by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
U.N. Issues Its First Report On Indigenous Peoples Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 15:39 A greater commitment from countries and better access to education are being given as some of the remedies to human rights violations against Indigenous people. A report...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Bomek Could Be Out Of Jail Today Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:25 A former lawyer with a history in northern Saskatchewan is about to be released from prison. James Michael Bomek, 60, first gained notoriety in 2003, when he was convicted of nine counts of...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Accused Home Invader Shot In Meadow Lake Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:22 Police want to know who shot a man who was allegedly caught breaking into a home in Meadow Lake. Local RCMP got a call early Monday morning that a 20-year-old man was suffering from a...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Woman Accused In Hatchet Attack Released From Jail Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:18 A woman accused of attacking another woman with a hatchet in Sucker River has been released, pending a preliminary hearing this summer. Jennifer Walker, 29, was in court this...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Highway Collision Victim Was From Onion Lake: RCMP Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:17 RCMP have determined that a woman killed while walking on a Saskatchewan highway early yesterday morning was a resident of Onion Lake. But the name of the 37-year-old victim...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Judge Questions Nanatakapo’s Version Of Events Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:16 A judge has delayed his decision in the trial of a Big River man accused of shooting a rifle near some boaters on Delaronde Lake in 2008. In a hearing on the Whitefish...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Dispute Over Liquor Led To Beating, Court Told Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:10 A Battleford courtroom heard details yesterday of how a Thunderchild First Nation man was allegedly beaten to death. Ashton Martell testified during the trial of 20-year-old Brett...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Repairs For Hwy. 155 Deemed Top Priority Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:07 Hwy. 155 in northwest Saskatchewan has been labelled the highest priority by the Northern Transportation Advisory Committee. For that reason, the province says it will begin work on a...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Beauval Friendship Centre Gets Programming Money Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:06 The Dream Centre in Beauval has recieved nearly $46,000 in order to develop programming for the upcoming year. The friendship centre had asked the federal government for $50,000...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Police Seek Help In ID’ing Killed Pedestrian Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 13:39 Police in Maidstone are calling for the public’s help in identifying a woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle on a highway this morning. The First Nations woman was...