Montreal Lake Ready To Showcase Northern Culture

Montreal Lake Ready To Showcase Northern Culture Wednesday, October 04, 2006 at 14:55     Organizers say this week’s Northern Saskatchewan Cultural Gathering is ready to go.   Organizer Roger Bird says the Montreal Lake Cree Nation submitted the winning bid to...

New Alcohol Ban Planned For Stanley Mission

New Alcohol Ban Planned For Stanley Mission Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 12:55     The RCMP have been asked by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band to enforce public disturbance bylaws in Stanley Mission until a new no-alcohol bylaw is in place.   The bylaw was recently...

Fur Prices Continue To Improve

Fur Prices Continue To Improve Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 12:53     An official in the fur industry is predicting even better returns for trappers this season.   Prices have been on an upturn for the last couple of years, but North American Fur Auctions spokesman...

Sonntag Lives To Tell About Drive On Seasonal Road

Sonntag Lives To Tell About Drive On Seasonal Road Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 12:47     A Saskatchewan cabinet minister now has a better idea of the need to bring all-weather roads to the province’s Athabasca region.   Last week, First Nations and Metis...

Native Leaders Sound Alarm Over TB Cases

Native Leaders Sound Alarm Over TB Cases Monday, October 02, 2006 at 14:49     First Nations leaders in Saskatchewan say they fear tuberculosis is making a comeback.   And they warn the disease will spike in other provinces if governments don’t address the...

Tory Caucus Hears All-Weather Road Presentation

Tory Caucus Hears All-Weather Road Presentation Monday, October 02, 2006 at 14:45     A meeting in Ottawa last week to pitch the long-awaited all-weather road network in Saskatchewan’s Far North is being called “very productive”.   Delegates from the...