by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Toddler Killed in House Fire on Big River Reserve Friday, January 21, 2005 at 15:32 A two-year-old girl died in a house fire on the Big River First Nation yesterday afternoon. The RCMP says when local Mounties arrived on the scene, the house had been consumed by...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Dillon Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter Friday, January 21, 2005 at 15:30 A northern Saskatchewan man has been given a ten-year prison sentence for the death of woman in Dillon two summers ago. In a plea bargain reached with Crown prosecutors, Larry...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Keewatin Yatthe Prepared to Cooperate With Review Friday, January 21, 2005 at 15:26 The Keewatin Yatthe Regional Health Authority says it welcomes an investigation into its handling of the doctors’ contracts in La Loche. The provincial health department...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
FSIN Not Willing to Negotiate Casino Smoking Issue Friday, January 21, 2005 at 15:21 The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says he won’t be cutting any deals with the NDP government requiring First Nations-run casinos to bow to...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
FSIN Offered Concessions For Smoke-Free Casinos Friday, January 21, 2005 at 15:14 Saskatchewan’s First Nations Relations Minister is clarifying comments he made earlier this week regarding the dispute over smoking in native casinos. On Tuesday, Maynard...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
La Loche Gets Lion’s Share of Homelessness Funds Friday, January 21, 2005 at 15:11 The federal government has announced funding for several initiatives aimed at fighting homelessness across the province, including three in northern Saskatchewan. In fact, a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Dore Lake Road Dispute Not Settled Yet Friday, January 21, 2005 at 15:10 A trapper in northwest Saskatchewan says he wants a meeting with the provincial highways minister as soon as possible to deal with safety concerns on the road to Dore Lake. Jonothan Fonos...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Government Investigating Keewatin Yatthe Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 13:56 Saskatchewan Health has decided to review the termination of four doctors’ contracts in La Loche, after all. The call had been made by the Saskatchewan Medical Association, which...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Sandy Bay Outpatient Centre Board On The Way Out Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 13:53 A health authority in northern Saskatchewan says it wants a new board to run things at the Sandy Bay Outpatient Centre. The Mamawetan Churchill River Regional Health Authority...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Northern Altered School Year Coming To An End Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 13:51 Officials with northern Saskatchewan’s largest school division are defending the decision to discontinue the altered school year. The three-year experiment will officially...
