Public Asked To Help Locate Missing Northern Teen

Public Asked To Help Locate Missing Northern Teen Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:57     The Mounties have turned to the public for help in locating a missing teenager from a northern reserve.   19-year-old Lawrence Curtis Pahtayken of Mudie Lake was last seen on the...

Wild Rice Growers Take Advantage Of Insurance Plan

Wild Rice Growers Take Advantage Of Insurance Plan Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:50     A wild rice official in La Ronge estimates that as many as 130 northern harvesters have signed onto the government’s new insurance program.   There are roughly 200 wild rice...

Harrison Takes Credit For Mines Clean-Up Funding

  Harrison Takes Credit For Mines Clean-Up Funding Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:41     A former MP isn’t shy about giving himself credit for the plan to clean up northern Saskatchewan’s abandoned uranium mines.   Jeremy Harrison says he had a hand in the...

Doucette Confident Metis Will Endorse New Election

Doucette Confident Metis Will Endorse New Election Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:28     A prominent Metis citizen says he’s confident no political shenanigans will be pulled at a Metis Nation Legislative Assembly later this month in Saskatoon.   Robert Doucette...

Northerners Given Shot At Youth Leadership Forum

Northerners Given Shot At Youth Leadership Forum Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:26     The Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan has announced a new student leadership forum that will have a heavy presence from the North.   It will see 18 students in Grades 11 and 12...

Millions Allocated To Clean-Up Of Old Mine Sites

Millions Allocated To Clean-Up Of Old Mine Sites Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:48     The Conservative government has announced it will cost-share the first phase of the clean-up of abandoned uranium mine and mill sites in northern Saskatchewan.   The federal and...

First Nations Take Over Reserve Charitable Gaming

First Nations Take Over Reserve Charitable Gaming Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:32     The provincial government has announced it’s handing over regulatory control of on-reserve charitable gaming to Saskatchewan First Nations.   The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming...

Native Protesters Equated To Terrorists

Native Protesters Equated To Terrorists Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:30     Aboriginal leaders are up in arms over a draft of a Department of National Defence counter-insurgency manual listing international terrorist threats.   According to copy of the draft obtained...

Reserve Residents Killed In Weekend Crashes

Reserve Residents Killed In Weekend Crashes Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:28     Vehicle collisions claimed the lives of two men from Saskatchewan reserves over the weekend.   A 38-year-old Poundmaker man was killed early Saturday evening on the Sweetgrass First Nation...

Native Youth Implicated In Fatal Crash

Native Youth Implicated In Fatal Crash Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:17     A 17-year-old male from the Starblanket First Nation is believed to be the driver of a stolen pickup that slammed into a mini-van near Regina over the weekend — killing a 10-year-old...