by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Dam Breach Planned Near Beauval Friday, June 24, 2005 at 14:32 The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority says high water levels will force it to breach a section of the Lac La Plonge dam near Beauval on Monday. The watershed authority says people using the area...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Calvert Views Old Church At Stanley Mission Friday, June 24, 2005 at 14:30 Premier Lorne Calvert and his entourage chatted with local residents over breakfast at the La Ronge Motor Hotel this morning. It was the first stop on today’s portion of his...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
High Court Decision Worries Native Health Official Friday, June 24, 2005 at 14:29 A prominent northerner from Southend says First Nations people stand to lose out if private health care is allowed to flourish in Canada. Phil Morin, a former chief of the Peter...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
More Northerners Become Housing Managers Friday, June 24, 2005 at 14:21 Five northern residents graduated yesterday from the province’s Social Housing Management Training Program. Robert Desjarlais of Ile-a-la-Crosse, Judy Robertson and Grace Janvier of La...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Residents Flee Cumberland House Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:28 The rising water levels in the Cumberland House region are starting to impact local services. Residents are being evacuated today before the swollen Saskatchewan River washes out the only road out...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Logging Accident Kills Dillon Man Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:23 The RCMP have identified the victim of a fatal logging mishap near Dillon. 29-year-old Dillon resident Ricky Billette was killed Tuesday morning while working at a logging camp in the Vermette...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
La Ronge Mail Thief Ordered To Apologize Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:22 More details have emerged about the sentence handed to a woman that pleaded guilty recently to stealing mail at the La Ronge post office. Last week, 19-year-old Miranda Michelle Pappenfus,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Sandy Bay Mom Loses Home After Going To School Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:19 A woman who lost her home in Sandy Bay is planning to pitch a tent there next week in a show of protest. It was roughly a year-and-a-half ago that Bernice Dussion left the community...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Sod Turned For Ile-a-la-Crosse Joint-Use Facility Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:16 There was a sod-turning ceremony held in Ile-a-la-Crosse yesterday for the community’s new joint-use facility. When it’s completed, the $23-million centre will feature...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Environment Department Defends Weyerhaeuser Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 13:14 A senior official with Saskatchewan Environment says some recent concerns over logging practices by Weyerhaeuser may be overblown. In April, an environmentalist criticized the company...
