Crash Near La Loche Claims Life

RCMP believe speed and alcohol were factors in a single-vehicle rollover last night that killed one person near La Loche. The crash on Highway 955, three kilometers north of the community, was reported shortly before 10:00 p.m. A 21-year-old male passenger in the...

FSIN Offers Help To Survivors As Deadline Nears

One final push is being made to get residential school survivors the money that may be owed to them. Tonight is the deadline to file claims for the Common Experience Payment as well as the Independent Assessment Process. Forms should be available at most band offices...

Government and Opposition Quarrel Over Internet Issue

A high-speed battle is shaping up between the critic for Sasktel and the minister responsible for the crown utility. It involves a recent move by the federal government to cancel a high-speed internet service that was providing coverage for thousands of rural...

Foster Children Included In New Census

For the first time ever Statistics Canada has counted children in foster care as part of its census. The numbers were released today and there are some surprises. Nationally, there are almost 30,000 children in foster care. In Saskatchewan the the vast majority are...

Crackdown Coming For Construction-Zone Speeders

If you speed through a highway construction zone your chances of getting are caught are now much greater. The province is giving the RCMP, 15 thousand dollars, to help cover overtime as Mounties crack down on Orange Zone speeders. Highways minister Don McMorris says...

Water-Expert Calls For Increased Monitoring Of River-System

A water-expert from Alberta says more attention needs to be paid to a river-system that partially flows through Saskatchewan. The McKenzie River-System was the subject of an environmental conference in Vancouver. At that forum a call went out for provinces to begin...