Friendship Centre Looking To Establish New Shelter

Friendship Centre Looking To Establish New Shelter Wednesday, January 05, 2011 at 13:27     The Battlefords Indian Metis Friendship Centre wants to set up a shelter for homeless people in the Battlefords.   Executive director Jackie Kennedy says her group has...

Concerns Raised Over Potash Project

Concerns Raised Over Potash Project Tuesday, January 04, 2011 at 15:49     Urban members of the Muskowekwan First Nation have concerns regarding the future of a potash mine in the community.   Pamela Blondeau is an urban band member who lives in Regina.   At a press...

Police Identify Teenaged Homicide Victim

Police Identify Teenaged Homicide Victim Tuesday, January 04, 2011 at 15:07     An autopsy is scheduled for today on the body of a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy found in a Saskatoon alley on New Year’s Day.   Police are treating Bryton Stevenson’s death as a...

Northern Mothers Give Birth To New Year’s Babies

Northern Mothers Give Birth To New Year’s Babies Tuesday, January 04, 2011 at 15:05     Two babies with northern connections were the New Year’s babies for two of the province’s largest centres.   A girl, Bevin Amanda Novalee Piche, was born in...

Jolu Mill Site Starts Up

Jolu Mill Site Starts Up Friday, December 24, 2010 at 10:28     Golden Band Resources has announced the start-up of its Jolu mill north of La Ronge.   Vice-president of operations Gary Haywood says the start-up was delayed after mechanical problems with a diesel...

Youth Sentenced For Machete Attack

Youth Sentenced For Machete Attack Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 16:52     A Prince Albert youth convicted of attacking a cab driver with a machete appeared in provincial court today. The teenage boy, who was 15 at the time of the attack, was handed a 22 month...

Metis Women Celebrated

Metis Women Celebrated Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 16:11     As the end of the Year of the Metis draws near, women’s contributions are being celebrated.   Four Metis women who have contributed to their communities by preserving their history are being profiled by...

PA Tourism Has New Web Site

PA Tourism Has New Web Site Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 11:57     Prince Albert Tourism has launched a new website.   Debbie Honch, the executive director of the group, says the new site is more colourful, features an updated events calendar and has a better look....

Snowmobile Association Warns of Thin Ice

Snowmobile Association Warns of Thin Ice Thursday, November 25, 2010 at 14:34     The Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association is warning riders to watch out for thin ice.   President of the association, Chris Brewer, says a lot of areas received snowfall before cold...

Inquest Concludes into Death of Canoe Lake Man

Inquest Concludes into Death of Canoe Lake Man Thursday, November 25, 2010 at 14:11     The coroner’s inquest into the death of a 19-year-old man from Canoe Lake Cree Nation has concluded in Meadow Lake.   The six-member jury ruled that the freezing death was...