MNP Offering Cash Prizes for New Ideas in Aboriginal Health

by | Mar 11, 2015

The accounting firm MNP is issuing a challenge to innovators in Canada to develop new ideas for Aboriginal health initiatives. Operation Blue Sky is an MNP-funded competition that will be awarding $35,000 in prize money for proposals for attainable healthcare ideas...

Brass Knuckles Seized During Drug Bust on Onion Lake Reserve

by | Mar 10, 2015

Three Onion Lake men are facing drug-related charges after an RCMP traffic stop on the reserve on Sunday. A search of a vehicle resulted in the seizure of ammunition, brass knuckles, drug paraphernalia, cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine. Thirty-two-year-old...

Northerners Noticing Increased Authority of Pharmacists

by | Mar 10, 2015

Pharmacists in the province are playing a larger role in health care, particularly in the north. They have recently been given more authority to prescribe drugs and treat minor ailments, taking the load off doctors — particularly in remote areas where health...

Four Injured in Rollover North of Meadow Lake

by | Mar 9, 2015

Four people were hospitalized following a single vehicle rollover north of Meadow Lake yesterday. RCMP say it happened late in the afternoon on Highway 4, about 20 kilometres north of Meadow Lake. A truck was on its side when emergency personnel arrived on the scene....

Reiter Disappointed with FSIN Chief’s Comments

by | Mar 9, 2015

Saskatchewan’s Government Relations Minister says he is “disappointed” with comments made by FSIN Interim Chief Kimberley Jonathan. On Friday afternoon at a press event in Prince Albert, Chief Jonathan had announced the FSIN’s proposed technical services cooperative...

Public Inquest Scheduled In Custer Death

by | Mar 9, 2015

A coroner’s inquest is scheduled to look into the death of a 19-year-old northern Saskatchewan man who died while in remand after being charged with murder. John Bob Glen Custer had been remanded at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre in relation to the death...