by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
Winds Expected To Push Fire Smoke Towards Stony Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 13:01 It appears the cooperative weather conditions for forest fire fighters near Stony Rapids will be short-lived. Favourable winds pushed smoke from the very large Noel Fire away from...
by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
Forest Fires Prompt Airline To Postpone Flights Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 12:51 The forest fire situation in the Far North is having an impact on northern aviation services. Transwest Air has opted to postpone some of its scheduled service flights in order to...
by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
West Side Warned About Oilsands Development Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 12:49 The former executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada has a word of caution for proponents of tarsands development in northwest Saskatchewan. Elizabeth May says the extraction...
by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
First Nations Lending Agency Celebrates 20 Years Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 12:47 The Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation is officially celebrating 20 years of existence today. The occasion is being marked at a national Aboriginal financial institution...
by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
Forest Fire Threatens Stony Rapids Monday, June 26, 2006 at 15:22 Emergency measures officials are making preparations for a potential larger-scale evacuation of Stony Rapids and Black Lake. A large forest fire crept right to the northwest edge of Stony Rapids...
by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
Province Defends Forest Fire Fighting Policy Monday, June 26, 2006 at 15:21 A Saskatchewan Environment official says the department is not second-guessing a two-year-old policy for fighting forest fires in the wake of the evacuations in Stony Rapids. Over 170...
by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
Boy Drowns In Pelican Narrows Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:38 There has been another drowning in northern Saskatchewan, and once again, the victim was a child. The RCMP say it appears a 12-year-old boy drowned on the lake in Pelican Narrows over the weekend. A...
by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
Island Lake Under Third Party Management Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:37 An official with Indian Affairs says the department is taking steps to improve the financial outlook at the Island Lake First Nation. Noreen Kotowich says the band has been moved into third...
by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
Wollaston Fishers Not Worried About Diesel Spill Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:35 A spokesman for the fishers’ co-op in Wollaston Lake says he doesn’t expect a recent diesel spill there will hurt fish stocks. Ed Benoanie says most traces of the fuel...
by bryanorthner | Aug 7, 2010
Exploration Firm Interested In Key Lake Area Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:33 The next few years could be busy ones for a West Coast mining company looking for uranium near Key Lake. Forum Development recently announced it has begun searching two main plots of...
