Northern Forestry Company Fined For Violating Harvesting Rules

by | Jul 18, 2014

A northern forestry company has been fined more than $18,000 after pleading guilty to charges under the forest resources management act. Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp has been fined $8,000 for failing to screen its harvesting activities visually from a nearby lake. The...

Expanded Market Garden Co-op Opens On Flying Dust Reserve

by | Jul 18, 2014

A new facility to store locally grown organic vegetables opened Friday on the Flying Dust First Nation. The Riverside Market Garden began in 2009 with two acres and has since expanded to 30 acres and 18 employees. Manager-in-training Gladys Cardinal says only a...

Saskatoon To Batoche Run Honours Métis War Veterans

by | Jul 18, 2014

About 100 runners participated in an event Friday in honour of Métis war veterans. The Road to Peace and Unity run left Saskatoon Friday morning and is due to arrive at the Back to Batoche Days Festival site about 11 p.m. Friday night. The total distance traveled will...

Regina Prepares For North American Indigenous Games

by | Jul 17, 2014

Beginning on Friday, athletes, coaches and other officials will begin arriving in Regina for the 2014 North American Indigenous Games. The games officially run from July 20-27 and are expected to bring in about 5,000 people into the city. NAIG ambassador of...

Blanket Dance Held In Marlene Bird’s Honour At AFN Assembly

by | Jul 16, 2014

A blanket dance was performed in Marlene Bird’s honour this morning at the AFN annual meeting in Halifax. She is the homeless Aboriginal woman who was savagely beaten and burned in Prince Albert last month. Cheryl Maloney of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s...

Quebec First Nations Leader Chosen As Interim National Chief

by | Jul 16, 2014

The Assembly of First Nations has decided on an interim leader until a national chief is chosen in December. Quebec regional chief Ghislain Picard will fill the role vacated by former leader Shawn Atleo, who abruptly resigned in the spring. Delegates at the...

Kawacatoose Woman Killed In Weekend Crash

by | Jul 16, 2014

An autopsy has been ordered after the weekend death of a 29-year-old woman from the Kawacatoose First Nation. RCMP say at around 3 am Sunday, a pickup truck left a grid road on the reserve and hit an embankment. Three women were thrown from the vehicle and two...

Issue With Freezing Process Could Delay Production At Cigar Lake

by | Jul 16, 2014

Cameco is saying that the start of production at the Cigar Lake uranium mine could be delayed by a couple of months. The company says ground freezing at the site has not advanced as quickly as expected in some localized areas of the mine. Given that the McClean Lake...