PAGC Hosts Political Summit

PAGC Hosts Political Summit Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 15:03     The Prince Albert Grand Council is set to discuss a wide range of political issues over the next few days.   This morning, chiefs and delegates of the PAGC’s 12 bands began their annual...

MNS Postpones Northern Roadblocks

MNS Postpones Northern Roadblocks Monday, February 07, 2005 at 13:49     Metis Nation of Saskatchewan officials say they will not be intimidated into shelving their plans for blocking a northern highway.   Two roadblocks were originally scheduled to go up on junctions...

Former Northern Resident Staying In Jail

Former Northern Resident Staying In Jail Monday, February 07, 2005 at 13:47     A transplanted northerner who was declared a dangerous offender is going to jail indefinitely.   The judge at his hearing says 42-year-old Ronald Harvey Laprise, who now lives in...

Flooding Forecast For Churchill River

Flooding Forecast For Churchill River Monday, February 07, 2005 at 13:42     Large snowfall amounts recorded this winter could result in some flooding of the Churchill River system later this year.   Saskatchewan Watershed Authority spokesman Doug Johnson says spring...

P.A. City Council Backs PBCN-Owned Gas Bar

P.A. City Council Backs PBCN-Owned Gas Bar Monday, February 07, 2005 at 13:34     A city councillor in Prince Albert says he doesn’t believe the opening of a gas bar and convenience store owned by the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation will negatively affect other...

PBCN Granted Timber Supply Licence

PBCN Granted Timber Supply Licence Friday, February 04, 2005 at 13:43     The provincial government has awarded a five-year timber allocation to the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation.   This morning in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Environment Minister David Forbes presented...

MNS Ruffling Feathers With Roadblock Plans

MNS Ruffling Feathers With Roadblock Plans Friday, February 04, 2005 at 13:42     A number of northern municipal leaders are calling on the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan to abandon their planned roadblocks on a northern highway next week.   The Metis organization wants...

Highways Department Meets With Dore Lake Residents

Highways Department Meets With Dore Lake Residents Friday, February 04, 2005 at 13:39     A truce has apparently been reached between some protesters in Dore Lake and the provincial government’s Department of Highways.   Yesterday, a meeting was held in the...

MNS Prepared To Block Northern Roads Next Week

MNS Prepared To Block Northern Roads Next Week Thursday, February 03, 2005 at 14:17     The Metis Nation of Saskatchewan is threatening to set up roadblocks in the province’s North next week if it doesn’t get a meeting with the premier soon.   The MNS has...

Close Call For Hall Lake School Custodian

Close Call For Hall Lake School Custodian Thursday, February 03, 2005 at 14:14     The principal of Sally Ross School in Hall Lake says it was a close call Monday afternoon when one of his workers nearly suffocated under an avalanche of snow.   Pat Cardinal says he...