More Rainbow Tobacco Cigarettes Seized in SK

More Rainbow Tobacco Cigarettes Seized in SK Monday, April 04, 2011 at 15:30     More cigarettes from a Mohawk reserve in Quebec have been seized by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Finance.   Officials say a shipment of 59 cartons was stopped west of Saskatoon on Highway...

RCMP Investigates Sudden Death in Montreal Lake

RCMP Investigates Sudden Death in Montreal Lake Monday, April 04, 2011 at 15:28     Mounties are investigating a suspicious death on the Montreal Lake First Nation.   RCMP say a 49-year-old man was discovered dead on a road yesterday.   At this point, they believe he...

Elections Canada Has Options for Aboriginal Voters

Elections Canada Has Options for Aboriginal Voters Monday, April 04, 2011 at 15:27     Elections Canada is taking steps to ensure Aboriginal voters have their say on May 2nd.   The agency is trying to raise the word about the different ways First Nations voters can...

Muskowekwan Incumbent Chief Re-elected

Muskowekwan Incumbent Chief Re-elected Monday, April 04, 2011 at 15:23     The Muskowekwan First Nation has re-elected its incumbent chief.   According to band officials, Reg Bellerose won this weekend’s election with 263 votes.   William Pinacie came second...

Province Hires 30 More Police Officers

Province Hires 30 More Police Officers Monday, April 04, 2011 at 15:19     The province says it is fulfilling its promise to hire 120 police officers over four years by providing money in the recent budget for 30 more.   Saskatchewan’s Corrections, Public Safety and...

PAGC Fine Arts Festival Kicks Off

PAGC Fine Arts Festival Kicks Off Monday, April 04, 2011 at 14:49     The skills and talents of Northern Youth will be on display this week in Prince Albert.   Today marks the start of the 20th annual P.A.G.C. Fine Arts Festival.   From now until Thursday, youth from...

More Work Needed on Power Line: SK Power

More Work Needed on Power Line: SK Power Friday, April 01, 2011 at 15:58     A spokesman for Saskpower says a lot of work still needs to happen before a power line is built to a proposed diamond mine east of Prince Albert.   This week it was learned that Shore Gold is...

Four Challenging Incumbent PBCN Chief

Four Challenging Incumbent PBCN Chief Friday, April 01, 2011 at 15:34     Five people are in the running for the position of Chief at Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation.   Incumbent Darrell McCallum is being challenged by four other candidates.   They are Joan Beatty,...

LLRIB Re-elects Chief Cook-Searson

LLRIB Re-elects Chief Cook-Searson Friday, April 01, 2011 at 15:25     Members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have re-elected Chief Tammy Cook-Searson.   The incumbent, who’s been in office since 2005, held off challenges from seven other candidates in...

One Arrow Re-elects Incumbent Chief

One Arrow Re-elects Incumbent Chief Friday, April 01, 2011 at 15:24     The One Arrow First Nation has its leadership in place for the next three years.   Incumbent chief Dwayne Paul has been elected to another 3 year-term.   Joining him on the executive are new...