by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Production Resumes At Seabee Mine Monday, June 04, 2007 at 14:00 Mining has resumed at the Seabee gold mine north of La Ronge. It’s been three days since the body of 29-year-old Cory Braaten was discovered at the site. He died after being trapped while...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Teen Dies In Hit-And-Run At Big Island Lake Monday, June 04, 2007 at 13:50 A 20-year-old man from the Big Island Lake Cree Nation has been implicated in a fatal hit-and-run in the community. The RCMP say a 14-year-old girl was struck and killed by a car on a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Tsannie-Burseth Elected Chief At Hatchet Lake Monday, June 04, 2007 at 13:48 The election took three days to complete, but the Hatchet Lake First Nation finally has a new chief. Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth was elected to the position on the third ballot —...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Seabee Fatality Felt At Mine Safety Competition Monday, June 04, 2007 at 13:46 A northern mine rescue team coordinator admits his group was thinking about a fatal gold mine accident during a competition in Saskatoon this past weekend. Randy Seright of Buffalo...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Province Pressured To Fund Reserve Care Home Monday, June 04, 2007 at 13:41 The search is on for funding for a long-term care home on the Muskeg Lake reserve. The band’s health director, Deanna Greyeyes, says the First Nation wants the provincial...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Aboriginal Youth Win Millennium Scholarships Monday, June 04, 2007 at 13:00 A Metis student from Beauval is among the winners in this year’s list of Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation award recipients. Jordan Mihalicz is getting $4,000 to help pay...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Body Of Missing Miner Found At Seabee Gold Mine Friday, June 01, 2007 at 16:16 The search for a trapped miner at a northern Saskatchewan gold mine has ended on a tragic note. Claude Resources says a search and rescue team found the body of the missing worker at...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Hatchet Lake Chief Election Goes To Third Ballot Friday, June 01, 2007 at 16:05 A band election at the Hatchet Lake First Nation is into its third day. The vote has come down to the third and final ballot for chief, with two women still in the hunt for the top...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Belanger, Beatty Clarify Future In Politics Friday, June 01, 2007 at 16:02 The two NDP cabinet ministers from northern Saskatchewan say they both intend to run in the next provincial election. Highways and Transportation Minister Buckley Belanger and Northern...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Road Upgrade Plans Upset Canoe Lake Chief Friday, June 01, 2007 at 15:59 The provincial government has announced it is sprucing up a section of road between Canoe Lake and Waterhen Lake. A dollar figure hasn’t been released, but work will begin later this...
