Acid Rain Hurting Two Northern Watersheds

Acid Rain Hurting Two Northern Watersheds Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:19     Northern Saskatchewan’s Churchill River system is feeling the pinch of industrial oilsands development — according to an official with the provincial government.   Dr. Terry...

New Funding For Oil Sands Job Placement Project

New Funding For Oil Sands Job Placement Project Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:14     The federal and provincial governments are renewing funding for an initiative that has been linking northerners to job opportunities in Alberta’s oil sands over the last two...

Province Capping VLT Numbers In Wake Of Study

Province Capping VLT Numbers In Wake Of Study Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:09     The provincial government says it will not approve any new casino sites and it won’t increase the cap on VLTs.   The province is responding to the results of a new study it...

Flying Dust Re-Thinking Band Policy After Fire

Flying Dust Re-Thinking Band Policy After Fire Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:06     An official with the Flying Dust First Nation says the band may institute new user fees as a result of a recent fire started by young children.   On March 7th, fire broke out at a...

Teen Charged In Fatal Beating At Big Island Lake

Teen Charged In Fatal Beating At Big Island Lake Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 15:12     A 16-year-old boy from the Big Island Lake Cree Nation is facing a charge of manslaughter in the death of a band member on the reserve over the weekend.   The RCMP say the youth is...

Staff At Treaty Commissioner’s Office Laid Off

Staff At Treaty Commissioner’s Office Laid Off Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 15:09     The future of Saskatchewan’s Office of the Treaty Commissioner is in doubt.   According to a report in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, the office lease won’t be renewed...