by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
PA Kicks Off Addictions Awareness Week With March Monday, November 20, 2006 at 13:36 Around 70 sign waving marchers made their way through downtown Prince Albert today at a rally for addictions awareness. The event was organized by the city’s metis...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Murder Charge Laid In Big Island Lake Stabbing Friday, November 17, 2006 at 14:28 A 21-year-old suspect in a fatal stabbing on Big Island Lake Cree Nation has been charged with second-degree murder. Lynette Sandfly is making her first court appearance today in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
New Executive In Place For New North Friday, November 17, 2006 at 14:26 Ina Fietz-Ray is the new chair of New North, northern Saskatchewan’s municipal lobby group. The newly-elected Sandy Bay mayor replaces outgoing chair Dale McAuley, who failed to hang...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Areva Wants Overtime Exemption To Stay In Place Friday, November 17, 2006 at 14:24 The president of Areva says it would be a mistake for the NDP government to scrap the northern overtime exemption. Don Ching says the measure has proven itself as an effective...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Cameco Trying To Keep Pace With Oilsands Salaries Friday, November 17, 2006 at 14:18 An official with Cameco says a large wage increase for northern mining workers in a recent contract settlement reflects the cost of keeping skilled tradespeople. Alice Wong is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Access Road To Whitefish Reserve To Be Paved Friday, November 17, 2006 at 14:16 The provincial government has announced it will pave 11 km of road near the Big River First Nation. The work will cost $2.5 million, and will help connect the existing Cyr Road to...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Bands Urged To Embrace Land Use Planning Friday, November 17, 2006 at 14:12 Questions on how to create effective land use plans were fielded yesterday on the final day of the Prince Albert Grand Council’s economic development conference. J.P. Gladu of the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Man Fatally Stabbed At Big Island Lake Reserve Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 15:43 The Big Island Lake Cree Nation, formerly the Joseph Bighead First Nation, is the scene of a homicide investigation. The RCMP say they received a call of a stabbing at a reserve...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
New Training Spaces Opening In Province’s North Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 14:49 The province’s advanced education minister says a large chunk of the government funding for post-secondary training announced yesterday is for Aboriginal and northern...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Aboriginal Entrepreneurs Urged To Be Cautious Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 14:40 A First Nations business specialist says entrepreneurs wishing to start up businesses in the North must think ahead before taking the plunge. Kelly Fiddler of the Saskatchewan...
