John Arcand Fiddle Fest Underway

John Arcand Fiddle Fest Underway Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 15:04     There is a new addition to this year’s John Arcand Fiddle Fest near Saskatoon.   The festival is in its 11th year and features four days of workshops, showcase concerts, and fiddle and...

Montreal Lake Man Dies In Rollover

Montreal Lake Man Dies In Rollover Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at 13:09     A single vehicle rollover claimed the life of a man from Montreal Lake this past weekend.   The RCMP say the accident took place at around 8:20 Sunday morning on Highway 969, roughly 10...

Northern Two-Way Radio Service About To Expire

Northern Two-Way Radio Service About To Expire Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at 13:08     SaskTel says the Northern Radio Telephone Service will be ended this fall.   The utility has been wanting to abandon the two-way radio service for years, because the age of the...

Oilsands Quest To Pay Yearly Sum To La Loche

Oilsands Quest To Pay Yearly Sum To La Loche Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at 13:05     The mayor of La Loche says a deal her village recently signed with Oilsands Quest has been in the works for the last two-and-a-half years.   Georgina Jolibois says the formal economic...

Band Underwhelmed With Increased Doctor Services

Band Underwhelmed With Increased Doctor Services Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at 12:58     An official with the Big River First Nation believes a new measure by the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region to address a doctor shortage will make no difference in her...

Police Make Four Arrests Following P.A. Stabbings

Police Make Four Arrests Following P.A. Stabbings Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at 12:55     Four men from Saskatchewan’s far north have been charged in connection to a stabbing incident in Prince Albert this past weekend.   At about 1:00 Sunday morning, police...

Threatening Package Delivered To Seabee Gold Mine

Threatening Package Delivered To Seabee Gold Mine Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 15:17     The president of Claude Resources says it appears the anthrax scare at the Seabee gold mine north of La Ronge was a hoax.   Neil McMillan says he hasn’t seen the note that...

Police Identify Body Found In River

Police Identify Body Found In River Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 14:49     An autopsy is being done today on the body of a 40-year-old Aboriginal man found floating in the North Saskatchewan River in Prince Albert over the weekend.   Prince Albert police have confirmed...

West Side Forestry Company About To Secure Licence

West Side Forestry Company About To Secure Licence Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 14:44     The president of North West Communities Wood Products says a timber supply licence should be in the company’s hands within a few weeks.   The firm has been working to...

Woman Waiting For Band To Be Reinstated

Woman Waiting For Band To Be Reinstated Tuesday, August 05, 2008 at 14:32     A woman who says she is the hereditary chief of the Lean Man-Assiniboine First Nation is pleading for help to get her land back.   According to 80-year-old Mary Wahobin, her grandfather was...