by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Otter Pelt Prices Take Beating In Fur Sale Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 14:19 An official with North American Fur Auctions says otter pelts had a rough outing last week at the company’s most recent fur sale. Dave Bewick estimates prices were down...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Government Told To End Northern OT Exemption Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 14:56 The provincial government has received a report recommending the northern overtime exemption be removed immediately. The exemption currently allows employers operating north of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Hockey Ref Attacked At Reserve Tournament Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:57 The RCMP are looking for a Meadow Lake man who allegedly seriously assaulted a referee during a weekend hockey tournament on a Saskatchewan reserve. The Mounties say the ref was...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Boarding School Issue Raised Again In Commons Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:47 Liberal MP Gary Merasty continues to take swipes at the Tories over a broken election promise to former students of the Ile-a-la-Crosse boarding school. Merasty questioned Indian...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Trappers Hear Details Of Income Security Plan Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:45 Proposed subsidies for trappers was one of the issues talked about at the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers’ Assocation’s annual meeting this past weekend in Prince Albert....
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Trappers Still Hoping For Disaster Assistance Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:31 A northern trapper says he hopes harvesters in Cumberland House will be eligible for disaster assistance if there’s another flood in 2007. Clifford Carriere, the president of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Trappers Keeping Close Eye On Manitoba Rivals Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:27 A trapper from Cumberland House says some Manitoba fur harvesters are not respecting provincial boundaries. Clifford Carriere says trappers from western Manitoba are coming across...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
12 Year Old Girl Guilty Of Setting Woman On Fire Friday, February 16, 2007 at 17:05 A guilty verdict was read this morning in the case of a 12 year old girl accused with setting a La Ronge woman on fire in April 2006. The youth, who cannot be identified because...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
RCMP Investigate Fatal Snowmobile Accident Friday, February 16, 2007 at 17:03 RCMP officers continue to investigate a fatal snowmobile crash that occurred in the Christopher Lake district. Last night around midnight, emergency crews were summoned to a groomed...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Power Outage Leaves Northwest In The Dark Friday, February 16, 2007 at 17:02 A spokesman for Saskpower says it took crews nearly twelve hours to get all of Northwest Saskatchewan back up and running yesterday (thur) after a power outage. Larry Christie says the...
