by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
2010 Northern Reading Program Has Olympic Focus Friday, December 18, 2009 at 13:30 In the run-up to the Vancouver Olympics, northern Saskatchewan’s regional library system is encouraging northerners to exercise both their bodies and their minds. From...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Flooded Mine Half Pumped Out: Cameco Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:55 Cameco continues to pump water out of the Cigar Lake mine. Company officials say about half of the total volume of water in the flooded mine has been pumped out, and they’re now down...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
UDP Chair Agrees With Focus On Uranium Research Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:46 The chair of the Uranium Development Partnership says it makes sense to hold off on nuclear energy in Saskatchewan. Dr. Richard Florizone headed up the group that prepared a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
New Film Promotes Business Opps In Athabasca Basin Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:20 Residents of Saskatchewan’s far north want to form more business partnerships to tap into the region’s potential for economic development — and to do so,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Crash Kills Two Near Waterhen Lake Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:19 An intersection near the Waterhen Lake First Nation turned deadly last night. Two people died and four were injured during a single-vehicle accident. The accident occurred on Hwy. 951,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
No Nuclear Power Plant For Saskatchewan: Minister Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:18 Saskatchewan has stopped short of giving a green light to a nuclear power plant, but it isn’t putting up a permanent red light either. Energy Minister Bill Boyd says a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Mayor Worried Over Possible Postal Service Cuts Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:16 The mayor of La Loche says she hasn’t had it confirmed by Canada Post, but has heard secondhand that there will be some cutbacks at the post office in her community. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
First Nations Receive Literacy Funding Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:14 The community of Black Lake is one of 15 communities set to benefit under a government grant program for literacy. The First Nation’s community literacy association will receive...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
China, Russia Could Help Hike Fur Sales Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:11 A spokesman for a fur auction house says he thinks 2010 will be a better year for the industry. Jim Gibb, of Fur Harvesters Auction Incorporated, says the weather has been colder in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Saulteaux Gets Cash To Continue Work On Rec Centre Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 12:03 The next phase of construction on a recreation centre on the Saulteaux First Nation can now begin, thanks to the federal government. Today, the band received $115,000 in...
