by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
North Well-Represented At Mine Rescue Event Friday, June 03, 2005 at 15:05 Several teams from northern mine sites will be present for the 37th Annual Mine Rescue Competition this weekend. Saskatoon will play host to the event, which will see 500 highly trained...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Sturgeon Lake Part Of Diamond Mining Lore Friday, June 03, 2005 at 15:02 Officials with a diamond exploration company are recalling the role Sturgeon Lake had in getting people excited about diamonds in Saskatchewan. This is Saskatchewan Mining Week, and...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Native Inmate Killed Hours After Being Transferred Thursday, June 02, 2005 at 15:35 An investigation is underway at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert after a prisoner died in a violent incident there last night. 34-year-old David Duane Pasqua of the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Four Teens Arrested After Beating On Reserve Thursday, June 02, 2005 at 15:27 A member of the Red Pheasant First Nation has been hospitalized following a beating early yesterday morning. At approximately 4 am, RCMP responded to a call from EMS workers of a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Loon Lake Resident Drowns At Makwa Lake Thursday, June 02, 2005 at 15:26 RCMP are looking into the drowning death of a 33-year-old Loon Lake resident last night. Police were called out to Makwa Lake early last evening over a report that someone had fallen out of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Clearwater River Members Re-Elect Incumbent Chief Thursday, June 02, 2005 at 15:24 Roy Cheecham has been elected to his fourth consecutive term as chief of the Clearwater River Dene Nation. The actual vote count hasn’t been released yet, but we can tell...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Caribou Wins Sandy Bay Byelection Thursday, June 02, 2005 at 15:22 A long-awaited byelection finally took place in Sandy Bay yesterday. Incumbent Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation band councillor David Caribou defeated fellow candidate Robert Ray by an unofficial...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Replacement Mayor Found In St. George’s Hill Thursday, June 02, 2005 at 15:21 The official ballot count for the St. George’s Hill byelection has been released. The new mayor of the northern hamlet is Donna Janvier, who won by nine votes over Tommy C....
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Recount Only Action To Come From Appeal Hearing Thursday, June 02, 2005 at 15:17 All of the appeals for candidates in this year’s Lac La Ronge Indian Band election are over, and there’s just one outstanding issue that still needs to be settled. Chief...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
PAGC To Remember Victims Of Violence Thursday, June 02, 2005 at 15:05 The family violence coordinator for the Prince Albert Grand Council hopes a walk next week in memory of women lost to violence will help change some attitudes. Corinne Fiddler says a march...