Another Dismal Wild Rice Harvest Expected

Another Dismal Wild Rice Harvest Expected Tuesday, August 08, 2006 at 13:27     The forecast for this year’s wild rice harvest is looking pretty grim, but a government agrologist says traditional land users in the North have other crops that are faring much...

Large Outdoor Youth Gathering Underway

Large Outdoor Youth Gathering Underway Tuesday, August 08, 2006 at 13:21     Northern MLA and provincial cabinet minister Buckley Belanger spoke to hundreds of northern youth near Ile-a-la-Crosse this morning.   Belanger’s address was part of the opening...

Aboriginal Woman Reported Missing In Prince Albert

Aboriginal Woman Reported Missing In Prince Albert Friday, August 04, 2006 at 14:37     An Aboriginal woman from the Sturgeon Lake First Nation has been reported missing.   25 year old Karen Michelle Cobbs was last seen at a cabaret in Prince Albert, Saturday, July...

Temporary Replacement Found For METSI

Temporary Replacement Found For METSI Friday, August 04, 2006 at 14:36     A temporary replacement has been found for the Metis Employment and Training Institute of Saskatchewan.   This morning, an official with Service Canada said the government has arranged to have...

Sask Party Critics Visit Far North

Sask Party Critics Visit Far North Friday, August 04, 2006 at 14:35     A Saskatchewan Party MLA says the government’s northern forest fire policy isn’t winning rave reviews from the people’s he’s talked to.   Glen Hart is on a tour of the Far...

New Class 1A Trucking School Opens In North

New Class 1A Trucking School Opens In North Friday, August 04, 2006 at 14:35     A new Class 1A truck driving training school kicked off its inception yesterday with an open house in La Ronge.   Northern Resource Trucking spokesman Lloyd Driedger says the open house...

Ambulance Crews Called To PA Ex

Ambulance Crews Called To PA Ex Friday, August 04, 2006 at 14:34     Two incidents on the Prince Albert fairgrounds kept emergency crews busy last night.   Parkland Ambulance says it sent two units to the exhibition grounds around midnight.   Two people were treated...

Escaped Prisoner Back In Custody

Escaped Prisoner Back In Custody Thursday, August 03, 2006 at 15:04     A Black Lake man who allegedly escaped custody in the Stony Rapids courthouse earlier this week has been recaptured.   25-year-old Rexy Jonas Donard was apprehended by the RCMP without incident at...

Young Murder Suspect Released On Bail

Young Murder Suspect Released On Bail Thursday, August 03, 2006 at 14:59     A 17-year-old murder suspect from northern Saskatchewan has been released on bail after making an appearance in youth court in La Ronge yesterday.   The youth, who cannot be identified...

Provincial Firefighters Exported To B.C.

Provincial Firefighters Exported To B.C. Thursday, August 03, 2006 at 14:55     Saskatchewan Environment has sent 40 firefighters to British Columbia.   The Type 1 personnel departed yesterday for Cranbrook, where they are now set to be dispersed to other blazes...