Contract Ratified At Cameco Northern Saskatchewan Operations

by | Oct 7, 2014

Workers at Cameco’s McArthur River mine nad Key Lake mill in Northern Saskatchewan have ratified a new four year contract. It expires at the end of 2017 and provides a 12% wage increase over the life of the contract. Work at the two mines actually resumed in mid...

Yellow Quill Man Dies In Single Vehicle Rollover Near Tisdale

by | Oct 6, 2014

A 65-year-old man from the Yellow Quill First Nation is dead following a single vehicle rollover just south of Tisdale. RCMP say a truck was found overturned in the ditch on Highway 35 at around 8 a.m. today. Charlie Machiskinic was declared dead at the scene....

Jury Selected At LaChance Inquest

by | Oct 6, 2014

The jury has been selected at the inquest into the death of Dylan LaChance. The 16-year-old LaChance, of the Big River First Nation, passed away while he was at the Prince Albert Youth Residence in September of last year. LaChance was found in medical distress at the...

One Killed In Duck Lake Weekend Highway Collision

by | Oct 6, 2014

It’s not known if charges will be laid following a two-vehicle collision which took the life of a 75-year-old woman near Duck Lake on Saturday afternoon. The crash on Highway 11 was reported around 5:30 p.m. The RCMP says a southbound car collided with another vehicle...

Report Studies Economic Leakage In First Nations Communities

by | Oct 6, 2014

First Nations across the country need to develop plans to keep local money at home and prevent economic leakage to nearby communities, says a recent study. The study was done by Vancouver-based accounting firma Myers Norris Penny for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne in...