U.N. Issues Its First Report On Indigenous Peoples

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...

Bomek Could Be Out Of Jail Today

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...

Accused Home Invader Shot In Meadow Lake

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...

Woman Accused In Hatchet Attack Released From Jail

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...

Highway Collision Victim Was From Onion Lake: RCMP

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...

Judge Questions Nanatakapo’s Version Of Events

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...

Dispute Over Liquor Led To Beating, Court Told

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...

Repairs For Hwy. 155 Deemed Top Priority

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...

Beauval Friendship Centre Gets Programming Money

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...

Police Seek Help In ID’ing Killed Pedestrian

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...