Sask Health Workers Hold Off Strike Action

Sask Health Workers Hold Off Strike Action Friday, June 29, 2007 at 17:27     Health professionals in Saskatchewan are staying on the job for now, but their union warns that a walkout will be inevitable next Tuesday unless a deal is reached.   Union officials say they...

FSIN Host March of Solidarity In Regina

FSIN Host March of Solidarity In Regina Friday, June 29, 2007 at 17:27     About 100 native and non-native people have peacefully marched from the First Nations University to the legislature grounds in Regina to mark the national aboriginal Day of Action.   Premier...

PAGC Holds Day of Action Celebration

PAGC Holds Day of Action Celebration Friday, June 29, 2007 at 17:26     The Prince Albert Grand Council staged a march today throughout the city.   Band members and other supporters walked from the PAGC Complex to City Hall.   Chief Darryl McCallum of the Peter...

Treaty Commissioner Appointed In Saskatchewan

Treaty Commissioner Appointed In Saskatchewan Friday, June 29, 2007 at 17:26     The Office of the Treaty Commission is getting a new leader at the helm.   Bill McKnight has been appointed as the province’s next Treaty Commissioner by Indian Affairs Minister Jim...

New Top Judge Appointed

New Top Judge Appointed Friday, June 29, 2007 at 17:25     There will be a new top judge in Saskatchewan’s provincial court next year.   Justice Minister Frank Quennell says Carol Snell, a former provincial court judge who currently serves as the...

Doucette New MNS President

Doucette New MNS President Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 13:26     All the votes are in for this year’s Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election.   Ballot numbers from late-reporting polling stations in La Loche were released around 2:00 this afternoon.   They show...

NDP Decides Against Hiring Targets And Subsidies

NDP Decides Against Hiring Targets And Subsidies Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 13:18     The provincial government has decided against adopting a couple of measures a provincial commission recommended last year to increase Aboriginal hiring.   In its report on improving...

Red Earth Teen Implicated In Nipawin Stabbing

Red Earth Teen Implicated In Nipawin Stabbing Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 13:15     RCMP in Nipawin have made two arrests in connection to the discovery of a local man suffering from stab wounds in the community yesterday morning.   Officers were called to a local...

Election Day For Saskatchewan Metis

Election Day For Saskatchewan Metis Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 16:12     Today is the day Metis citizens in Saskatchewan have been waiting for.   Metis voters are heading to the polls to elect new leaders for the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan.   The election is being...

Northern Health Region Braces For Potential Strike

Northern Health Region Braces For Potential Strike Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 15:58     Officials with a northern health region are worried about the potential loss of paramedics during a looming health strike in the province.   Roughly 2,700 unionized health care...