Chief Who Stole TLE Money Handed Prison Sentence

Chief Who Stole TLE Money Handed Prison Sentence Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 14:16     The disgraced former chief of the Saulteaux First Nation will be going to jail after all.   The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court’s sentence of house...

Watson Responds To McLeod’s Scathing Critique

Watson Responds To McLeod’s Scathing Critique Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 14:03     The chair of the First Nations University of Canada is not impressed with remarks made earlier this week by a former university professor.   In an open letter to Morley Watson,...

North To See Share Of Highway Repair Funding

North To See Share Of Highway Repair Funding Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 13:58     The provincial government has announced an additional $25 million dollars will be spent on highway repairs this year – on top of the record $345 million already budgeted.   The funding...

Lightning Continues To Cause Problems In Northeast

Lightning Continues To Cause Problems In Northeast Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 13:52     It hasn’t been a great week for utility service in Deschambault Lake and Pelican Narrows.   The northern communities were without power for five hours yesterday — a day...

Fires Not Expected To Seriously Impact Tourism

Fires Not Expected To Seriously Impact Tourism Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 13:48     It is still unknown exactly how tourism will be affected in the fire-torn region north of La Ronge.   Woodlands and Waterways Regional Development Corporation chairman Kirk Munro notes...

Northern Communities Urged To Be Fire-Ready

Northern Communities Urged To Be Fire-Ready Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 13:44     The director of the Saskatchewan Forest Centre says it would be in the best interests of northern communities to develop community wildfire protection plans.   Robin Woodward says the...