Strahl Takes Over From Prentice At Indian Affairs

Strahl Takes Over From Prentice At Indian Affairs Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 14:34     Jim Prentice is out as Minister of Indian Affairs and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians.   He has been replaced by former Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl in a...

Prince Albert Approves Youth Detox Centre

Prince Albert Approves Youth Detox Centre Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 14:13     Prince Albert City Council has approved a bylaw amendment that will pave the way for the construction of a youth detox centre.   The 15-bed voluntary youth treatment centre will be managed...

Cyclist Dies After Hit By Truck On Key Reserve

Cyclist Dies After Hit By Truck On Key Reserve Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 14:11     RCMP are currently investigating the death of a man on the Key First Nation.   RCMP spokesman Sgt. Brad Kaeding says a 38-year-old resident was riding his bike on the main road on the...

Big Stone Murder Suspect Appears In Court

Big Stone Murder Suspect Appears In Court Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 14:10     One of four youths implicated in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy on the Big Stone reserve last month appeared in La Ronge Provincial Court this morning.   The youth, who...

Search Continues For Cote Sexual Assault Suspect

Search Continues For Cote Sexual Assault Suspect Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 14:09     Kamsack RCMP are asking for the public’s help in tracking down the suspect in a sexual assault that took place on the Cote First Nation last year.   The Mounties say they received a...

PAGC Celebrates 30 Years In Existence

PAGC Celebrates 30 Years In Existence Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 14:08     The Prince Albert Grand Council is marking 30 years of service to northern Saskatchewan this week.   Chiefs and delegates from most of the grand council’s 12 bands are present for a...

Arrest Made In Murder Of Mistawasis Elder

Arrest Made In Murder Of Mistawasis Elder Monday, August 13, 2007 at 12:42     A 37-year-old man from the Mistawasis First Nation accused of killing an elder from his reserve made his first court appearance today in Prince Albert.   Vincent Roderick Dreaver was...

Inquest Scheduled Into Suspected Fatal Wolf Attack

Inquest Scheduled Into Suspected Fatal Wolf Attack Monday, August 13, 2007 at 12:33     New dates have been set for a long-awaited coroner’s inquest into the death of an Ontario man suspected to have been killed by wolves in northern Saskatchewan two years ago....

Ile-a-la-Crosse Man Wins Big At Casino

Ile-a-la-Crosse Man Wins Big At Casino Monday, August 13, 2007 at 12:31     A northern Saskatchewan man is now a lot richer after taking home a VLT jackpot on the weekend worth almost half a million dollars.   Perry Caisse of Ile-a-la-Crosse won the Smoke Signals...

New Evidence To Be Heard In Stonechild Case

New Evidence To Be Heard In Stonechild Case Friday, August 10, 2007 at 15:27     Two former police officers implicated in the freezing death of 17-year-old Neil Stonechild may have been thrown a life line by the Saskatchewan Police Commission.   Stonechild’s frozen...