Mining Conference Looks at Environmental Impacts

Mining Conference Looks at Environmental Impacts Friday, September 23, 2011 at 14:13     Around 80 people have crammed into the conference room of a Prince Albert hotel to discuss the mining industry and its impacts on the environment.   The Prince Albert grand...

NDP Criticizes New Dental Program

NDP Criticizes New Dental Program Friday, September 23, 2011 at 14:11     Provincial NDP member Darcy Furber is calling a new provincial dental program “ironic.”   Furber says today’s announcement of $1.4 million to the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative could have been...

First Nations Statistical Survey Complete

First Nations Statistical Survey Complete Friday, September 23, 2011 at 14:10     The First Nations Statistical Institute has wrapped up the first phase of its survey of First Nations.   The purpose of the survey is to find out what gaps exist in statistics regarding...

Distance-Learning Renos at SIIT Unveiled

Distance-Learning Renos at SIIT Unveiled Friday, September 23, 2011 at 14:09     A $2.1 million renovation to a Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies building was officially opened today.   The building is the Saskatoon campus of SI.I.T., on 4th Avenue in the...

MBC To Hold Radiothon For Children’s Hospital

MBC To Hold Radiothon For Children’s Hospital Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 14:57     Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation has announced plans to host a network-wide radiothon to raise funds for the new Saskatchewan Children’s Hospital.   MBC is partnering...

Truth Commission Chair Addresses Judges

Truth Commission Chair Addresses Judges Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 14:51     Justice Murray Sinclair from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was in Regina today giving the keynote address at a national conference of judges.   Sinclair was appointed to the...

Friendship Centres Host Forum On Bill C-3

Friendship Centres Host Forum On Bill C-3 Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 14:46     Questions about what it means to be Aboriginal and the impacts of a recent government bill are being raised in Saskatoon today.   The National Association of Friendship Centres is...

Former Timber Bay Students Eyeing February Ruling

Former Timber Bay Students Eyeing February Ruling Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 14:42     Former students of the Timber Bay Children’s Home attended a meeting yesterday hosted by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band.   Lawyers for Elders Without Borders are working to...

List Of At Large Sex Offenders Reduced By Three

List Of At Large Sex Offenders Reduced By Three Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 14:37     The RCMP have now arrested three of seven sex offenders in the province who had warrants issued for their arrest.   30-year-old Leonard Jacob Bird of La Ronge turned himself in...

La Ronge Woman Hit By Vehicle, Then Charged

La Ronge Woman Hit By Vehicle, Then Charged Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 14:30     A 31-year-old La Ronge woman was charged yesterday after being hit by a vehicle in Saskatoon.   Police say at around 8:15 in the morning she was struck by a pickup in the 400 block...