Dentists To Visit Ile-a-la-Crosse And La Loche

Dentists To Visit Ile-a-la-Crosse And La Loche Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 15:26     After three years of negotiations, dentist services will soon be available in northwest Saskatchewan.   As the result of a pilot program involving the Keewatin Yatthe Regional...

Testimony Begins In Ahenakew’s Re-Trial

Testimony Begins In Ahenakew’s Re-Trial Monday, November 24, 2008 at 14:06     A second trial into whether a former Aboriginal leader wilfully promoted hatred against Jews is underway in Saskatoon today.   A witness in the David Ahenakew trial admitted this...

Court Hears Details Of Decades-Old Killing

Court Hears Details Of Decades-Old Killing Monday, November 24, 2008 at 13:34     Details surrounding the death of a Montreal Lake band member over three decades ago were revealed in a Prince Albert courtroom this morning.   The first piece of evidence submitted today...

Canada Given One Year To Report On Stolen Sisters

Canada Given One Year To Report On Stolen Sisters Monday, November 24, 2008 at 13:29     A United Nations committee wants Canada to explain why law enforcement agencies have failed to deal with the disappearance and murder of Aboriginal women.   The UN Committee on...

Possible Breakthrough For Timber Bay Survivors

Possible Breakthrough For Timber Bay Survivors Monday, November 24, 2008 at 13:28     The chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band says compelling evidence has been uncovered that illustrates federal support existed for the old boarding school in Timber Bay.   For...

La Ronge On Route Of Olympic Torch Run

La Ronge On Route Of Olympic Torch Run Friday, November 21, 2008 at 15:40     The Olympic flame is coming to La Ronge.   The official torch for the 2010 Winter Games will land in the northern Saskatchewan community on November 7th, 2009.   Although details...

Falling Meteor Witnessed By Several Northerners

Falling Meteor Witnessed By Several Northerners Friday, November 21, 2008 at 15:35     A suspected meteor that lit up the skies across the Prairies around 6:30 last night was observed by several residents of northern Saskatchewan.   Rod Merasty was on a plane heading...

Low-Income SIAST Students Getting Housing Help

Low-Income SIAST Students Getting Housing Help Friday, November 21, 2008 at 15:26     A sod-turning ceremony took place in Prince Albert today for a new student housing complex at SIAST.   The $6.9 million facility will house 36 low-income families, many of them...

Call Renewed For Inquiry Into Yellow Quill Tragedy

Call Renewed For Inquiry Into Yellow Quill Tragedy Friday, November 21, 2008 at 15:18     Saskatchewan’s Children’s Advocate says he still wants to see an inquiry launched into the tragic deaths of two girls on the Yellow Quill First Nation.   Marvin...

Health Region Sees Big Jump In Native Workforce

Health Region Sees Big Jump In Native Workforce Friday, November 21, 2008 at 15:11     The Mamawetan-Churchill River Regional Health Authority in northeast Saskatchewan has doubled its Aboriginal workforce over the last eight years.   Just over 32 per cent of health...