Muskeg Lake Ramping Up Business Activity

Muskeg Lake Ramping Up Business Activity Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 15:09     The Muskeg Lake Cree Nation has a couple of economic ventures on the go.   The band has purchased a gas station on Saskatoon’s west side to complement the station it runs on its...

Event Showcases Distinctiveness Of FNUC Programs

Event Showcases Distinctiveness Of FNUC Programs Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 15:06     The faculty of the First Nations University in Regina are showcasing their programs and departments today at a mini-conference.   The school wants people to discover the...

Ice Road Fatality Renews Push For All-Weather Road

Ice Road Fatality Renews Push For All-Weather Road Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 15:45     A Hatchet Lake band councillor says a recent tragedy at Wollaston Lake is going to spur the community into action.   Ed Benoanie says the community is devastated at...

Woman Found Dead On Northern Highway

Woman Found Dead On Northern Highway Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 15:39     The RCMP are looking for the public’s help in identifying a woman found dead on a highway near Big River yesterday morning.   The woman was found on Highway 942, about 28 kilmetres north...

Taser Not An Option In Montgrand Shooting: Officer

Taser Not An Option In Montgrand Shooting: Officer Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 15:33     Questions about why police officers didn’t use a taser instead of shooting a La Loche woman in a Prince Albert home two years ago are being raised at an inquest in Prince...

Woman Found Dead at Wollaston Lake

Woman Found Dead at Wollaston Lake Monday, April 12, 2010 at 14:36     RCMP are confirming a woman has been found dead at Wollaston Lake.   Sgt. James Welter says the RCMP received a call early this morning that a woman had left for Points North but did not return as...

Inquest Begins into Shooting Death of Woman

Inquest Begins into Shooting Death of Woman Monday, April 12, 2010 at 14:34     Testimony has begun at the inquest into the death of a northern woman.   Court heard today from Constable Kevin Keith.   He was one of 4 officers to attend to a house in Prince Albert...

Arrests Made in Prince Albert Murder

Arrests Made in Prince Albert Murder Monday, April 12, 2010 at 14:31     Arrests have been made in connection to a murder in Prince Albert.   On Saturday, the combined special forces unit of the Prince Albert police service and the RCMP helped nab 3 suspects on the...

Clearwater River Eyed for Oil Project

Clearwater River Eyed for Oil Project Monday, April 12, 2010 at 14:29     The Clearwater River in northern Saskatchewan is being eyed as a possible water source for an Alberta oil sands project.   That has environmentalists up in arms – saying the Clearwater...

Grandmothers Plead for FNUC

Grandmothers Plead for FNUC Friday, April 09, 2010 at 14:19     A group of women elders met with Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco yesterday to plead the case of the First Nations University of Canada.   The Intercultural Grandmothers Uniting network wanted to let him know...