2010 Northern Reading Program Has Olympic Focus

2010 Northern Reading Program Has Olympic Focus Friday, December 18, 2009 at 13:30     In the run-up to the Vancouver Olympics, northern Saskatchewan’s regional library system is encouraging northerners to exercise both their bodies and their minds.   From...

Flooded Mine Half Pumped Out: Cameco

Flooded Mine Half Pumped Out: Cameco Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:55     Cameco continues to pump water out of the Cigar Lake mine.   Company officials say about half of the total volume of water in the flooded mine has been pumped out, and they’re now down...

UDP Chair Agrees With Focus On Uranium Research

UDP Chair Agrees With Focus On Uranium Research Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:46     The chair of the Uranium Development Partnership says it makes sense to hold off on nuclear energy in Saskatchewan.   Dr. Richard Florizone headed up the group that prepared a...

New Film Promotes Business Opps In Athabasca Basin

New Film Promotes Business Opps In Athabasca Basin Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:20     Residents of Saskatchewan’s far north want to form more business partnerships to tap into the region’s potential for economic development — and to do so,...

Crash Kills Two Near Waterhen Lake

Crash Kills Two Near Waterhen Lake Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:19     An intersection near the Waterhen Lake First Nation turned deadly last night.   Two people died and four were injured during a single-vehicle accident.   The accident occurred on Hwy. 951,...

No Nuclear Power Plant For Saskatchewan: Minister

No Nuclear Power Plant For Saskatchewan: Minister Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:18     Saskatchewan has stopped short of giving a green light to a nuclear power plant, but it isn’t putting up a permanent red light either.   Energy Minister Bill Boyd says a...