by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Hearing Underway For Suspect In Murder Of Elder Monday, April 21, 2008 at 13:01 A preliminary hearing has begun for a 37-year-old Mistawasis man accused of murdering an elderly band member. Vincent Dreaver was charged back in August after 81-year-old Antoine...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Province Reviewing Northern Taxi Medical Trip Rate Friday, April 18, 2008 at 15:22 Health Minister Don McMorris says he has instructed officials at Saskatchewan Health to look into rates paid to northern cabbies for medical trips. The issue came to a head...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Saskatchewan Braces For Spring Storm Friday, April 18, 2008 at 13:57 Winter-like weather will return with a vengeance in much of the province this weekend — and while the North might not get hit the hardest, it appears it will be affected first. Regions of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Northern School Division Bans 15-Seat Vans Friday, April 18, 2008 at 13:45 A school division based in Meadow Lake has decided to go without the 15-passenger vans at the centre of a fatal accident in New Brunswick that killed seven school students. Northwest...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Union Rep Bidding For Cumberland NDP Nomination Friday, April 18, 2008 at 13:43 A long-time highways worker and union guy from Creighton is the latest person to announce his intention to run for the NDP nomination in the vacant Cumberland riding. Steve Lane...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Kawacatoose MRI Advocate Defends Proposal Friday, April 18, 2008 at 13:41 A consultant involved with the MRI clinic the Kawacatoose First Nation is proposing for Regina insists it will be not-for-profit. Don Ross is with McNair Business Development, which is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
AFN Chief Issues Call For Action On May 29th Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 14:25 Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine is calling on all Canadians to support and join First Nations in challenging the federal government to address the obstacles...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Joseph Urges Ontario To Release Jailed Protesters Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 14:21 The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is joining calls to release the chief and councillors of an Ontario band who were jailed when they protested developers...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Harper’s Pledge To Ile-a-la-Crosse Raised In House Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 14:12 A former student at the Ile-a-la-Crosse boarding school is not impressed with comments made in the House of Commons by a Conservative cabinet minister this week. Don Favel...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Open Water Claims Another Northern Snowmobiler Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 16:04 There has been another death on the ice in northern Saskatchewan. A 36-year-old man from Brabant Lake died early this morning after he and a friend went for a quick ride on the...