Residential School Survivors Get Financial Tips

Residential School Survivors Get Financial Tips Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 15:09     Some residential school survivors are getting pointers on how to manage their money.   The Saskatoon Tribal Council is hosting financial well-being workshops for survivors today in...

Diabetes Association Hosts Aboriginal Conference

Diabetes Association Hosts Aboriginal Conference Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 15:07     About 350 people are attending what’s being called an Aboriginal gathering on diabetes in Prince Albert today.   Canadian Diabetes Association spokesperson Michelle Lafayette...

Lenders Hold Trade Show In La Ronge

Lenders Hold Trade Show In La Ronge Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 15:03     Northern entrepreneurs attending a conference in La Ronge today might be getting unprecedented access to lending agencies.   A variety of lenders have set up booths and displays at the Mel...

Inaugural Northern Literacy Conference Underway

Inaugural Northern Literacy Conference Underway Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 15:02     The first-ever Northern Literacy Festival got started in Prince Albert today.   The two-day event is aimed at creating dialogue about literacy in the North, whether it is in the...

Blasting May Have Triggered Cigar Lake Flooding

Blasting May Have Triggered Cigar Lake Flooding Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 14:58     A published report says underground blasting by Cameco workers may have been responsible for last fall’s flooding at the Cigar Lake uranium mine — not merely a...

Former Mayor Accused Of Attacking Rival

Former Mayor Accused Of Attacking Rival Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 14:54     Former Cumberland House mayor Dale McAuley is facing an assault charge.   The former chair of New North is accused of assaulting current mayor Andy McKay outside the arena in Cumberland...

Evacuees Heading Home

Evacuees Heading Home Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 14:53     The first wave of buses carrying evacuees from the Red Earth First Nation has begun to return home.   Prince Albert Grand Council spokesman Richard Kent says all of the 632 residents who were taken off the...

Testimony Continues At Sanderson Trial

Testimony Continues At Sanderson Trial Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 14:43     Two more people took the stand yesterday afternoon in the trial of a La Ronge woman accused of causing a fatal vehicle accident two years ago.   Emily Colli testified she woke up the morning...

FNUC Turns Sod On Veterans’ Monument

FNUC Turns Sod On Veterans’ Monument Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 14:39     A sod-turning ceremony is taking place in Regina this afternoon to officially mark the construction of a First Nations Veterans’ Memorial Tipi.   The glass tipi will be built in...

Proponent Of Detox Centre Reacts To Latest Setback

Proponent Of Detox Centre Reacts To Latest Setback Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 14:36     A director with the Prince Albert Parkland Regional Health Authority admits it’s disappointing to hear Birch Hills does want the Prince Albert Grand Council’s...