Band Enters Deal To Capitalize On Wind Power

Band Enters Deal To Capitalize On Wind Power Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 13:43     The chief of the Beardy’s/Okemasis First Nation says he’s hopeful a new partnership with a wind power company will create revenue for his band.   This week, the band and...

FNUC Enrolment Decline Smaller Than First Reported

FNUC Enrolment Decline Smaller Than First Reported Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 13:38     The provincial goverment is backing away from First Nations University of Canada enrolment figures reported in the media a couple of weeks ago.   According to initial statistics...

Youth Receives Maximum Sentence In Shooting Death

Youth Receives Maximum Sentence In Shooting Death Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 13:01     A La Ronge youth has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of another teen on the Big Stone reserve last summer.   The 16-year-old boy, who was 15 when Johnny Abel...

Pelican Narrows Murder Suspect Appears In Court

Pelican Narrows Murder Suspect Appears In Court Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 12:55     RCMP have released the name of the man who was arrested in connection to the death of a Pelican Narrows resident this past Saturday.   37-year-old John Andrew Sewap is charged with...

RCMP Continue Investigation Into Geddes Homicide

RCMP Continue Investigation Into Geddes Homicide Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 12:53     Today is the third anniversary of the disappearance and subsequent homicide of an Aboriginal woman.   The RCMP’s Historical Case Unit in Regina and Saskatchewan Crime...

Girl Escapes From Would-Be Abductor In Meadow Lake

Girl Escapes From Would-Be Abductor In Meadow Lake Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 12:40     Police in Meadow Lake are on the lookout for an older model red Dodge pickup truck following what appears to be an attempted child abduction.   At about midnight Saturday, a...

Suspect In Bosse Case Back In Court

Suspect In Bosse Case Back In Court Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 15:16     The man charged with murdering Daleen Bosse made his second court appearance today.   30-year-old Douglas Hales looked disheveled when he faced another packed courtroom in Saskatoon this...

Arrest Made In Pelican Narrows Homicide

Arrest Made In Pelican Narrows Homicide Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 14:46     The RCMP have arrested a 37-year-old man from Pelican Narrows in connection to the homicide in the community this past weekend.   The unidentified suspect has been charged with second-degree...

Cowessess Hit And Run Suspect Identified

Cowessess Hit And Run Suspect Identified Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 14:40     A woman accused of deliberately killing a man on the Cowessess First Nation in a hit-and-run is due back in court tomorrow.   37-year-old Charmaine Sparvier has been charged with murder in...

La Ronge-Bound Plane Forced To Make Rough Landing

La Ronge-Bound Plane Forced To Make Rough Landing Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 14:31     Two men travelling in a small plane from the Cumberland House area to La Ronge Sunday night survived a major scare.   The DeHavilland Beaver was travelling at an altitude of 4000...