Elections Canada Ruling Panned

Elections Canada Ruling Panned Friday, October 27, 2006 at 14:31     The Jeremy Harrison camp is not impressed with a ruling handed down by Elections Canada earlier this week.   The former northern Saskatchewan MP alleged he lost the last federal election because of...

Dates Set For Inquest Into Suspected Wolf-Killing

Dates Set For Inquest Into Suspected Wolf-Killing Friday, October 27, 2006 at 14:29     A clerk at the Chief Coroner’s office in Regina confirms an inquest into the death of an Ontario man in northern Saskatchewan will take place early next year.   The inquest...

Self-Government Linked To Drop In Suicides

Self-Government Linked To Drop In Suicides Friday, October 27, 2006 at 14:22     A study is underway to examine what appears to be a connection between Native self-government and suicides.   According to researchers at the University of British Columbia, suicide rates...

Partners Hoping To Boost Native Health Workforce

Partners Hoping To Boost Native Health Workforce Friday, October 27, 2006 at 14:18     The province’s two major universities are hoping to show northern residents there’s a lot more to the health care field than being a doctor or nurse.   Both the...

Tories’ Funding Of On-Reserve Shelters Questioned

Tories’ Funding Of On-Reserve Shelters Questioned Friday, October 27, 2006 at 14:11     A director with Indian Affairs is defending his department’s decision to award one-time funding to on-reserve women’s shelters.   This week, INAC announced it...

Mounties Identify Body Found Near La Ronge

Mounties Identify Body Found Near La Ronge Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 14:47     The RCMP have released the name of a dead teenager found near La Ronge yesterday over the lunch hour.   Sgt. Brad Kaeding says the body was that of Trent Samson Roberts, a 14-year-old...