by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Suspect In Sturgeon Lake Killing Headed To Trial Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 15:07 A trial has been ordered for a Prince Albert man accused of killing a woman on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. 37-year-old Rick Ermine faces one count of second-degree murder...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Plan To Dump OT Exemption Gets Mixed Reaction Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 14:59 The head of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour is pleased the provincial government is leaning towards ending the northern overtime exemption. However, Larry Hubich is less...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
High Demand For Broadband In Remote Centres Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 14:24 People in northern communities that only recently got access to high-speed Internet service are signing up for it in higher-than-expected numbers. A total of 35 communities, mostly...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Otter Pelt Prices Take Beating In Fur Sale Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 14:19 An official with North American Fur Auctions says otter pelts had a rough outing last week at the company’s most recent fur sale. Dave Bewick estimates prices were down...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Government Told To End Northern OT Exemption Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 14:56 The provincial government has received a report recommending the northern overtime exemption be removed immediately. The exemption currently allows employers operating north of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Hockey Ref Attacked At Reserve Tournament Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:57 The RCMP are looking for a Meadow Lake man who allegedly seriously assaulted a referee during a weekend hockey tournament on a Saskatchewan reserve. The Mounties say the ref was...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Boarding School Issue Raised Again In Commons Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:47 Liberal MP Gary Merasty continues to take swipes at the Tories over a broken election promise to former students of the Ile-a-la-Crosse boarding school. Merasty questioned Indian...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Trappers Hear Details Of Income Security Plan Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:45 Proposed subsidies for trappers was one of the issues talked about at the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers’ Assocation’s annual meeting this past weekend in Prince Albert....
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Trappers Still Hoping For Disaster Assistance Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:31 A northern trapper says he hopes harvesters in Cumberland House will be eligible for disaster assistance if there’s another flood in 2007. Clifford Carriere, the president of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Trappers Keeping Close Eye On Manitoba Rivals Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 13:27 A trapper from Cumberland House says some Manitoba fur harvesters are not respecting provincial boundaries. Clifford Carriere says trappers from western Manitoba are coming across...
