Former Lawyer Faces Trial In PA

Former Lawyer Faces Trial In PA Monday, December 18, 2006 at 15:10     Two witnesses have taken the stand so far in the trial of a Flin Flon man accused of sexually assaulting an underage youth in Prince Albert.   54 year-old James Michael Bomek limped into court this...

Courts Give OK To Residential School Compensation

Courts Give OK To Residential School Compensation Friday, December 15, 2006 at 17:16     Canada’s courts have approved the federal government’s compensation package for residential school survivors.   All nine judges involved in the decision unanimously...

Judge Reserves Decision in Case of Burned Woman

Judge Reserves Decision in Case of Burned Woman Friday, December 15, 2006 at 16:48     The aggravated assault trial for a 12-year-old La Ronge girl accused of setting a 26-year-old woman on fire in April has been adjourned until February.   Lawyers for the Crown and...

Expert Weighs In On Reported Bigfoot Sighting

Expert Weighs In On Reported Bigfoot Sighting Friday, December 15, 2006 at 16:41     A Bigfoot researcher says footprints that the mythical creature is said to have left behind in northern Saskatchewan is “the find of the century”.   Tom Biscardi tells the...

Prince Albert Homicide Victim Identified

Prince Albert Homicide Victim Identified Friday, December 15, 2006 at 16:36     Police have released the name of a 19-year-old man who was found dead in his apartment on Monday.   William Desjarlais’ lifeless body was initially discovered by a relative who had...

Crown Clarifies Montgrand Parole Eligibility

Crown Clarifies Montgrand Parole Eligibility Friday, December 15, 2006 at 16:32     A northern man sentenced to life in prison for the killing of his wife earlier this year could receive parole by 2013.   53-year-old Paul Montgrand was originally charged with...

Northerners Warned About Possible SGEU Strike

Northerners Warned About Possible SGEU Strike Friday, December 15, 2006 at 16:28     A spokesman for the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union says northerners will definitely be impacted by a strike, should one take place.   The union has served 48-hour...

Merasty Slams Proposed Changes To Human Rights Act

Merasty Slams Proposed Changes To Human Rights Act Friday, December 15, 2006 at 16:23     Northern Saskatchewan’s Member of Parliament says he worries the Conservative government may be playing politics with a recent decision to amend human rights legislation...

Ministers and Mayors Discuss Duty to Consult

Ministers and Mayors Discuss Duty to Consult Friday, December 15, 2006 at 16:15     Northern leaders heard an update from the provincial government yesterday about new rules requiring Aboriginal communities be consulted over development on their land.   Minister...

Wife-Killer Given Life Sentence

Wife-Killer Given Life Sentence Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 14:34     A judge in Meadow Lake has sentenced a northern man to life in prison for killing his wife.   53-year-old Paul Montgrand received his sentence yesterday in provincial court.   Under the terms of...