Province Defends Forest Fire Fighting Policy

Province Defends Forest Fire Fighting Policy Monday, June 26, 2006 at 15:21     A Saskatchewan Environment official says the department is not second-guessing a two-year-old policy for fighting forest fires in the wake of the evacuations in Stony Rapids.   Over 170...

Boy Drowns In Pelican Narrows

Boy Drowns In Pelican Narrows Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:38     There has been another drowning in northern Saskatchewan, and once again, the victim was a child.   The RCMP say it appears a 12-year-old boy drowned on the lake in Pelican Narrows over the weekend.   A...

Island Lake Under Third Party Management

Island Lake Under Third Party Management Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:37     An official with Indian Affairs says the department is taking steps to improve the financial outlook at the Island Lake First Nation.   Noreen Kotowich says the band has been moved into third...

Wollaston Fishers Not Worried About Diesel Spill

Wollaston Fishers Not Worried About Diesel Spill Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:35     A spokesman for the fishers’ co-op in Wollaston Lake says he doesn’t expect a recent diesel spill there will hurt fish stocks.   Ed Benoanie says most traces of the fuel...

Exploration Firm Interested In Key Lake Area

Exploration Firm Interested In Key Lake Area Monday, June 26, 2006 at 12:33     The next few years could be busy ones for a West Coast mining company looking for uranium near Key Lake.   Forum Development recently announced it has begun searching two main plots of...

PBCN Chief Gives Update On Band Affairs

PBCN Chief Gives Update On Band Affairs Friday, June 23, 2006 at 15:06     The chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation says an audit of the band’s finances is now complete.   However, Harold Linklater says he still doesn’t know how millions of dollars of...