Patuanak Man Dies After Falling Through Ice

Patuanak Man Dies After Falling Through Ice Monday, April 14, 2008 at 14:14     An autopsy will be performed on a man from Patuanak whose lifeless body was recovered from a northern Saskatchewan river yesterday.   The 43-year-old man was ahead of a group of people...

Donor Found For Muskoday Man Needing Liver

Donor Found For Muskoday Man Needing Liver Monday, April 14, 2008 at 14:09     Doctors in Edmonton are performing a liver transplant on a Muskoday band member today.   Vernon Knight, a member of the well-known musical Knight family, was flown by air ambulance to the...

Boarding School Survivors Agree On Game Plan

Boarding School Survivors Agree On Game Plan Monday, April 14, 2008 at 14:01     About 200 people met in Ile-a-la-Crosse over the weekend to discuss the latest efforts to get the community’s boarding school included in the residential school settlement...

New MP Hopes To Educate Peers On Native Traditions

New MP Hopes To Educate Peers On Native Traditions Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:55     Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Rob Clarke believes his Aboriginal background will be useful on a couple of parliamentary committees he finds himself on.   Clarke was...

Researcher Urges Native People To Leave Reserves

Researcher Urges Native People To Leave Reserves Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:53     A Winnipeg-based think tank says First Nations in Canada would do well to emulate the Maori Indians of New Zealand.   Joseph Quesnel, with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, is...

Lucky Man Chief Pleased With ICC Ruling

Lucky Man Chief Pleased With ICC Ruling Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:48     Despite a recent favourable ruling from the Indian Claims Commission, the chief of the Lucky Man First Nation says she’s not holding her breath waiting for a positive response from the...

La Loche In Talks With Oil Sands Exploration Firm

La Loche In Talks With Oil Sands Exploration Firm Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:36     The mayor of La Loche reports good progress is being made on an exploration agreement with an Alberta-based energy company.   Georgina Jolibois says the deal is a necessary first...

Record Turnout For PAGC Fine Arts Festival

Record Turnout For PAGC Fine Arts Festival Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:32     More than 1,500 northern Saskatchewan students and chaperones are expected to attend a fine arts festival in Prince Albert this week.   Organizer Shona Stapleton says it will be the largest...

Woman Killed After SUV Runs Into Hitchhikers

Woman Killed After SUV Runs Into Hitchhikers Friday, April 11, 2008 at 15:14     The RCMP say charges are not expected after an SUV ran into a group of female pedestrians north of Prince Albert last night.   A 20-year-old woman was killed in the mishap.   The victim...

Fond du Lac Man Given Additional Time For Slaying

Fond du Lac Man Given Additional Time For Slaying Friday, April 11, 2008 at 15:12     A man who was just 17 years of age when he stabbed his friend to death in Fond du Lac has had his sentence nearly doubled by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.   On July 22, 2006, he...