Fond du Lac RCMP officer subject of internal investigation

Fond du Lac RCMP officer subject of internal investigation

by | Oct 14, 2015

Saskatchewan’s RCMP is moving ahead with an internal investigation of one of its own officers. The RCMP suspended Constable Aiden Pratchett the day after investigators seized his devices in the northern community of Fond du Lac in October of 2014, as part of a child...

Saskatchewan Sergeant at Arms appalled at public urinators

by | Oct 14, 2015

Saskatchewan’s Sergeant at Arms has lost his patience with public urinators using the legislative building as a place to relieve themselves. For three or four years now, party buses have been pulling up to the legislative building and letting passengers off who then...

Research follows the money trail

by | Oct 14, 2015

The CD Howe Institute says nearly two-thirds of the money generated by on-reserve economic activity in Ontario is being spent on band administration. Senior policy analyst, Benjamin Dachis, says whether that is too high is not for the institute to judge, but he says...
Jury finds Kinistin Saulteaux-area man guilty of murder

Jury finds Kinistin Saulteaux-area man guilty of murder

by | Oct 13, 2015

A twelve-person jury has found a Kinistin-Saulteaux area man guilty of second-degree murder. Last week, the Melfort Court of Queen’s Bench trial for Jordan Thomas Lumberjack came to a close. He was accused of stabbing his cousin Lance Severight to death in...

What First Nations voters need to know

by | Oct 13, 2015

You do not need photo ID to vote on October 19. With reports of confusion over identification requirements at advance polls in Saskatoon, Elections Canada is clearing things up. ID requirements are in fact different this year than previous years, Elections Canada...

Former PAGC Athabasca vice-chief seeking return to office

by | Oct 13, 2015

A former Prince Albert Grand Council vice-chief is looking to regain a spot in office. In 2012, Fond du Lac’s Don Deranger had been Athabasca vice-chief for nine years (four terms) before he was defeated by Joseph “Smy” Tsannie of Hatchet Lake in the...

Sinclair to speak at Saskatoon national justice conference

by | Oct 13, 2015

Photo courtesy umanitoba.ca A national justice conference that gets underway in Saskatoon on Wednesday will discuss the role justice plays in the lives of aboriginal people. The “Aboriginal Peoples and Law: We Are All Here To Stay” conference is a response to the...
Green light expected for mine cleanup near Uranium City

Green light expected for mine cleanup near Uranium City

by | Oct 13, 2015

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is expected to hand down its ruling in a few weeks on phase two of a northern Saskatchewan uranium mine cleanup. The Gunnar Mine near Uranium City shut down more than 50 years ago, but it will be another nine years before the...

Transport Canada investigating Prince Albert plane crash

by | Oct 13, 2015

Transport Canada is looking into the cause of a small aircraft’s plight shortly after takeoff from Prince Albert’s airport. A 40-year-old man and his daughter, 13, were not hurt when the single-engine airplane the man was piloting went down shortly after...