All-Weather Road Work Still Eight Months Away

All-Weather Road Work Still Eight Months Away Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 13:21     A spokeswoman for Saskatchewan Highways says work will begin on the much-anticipated all-weather road network in the Far North this December.   Kirsten Leatherdale says Wollaston Lake...

Study Results May Impact Timber Harvesting

Study Results May Impact Timber Harvesting Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 13:16     The Saskatchewan government will likely adopt a policy in the near future that will require all timber harvesters to make clear-cuts resemble burned-out areas from forest fires.   Results...

Red Earth Reserve Braces For Flooding

Red Earth Reserve Braces For Flooding Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 12:53     The chief and council of the Red Earth First Nation are in meetings today discussing the threat of flooding that is predicted to hit the community by the end of the week.   Saskatchewan...

MNC Pitches Proposed Solution To MNS Dispute

MNC Pitches Proposed Solution To MNS Dispute Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 12:49     The leader of the Metis National Council says he’s drafted a proposal he hopes will settle the controversy surrounding the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan.   The provincial and...

MNC Pitches Proposed Solution To MNS Dispute

MNC Pitches Proposed Solution To MNS Dispute Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 12:49     The leader of the Metis National Council says he’s drafted a proposal he hopes will settle the controversy surrounding the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan.   The provincial and...

More Delays In MNS Election Forgery Case

More Delays In MNS Election Forgery Case Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 12:46     There has been another delay in the court case of a former Metis politician accused of helping to fix the 2004 Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election.   Former MNS provincial secretary...

AFN Forges New Ties With Friendship Centres

AFN Forges New Ties With Friendship Centres Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 12:44     The Assembly of First Nations has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Association of Friendship Centres.   Both groups say the agreement is a first step in getting...

La Ronge Robbery Suspect Pleads Guilty

La Ronge Robbery Suspect Pleads Guilty Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 13:35     The man charged in connection with an armed robbery at the credit union in La Ronge last month entered a guilty plea in court yesterday.   22-year-old Darryl Joe Cook of La Ronge was arrested...

Standoff Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder

Standoff Suspect Charged With Attempted Murder Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 13:34     A 44-year-old Saskatoon man with ties to Ile-a-la-Crosse is facing charges of armed robbery and attempted murder following the standoff in the northern village this past weekend.   The...

MP Slams Delay Of Fast-Track Survivor Payments

MP Slams Delay Of Fast-Track Survivor Payments Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 13:31     Northern Saskatchewan’s Member of Parliament says the Conservative government is making up excuses not to make fast-track payments to the sick and elderly survivors of...