Snowmobilers Found Dead Near Stanley Mission

Snowmobilers Found Dead Near Stanley Mission Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 22:00     RCMP say two stranded snowmobilers succumbed to the elements near Stanley Mission last night.   According to police, a 48-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man left Grandmother’s...

Assault Nets Mosquito Man Federal Prison Sentence

Assault Nets Mosquito Man Federal Prison Sentence Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 15:24     A man was sentenced today in North Battleford Provincial Court to two-and-a-half years in jail for a violent assault on his common law wife on the Mosquito First Nation on December...

SaskPower Tells Northerners To “Bear With Us”

SaskPower Tells Northerners To “Bear With Us” Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 14:38     SaskPower officials are asking residents of northeast Saskatchewan to be patient with them, following a prolonged power outage in the region yesterday.   Communities north...

By-Election Advance Poll Turnout Relatively Low

By-Election Advance Poll Turnout Relatively Low Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 14:32     Despite a modest turnout at advance by-election polls in the Desnethe-Missinipi-Churchill River riding, Elections Canada says there is no indication that will continue through to the...

PBCN Chief Glad To Be Rid Of Third Party Status

PBCN Chief Glad To Be Rid Of Third Party Status Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 14:30     The chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is excited about the economic future of his band.   Darrell McCallum says he’s already met with banks to discuss the news his...

Province’s Northeast Hit By Prolonged Blackout

Province’s Northeast Hit By Prolonged Blackout Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 15:34     SaskPower crews were forced to use snow buggies to reach the source of a prolonged power outage in northeast Saskatchewan.   Communities from Hall Lake to Southend were without...