by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Woman From One Arrow Killed In Crash Monday, September 11, 2006 at 14:41 A 24-year-old woman from the One Arrow First Nation was killed in a collision over the weekend involving a Chevy Blazer and a semi-trailer hauling a load of grain. The accident took place...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Legal Fees Question Shouldn’t Delay Compensation Monday, September 11, 2006 at 14:39 A lawyer for the government says he doesn’t think a potential argument over legal fees will derail compensation payments for residential school survivors. Last week,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Harrison’s Role As Civil Servant Questioned Monday, September 11, 2006 at 14:36 Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Merasty is wondering who former MP Jeremy Harrison represents when he meets with northerners — the federal government or the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Price Of Steel Delays Northern Power Line Work Monday, September 11, 2006 at 14:33 A transmission line project slated to run between Timber Cove and La Ronge has been delayed. Larry Christie of SaskPower says the high cost of steel is behind the setback. He...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Athabasca Employers Oppose End To OT Exemption Monday, September 11, 2006 at 14:30 An MLA that’s reviewing the province’s controversial northern overtime exemption says the labour law generated a mixed reaction at public meetings held in the Far North...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Province Non-Committal On Wollaston Spill Clean-Up Monday, September 11, 2006 at 14:25 The provincial government is saying little about what it is prepared to do about the diesel spill at Wollaston Lake. Earlier this summer, 6,000 litres of diesel spilled into...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
APTN To Introduce Western Split Feed Monday, September 11, 2006 at 14:18 APTN has announced it will broadcast at a later time in western Canada. Beginning October 2nd, viewers west of the Manitoba border will see programming three hours later than they’re...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Merchant Disputes Assertions In MacLean’s Article Friday, September 08, 2006 at 15:33 A lawyer representing several thousand residential school survivors is denying claims by a national magazine that a legal fight between his firm and the government is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Harrison Defends Funding Of Northern Tour Friday, September 08, 2006 at 15:29 The verbal sparring between northern Saskatchewan Member of Parliament Gary Merasty and the man he replaced is intensifying. Jeremy Harrison says Merasty’s suggestion that...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Native Man Disappears From Denare Beach Area Friday, September 08, 2006 at 15:26 The Creighton RCMP is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing First Nations man. The Mounties say 40-year-old Garnet Frank Michel was last seen at the South Weir...