Wild Rice Crop May Yet Be Saved

Wild Rice Crop May Yet Be Saved Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 13:35     The wild rice harvest is underway in northern Saskatchewan, and the news is not all bad.   Terry Helary of Northern Lights Foods — a company owned by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band —...

Water Treatment Location Debated In La Ronge

Water Treatment Location Debated In La Ronge Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 12:59     The president of the Lac la Ronge Conservancy group says the Town of La Ronge was “wrong” to build its water treatment plant in a lakefront park.   Rob Mackenzie raised...

Conference To Explore Cemetery Preservation

Conference To Explore Cemetery Preservation Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 12:57     The first national conference on restoring Aboriginal cemeteries will be held this month in Regina.   Elmer Eashappie is coordinating the event, which is called “Restore and...

Colonial Era Trading Explored In Art Purchase

Colonial Era Trading Explored In Art Purchase Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 12:51     The MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina has received a $30,000 award to purchase six works by Saskatchewan artist Ruth Cuthand.   The works are part of Cuthand’s Trading Series....

Sgt. Darby Morin Mourned By Hundreds At Big River

Sgt. Darby Morin Mourned By Hundreds At Big River Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at 14:11     A fallen soldier is being remembered today on the Big River First Nation.   Earlier this morning, around 300 people clustered around the casket of Sgt. Darby Morin on the...

Nanatakapo Shooting Trial Resumes

Nanatakapo Shooting Trial Resumes Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at 13:32     A trial is resuming today for a Big River man accused of shooting his rifle near some boaters.   Victor Nanatakapo was charged in the spring of 2008, after some fishers on Deleronde Lake...