make First Nations voters lose trust in him — and he...
