Operations Suspended At Reserve-Based Group Home

Operations Suspended At Reserve-Based Group Home Friday, April 27, 2007 at 13:29     A group home for Aboriginal teenagers on the Muskowekwan reserve has been temporarily closed by the government for not living up to certain conditions.   Community Resources...

SIGA Wins Award At National Gaming Summit

SIGA Wins Award At National Gaming Summit Friday, April 27, 2007 at 13:21     The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has been honoured at a national summit of gaming industry representatives.   SIGA was one of three award recipients at the first-ever Canadian Gaming...

Belanger Defends Social Assistance Increases

Belanger Defends Social Assistance Increases Friday, April 27, 2007 at 13:20     Saskatchewan’s Community Resources minister admits the province is walking a fine line when it comes to helping people on welfare.   Increases to social assistance and the...

SaskParty Recruits Native Candidate In Saskatoon

SaskParty Recruits Native Candidate In Saskatoon Friday, April 27, 2007 at 13:18     An Aboriginal woman has thrown her hat into the ring for the next provincial election.   Eileen Gelowitz was born at the James Smith First Nation and later married a band member from...

Northern Schools Getting Funds For Roof Upgrades

Northern Schools Getting Funds For Roof Upgrades Friday, April 27, 2007 at 13:14     The provincial government has announced it has committed $488,000 to help pay for roofing upgrades for two northern Saskatchewan schools.   The provincial funding is going to...

Woman Pleads Guilty To Helping Fix MNS Election

Woman Pleads Guilty To Helping Fix MNS Election Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 15:23     A total of six people have now pleaded guilty to tampering with the last Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election.   32-year-old North Battleford resident Karen Lennie is the latest to...

La Ronge Burning Suspect To Be Sentenced Tomorrow

La Ronge Burning Suspect To Be Sentenced Tomorrow Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 15:21     A 13-year-old girl will have to wait another day to find out her fate in a case that saw a La Ronge woman end up with third-degree burns to over half of her body.   26-year-old...

Testimony Wraps Up At Sanderson Trial

Testimony Wraps Up At Sanderson Trial Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 15:17     The defence has rested its case in the trial of a northern woman accused of two counts of impaired driving causing death.   The final witness to take the stand this morning was the suspect...

Life At Flooded Reserve Returning To Normal

Life At Flooded Reserve Returning To Normal Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 15:13     School on the Red Earth First Nation could begin as soon as Monday.   Evacuees from the reserve have returned home after sheltering for the past few days in Saskatoon and Prince Albert....

Residential School Debate On Hill Continues

Residential School Debate On Hill Continues Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 15:10     The federal government is being asked to repatriate the remains of Aboriginal children who died in residential schools.   The call is being made by northern Saskatchewan Liberal MP Gary...