PA Mill Safety Record Below Company Standards

PA Mill Safety Record Below Company Standards Friday, February 10, 2006 at 15:10     A spokesman for Weyerhaeuser says the company’s safety record is showing improvement at the Prince Albert Pulp and Paper Mill.   Wayne Roznowsky says the past six weeks have been...

SGI Will Distribute Rebate Cheques In The Spring

SGI Will Distribute Rebate Cheques In The Spring Friday, February 10, 2006 at 15:09     Snowmobile and trailer owners in the North will receive rebate cheques from Saskatchewan Government Insurance in the spring.   Minister Glen Hagel says the rebate cheques are good...

La Loche Youth Accused Of Phoning In Bomb Threat

La Loche Youth Accused Of Phoning In Bomb Threat Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 14:50     A La Loche youth is making a court appearance in his community today after allegedly calling in a bomb threat to a local high school earlier this week.   The RCMP say the bomb...

No End In Sight To Judicial Recount

No End In Sight To Judicial Recount Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 14:43     The second day of ballot counting in the judicial recount for Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River is well underway at Court of Queen’s Bench in Prince Albert.   Approximately two dozen...

Open Pit Closed Following Mishap At Uranium Mine

Open Pit Closed Following Mishap At Uranium Mine Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 14:36     A truck driver is still in hospital following an accident at the McClean Lake mine site last week.   AREVA spokesman Alun Richards says two 50-tonne trucks owned by Snake Lake...

Governments Ready To Supply Aid To Far North

Governments Ready To Supply Aid To Far North Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 14:34     The federal and provincial governments have measures in place in case the situation worsens in Saskatchewan’s Far North.   The communities in the Athabasca Basin have been...

Wollaston Ice Road Still A Few Weeks Away

Wollaston Ice Road Still A Few Weeks Away Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 14:31     A Department of Highways official says it will likely be the last week of February before light vehicles can use an ice road to Wollaston Lake.   But Kirsten Leatherdale says it’s...

On-Reserve Traffic Law Enforcement Under Scrutiny

On-Reserve Traffic Law Enforcement Under Scrutiny Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 13:52     An RCMP spokesman says a unique court ruling regarding traffic violations on reserves hasn’t changed the way the Mounties enforce the law.   Last year, a judge in La Ronge...

APTN Ratings See Substantial Increase

APTN Ratings See Substantial Increase Thursday, February 09, 2006 at 13:51     Officials with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network say there’s been a significant increase in people who are watching its programming.   A viewer tracking firm says APTN’s...

Northern Vote Recount Underway

Northern Vote Recount Underway Wednesday, February 08, 2006 at 14:58     A judicial recount for a federal riding in northern Saskatchewan is now underway in a Prince Albert courthouse.   Supporters of the Conservatives’ Jeremy Harrison convinced a Court of...