Elders Gather In Prince Albert To Share Traditions

Elders Gather In Prince Albert To Share Traditions Monday, August 18, 2008 at 14:09     Elders from around the north are scheduled to attend a five-day cultural gathering in Prince Albert this week.   Beginning today, several residents from Dakota, Cree and Denesuline...

Man Charged After Shooting On Ocean Man Reserve

Man Charged After Shooting On Ocean Man Reserve Monday, August 18, 2008 at 13:57     A 47-year-old man is facing four firearms-related offences following an incident on the Ocean Man First Nation this past weekend.   Blair Miller of the Stoughton area was arrested...

Nomination Day For Northern Saskatchewan Liberals

Nomination Day For Northern Saskatchewan Liberals Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 14:58     The hotly-contested federal Liberal nomination in northern Saskatchewan gets decided today.   Party members in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River are choosing between Joan Beatty...

Regina Hosts International Event On Missing Women

Regina Hosts International Event On Missing Women Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 14:46     A conference begins today in Regina to study the increasing number of Indigenous women across North America who are going missing.   Experts from Mexico, the United States and...

Advocate For Native Women Fears For Her Safety

Advocate For Native Women Fears For Her Safety Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 14:40     A Saskatoon woman who knew Daleen Bosse says she doesn’t feel safe as an Aboriginal woman.   Tori-Lynn Wanotch is a youth representative with the Native Women’s...

Vigil Planned For Deceased Sex Trade Workers

Vigil Planned For Deceased Sex Trade Workers Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 14:34     A man who works helping sex trade workers change their lives hopes vigils like the one in Saskatoon tonight will help mainstream society care more about youth involved in the trade.  ...

Source Of New Flooding At Cigar Lake Still Unknown

Source Of New Flooding At Cigar Lake Still Unknown Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 14:31     A little more is known today about Tuesday’s flooding at Cameco’s Cigar Lake uranium operation.   This morning, the company released its second quarter results...

First Nations Community Mourns Loss Of Lawyer

First Nations Community Mourns Loss Of Lawyer Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 14:23     The chief of the Canoe Lake First Nation says, like many in the Aboriginal community, he was shocked to learn of the sudden passing of a young First Nations lawyer from his community....

Canoe Lake Woman Miscarries After Eviction

Canoe Lake Woman Miscarries After Eviction Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 14:20     A Canoe Lake man says his wife had a miscarriage this past weekend after learning their house on the reserve had been given to someone else.   Nathan Opikokew says he and his wife found...

Increased Flooding Halts Work At Cigar Lake

Increased Flooding Halts Work At Cigar Lake Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 13:49     Work to dewater the flooded Cigar Lake uranium operation has taken a step backward.   Cameco is reporting that remediation efforts have been temporarily suspended because of an...