Métis Author Given Award For Arts And Literature

by | May 22, 2014

Métis author Shelly Ann Wieringa’s life reads like a book and that’s because she’s put her life story in a book. Her first book, I Never Lied: A True Story About Survival, is the recipient of the 2014 Esquao Award for Arts and Literature. The award recognizes the...

Chief Not Worried About Millenium Project Delay

by | May 20, 2014

The chief of the English River First Nation in Northern Saskatchewan will be meeting with Cameco officials this week, but she is not overly concerned about the company s decision to put a major project on hold. Citing world market conditions, Cameco has withdrawn its...

Nothern Man Pleads Guilty To Fisheries Act Charges

by | May 20, 2014

A man from northwestern Saskatchewan man has been fined $19,360 for the illegal sale of fish. Leon Morin pleaded guilty in Buffalo Narrows Provincial Court last week to four charges under the Saskatchewan Fisheries Act and Regulations. Environment Ministry...

Crash Claims Lives Of Gordon Reserve Residents, Sandy Bay Man

by | May 18, 2014

RCMP say charges are pending following a collision on a grid road just south of Punnichy Saturday afternoon that killed three people. According to police, all three victims were in a pickup truck that rear-ended a road grader travelling in the same direction. Two...

Key First Nation Chief Resigns

by | May 17, 2014

The chief of the Key First Nation has resigned following a guilty plea to a drug trafficking charge. Band rules gave sixty-one-year-old Clarence Papequash no option other than to step down but he will be eligible to run in future elections. Papequash’s guilty plea was...

Key First Nation Chief Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charge

by | May 15, 2014

The chief of the Key First Nation has pleaded guilty to one count of drug trafficking. Sixty-one-year-old Clarence Papequash entered the guilty plea Thursday on the first day of his trial. Sentencing is scheduled for July 4 in Regina. Papequash is among 20 people...