Exploration Activity Heating Up Near Cigar Lake

Exploration Activity Heating Up Near Cigar Lake Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 14:21     A spokesman for a major uranium company in the province says his firm is seriously examining whether to build an exploration mine shaft in a northwest Saskatchewan.   AREVA Resources...

Aboriginal Food Guide Ready For The Public

Aboriginal Food Guide Ready For The Public Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 14:50     Health Canada has today released the country’s first Aboriginal food guide.   Health Minister Tony Clement says the food guide was designed to reflect the unique values, traditions and...

Rogue Outfitter Might Lose Cabin

Rogue Outfitter Might Lose Cabin Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 14:48     An Alberta man who pleaded guilty to operating an illegal outfitting operation north of La Ronge won’t learn his fate until June.   76-year-old Rene Glenn appeared in La Ronge Provincial...

Prentice Promises Housing Announcements

Prentice Promises Housing Announcements Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 14:44     Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice says he will soon announce more plans to improve Native housing as part of an effort to help Canada’s poorest reserves.   The Conservatives nixed...

Future Of MLTC Health In Jeopardy

Future Of MLTC Health In Jeopardy Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 14:36     An official with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council’s health department says a shortfall in federal dollars is making it tougher for the organization to offer regular service to band members.  ...

Reindeer Lake Area Warned About Spring Runoff

Reindeer Lake Area Warned About Spring Runoff Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 14:31     An official with the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority says predictions of a very wet spring in the North haven’t changed.   Don Dill says the La Ronge area received 200 per cent...

Southend Man Fatally Stabbed

Southend Man Fatally Stabbed Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 15:37     A 34-year-old Southend woman accused of second-degree murder made a court appearance in La Ronge today.   Charlene Bella Bird was arrested and charged after a 26-year-old man was fatally stabbed at a...

Wollaston Lake Man Stabbed After Heated Argument

Wollaston Lake Man Stabbed After Heated Argument Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 15:37     A 28-year-old stabbing victim in Wollaston Lake is expected to recover from his injuries.   The RCMP say the man was attacked early Monday morning inside a home in the northern...

Search For Island Lake Man Comes To Tragic End

Search For Island Lake Man Comes To Tragic End Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 15:35     Searchers discovered the body of a missing man from the Island Lake First Nation over the weekend.   19-year-old Lawrence Pahtayken of Mudie Lake had not been seen since the evening of...

Hit-And-Run Suspect Commits Suicide

Hit-And-Run Suspect Commits Suicide Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 15:34     The RCMP say a man believed responsible for a fatal hit-and-run on the White Bear First Nation likely killed himself after the incident.   Two local residents standing behind a parked vehicle on...