by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Northerners To Give Input On Road Issues Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 12:09 A new northern transportation committee has been struck to advise the government on its roads strategy. Creighton mayor Bruce Fidler is the chair of the group. He says officials from the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
SIIT Sends Out Career Coaches Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 12:03 Two brightly-painted RVs will be travelling across the province, starting this August. They belong to the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT), and are called “career...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
RCMP Defend Themselves Over Death In Cells Friday, June 19, 2009 at 16:11 The commanding officer of Battlefords RCMP is defending his force, in the wake of the death of an Aboriginal woman in a detachment cell. Thirty-four-year-old Ida Pauls passed away June 11,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Lakeview Owner Making Additional Security Plans Friday, June 19, 2009 at 14:36 The owner of La Ronge’s Lakeview Apartments says he has beefed up security at the building, where three people died recently after a fire was set on an upper floor. Kelly...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Smelter Closure To Result In Hundreds Of Lost Jobs Friday, June 19, 2009 at 14:35 The copper smelter in Flin Flon is set to close, affecting employment in the neighbouring town of Creighton. A media release from HudBay Minerals, which owns the smelter, says the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Sandy Bay Flu Plan In Place Friday, June 19, 2009 at 14:31 Efforts are being made to contain the spread of the H1N1 virus in Sandy Bay. Mayor Ina Fietz-Ray says residents are pulling together to limit the effect of the virus, with a strict campaign of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Mill Could Benefit From “Black Liquor” Subsidy Friday, June 19, 2009 at 14:22 It appears a pulp mill in Meadow Lake could benefit from this week’s forestry announcement. Ottawa is using $1 billion to help pulp and paper mills that use...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Former Ice Wolf Charged With Fatal Fire Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 15:39 A La Ronge hockey player has gone from behind the boards to behind bars, for his alleged role in a fatal apartment fire. Nineteen-year-old Blake David Norman is accused of setting the blaze...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Indian Affairs Withholds Millions From FNUC Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 15:38 A spokesman for Indian Affairs confirms that some funding has been temporarily withdrawn from the First Nations University of Canada. INAC spokesman Trevor Sutter says the government is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Aboriginal Authors Receive Awards Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 15:33 Three young writers in the province are being honoured. The Dominion Institute has declared its list of winners in the 2009 Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge. A band member from the...
