Crossbow Allegedly Used In Home Invasion

Crossbow Allegedly Used In Home Invasion Monday, January 25, 2010 at 15:15     Battlefords RCMP are asking for the public’s help to find the suspects who allegedly attacked a couple on the Moosomin First Nation.   Police say a gun and a crossbow were used in the...

Snowmobile Collides With Truck In Fond du Lac

Snowmobile Collides With Truck In Fond du Lac Monday, January 25, 2010 at 15:11     One person was injured after a collision between a snowmobile and a truck in Fond du Lac yesterday.   RCMP say the individual on the snowmachine was airlifted to hospital in Edmonton,...

Arguments Being Prepared In Mine License Challenge

Arguments Being Prepared In Mine License Challenge Monday, January 25, 2010 at 15:07     A hearing for a legal challenge involving a northern Saskatchewan uranium mine might be coming in May or June.   That’s the word from the lawyer for the Athabasca...

Battlefords Poised To Win FSIN Winter Games Bid

Battlefords Poised To Win FSIN Winter Games Bid Monday, January 25, 2010 at 14:55     The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs are one step closer to getting the 2012 First Nations Winter Games.   The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations’ Sport, Culture and...

Fatal Apartment Fire Suspect Headed To Trial

Fatal Apartment Fire Suspect Headed To Trial Friday, January 22, 2010 at 15:12     A 19-year-old man has been committed to stand trial in connection to three deaths at a La Ronge apartment block last year.   Blake David Norman is facing a charge of arson and three...

Indian Status Jeopardized By Prorogation: FSIN

Indian Status Jeopardized By Prorogation: FSIN Friday, January 22, 2010 at 15:02     The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Thunderchild First Nation are urging First Nations people across the country to participate in anti-proroguing Parliament rallies...

Report Condemns Province’s High Infant Mortality

Report Condemns Province’s High Infant Mortality Friday, January 22, 2010 at 14:45     An academic says Saskatchewan’s infant mortality rate is higher than any other province.   Professor Dennis Raphael of York University says according to numbers supplied...

SaskPower Urged To Upgrade Line To Northern Mine

SaskPower Urged To Upgrade Line To Northern Mine Friday, January 22, 2010 at 14:42     Cameco is calling on SaskPower to upgrade the transmission line that serves one of its northern Saskatchewan mines.   Cameco spokesman Rob Gereghty says frequent power outages on...

Hatchet Lake Band Fined For Fuel Spill

Hatchet Lake Band Fined For Fuel Spill Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 16:07     A northern First Nation will have to pay nearly $51,000 for a fuel spill that damaged their own lake.   Judge Sid Robinson imposed the fine — which had been agreed upon in advance by...

Wapass Acquitted Of Murder On Thunderchild Reserve

Wapass Acquitted Of Murder On Thunderchild Reserve Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 13:02     A 20-year-old Thunderchild First Nation man has been found not guilty of second-degree murder.   Brett Austin Wapass was accused of helping to beat 19-year-old Tristan Paddy to...