Meadow Lake Sawmill Shutting Down

Meadow Lake Sawmill Shutting Down Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:08     NorSask Forest Products in Meadow Lake is shutting down its sawmill indefinitely, starting this Sunday.   Forty people will be out of work as a result of that decision.   However, 22 employees will...

Trial Ordered For Ballantyne Murder Suspects

Trial Ordered For Ballantyne Murder Suspects Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:05     Two men accused of killing another man in Pelican Narrows almost a year ago have been committed to stand trial.   The decision was made last month after a judge in Prince Albert reviewed...

Merchant Handed Two-Week Suspension

Merchant Handed Two-Week Suspension Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:03     A Regina lawyer whose firm has pursued class-action lawsuits on behalf of Indian residential school survivors is being temporarily suspended from practising law.   The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal...

Aboriginal Students Showcase Science Projects

Aboriginal Students Showcase Science Projects Friday, March 13, 2009 at 14:01     Traditional knowledge and science are taking centre stage at the two-day First Nations and Metis Science Fair at the First Nations University of Canada this week.   More than 120...

Dagenais Found Guilty On All Counts

Dagenais Found Guilty On All Counts Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 16:12     There were cheers in a Saskatoon courtroom today as a man was found guilty of murdering two Mounties.   Curt Dagenais admitted during his three-week trial that he shot RCMP constables Marc...

Okanese Shooting Suspect To Stay Behind Bars

Okanese Shooting Suspect To Stay Behind Bars Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 15:56     The man charged in connection to the recent violence on the Okanese First Nation made his first court appearance today.   42-year-old Murray Alvin Stonechild was arrested following a...