Woman Accused In Hatchet Attack Released From Jail

Woman Accused In Hatchet Attack Released From Jail Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:18     A woman accused of attacking another woman with a hatchet in Sucker River has been released, pending a preliminary hearing this summer.   Jennifer Walker, 29, was in court this...

Highway Collision Victim Was From Onion Lake: RCMP

Highway Collision Victim Was From Onion Lake: RCMP Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:17     RCMP have determined that a woman killed while walking on a Saskatchewan highway early yesterday morning was a resident of Onion Lake.   But the name of the 37-year-old victim...

Judge Questions Nanatakapo’s Version Of Events

Judge Questions Nanatakapo’s Version Of Events Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:16     A judge has delayed his decision in the trial of a Big River man accused of shooting a rifle near some boaters on Delaronde Lake in 2008.   In a hearing on the Whitefish...

Dispute Over Liquor Led To Beating, Court Told

Dispute Over Liquor Led To Beating, Court Told Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:10     A Battleford courtroom heard details yesterday of how a Thunderchild First Nation man was allegedly beaten to death.   Ashton Martell testified during the trial of 20-year-old Brett...

Repairs For Hwy. 155 Deemed Top Priority

Repairs For Hwy. 155 Deemed Top Priority Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:07     Hwy. 155 in northwest Saskatchewan has been labelled the highest priority by the Northern Transportation Advisory Committee.   For that reason, the province says it will begin work on a...

Beauval Friendship Centre Gets Programming Money

Beauval Friendship Centre Gets Programming Money Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:06     The Dream Centre in Beauval has recieved nearly $46,000 in order to develop programming for the upcoming year.   The friendship centre had asked the federal government for $50,000...

Police Seek Help In ID’ing Killed Pedestrian

Police Seek Help In ID’ing Killed Pedestrian Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 13:39     Police in Maidstone are calling for the public’s help in identifying a woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle on a highway this morning.   The First Nations woman was...

Jail Politics Make Violence Hard To Predict

Jail Politics Make Violence Hard To Predict Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 13:38     An expert on Aboriginal gangs says it’s tough to know whether the recent death of a gang leader at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary will spark more violence at the institution.  ...

La Ronge Chamber Members Oppose Walmart Proposal

La Ronge Chamber Members Oppose Walmart Proposal Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 13:37     La Ronge and area businesses will not be supporting a bid to encourage Walmart to come to town.   At a La Ronge and District Chamber of Commerce meeting last night, members voted...

Two Charged With Murder In Regina

Two Charged With Murder In Regina Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 13:36     Two men have been arrested in connection with Regina’s first homicide of the year.   The victim, Regina resident Raymond Bernard Gardypie, 26, was found Sunday morning in a house on...