Two Men Die in Lac La Ronge Boating Accident

Two Men Die in Lac La Ronge Boating Accident Monday, June 23, 2003 at 12:44       Two Saskatoon men are dead after a weekend boating accident on Lac La Ronge.   RCMP spokesperson Heather Russell says the bodies of 36 year old Shaun Ashmead and 50 year old Raye Low...

PA Youth Wins RCMP Aboriginal Logo Contest

PA Youth Wins RCMP Aboriginal Logo Contest Monday, June 23, 2003 at 12:41       A Prince Albert youth has been named the winner of an RCMP Aboriginal Policing Service logo contest.   13 year old Meagan Ferris was one of hundreds of students to send in their artwork...

Thunderchild Protest Continues

Thunderchild Protest Continues Monday, June 23, 2003 at 12:27       Protestors continue to occupy the administration office on the Thunderchild First Nation in west central Saskatchewan.   The dispute began last week and centers around an apparent lack of...

Onion Lake TLE Signing

Onion Lake TLE Signing Monday, June 23, 2003 at 12:27       Federal Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault is in our province today.   Nault will be signing over a parcel of land that will officially increase the size of the Onion Lake First Nation to three times its...

Protestors Occupying Thunderchild Band Office

Protestors Occupying Thunderchild Band Office Monday, June 23, 2003 at 11:08       About 12 people are occupying the band office in a protest at the Thunderchild First Nation in west central Saskatchewan.   One of the band members supporting the protest is Margaret...

Laliberte: Lack of First Nations History at Park

Laliberte: Lack of First Nations History at Park Monday, June 23, 2003 at 09:43       The Prince Albert National Park is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. But one member of Parliament isn’t satisfied with the park’s interpretive story of how it...

PA Police Recruit First Nations Members

PA Police Recruit First Nations Members Monday, June 23, 2003 at 09:38       A lack of funds appears to be the main stumbling block in recruiting more First Nations people into the Prince Albert police service.   Dale McFee is the man currently in charge of the force,...

Fire Burning Near Candle Lake

Fire Burning Near Candle Lake Monday, June 23, 2003 at 09:35       The Pasture fire continues to burn out of control just eight miles away from Candle Lake.   Fueled by strong winds the blaze, which was reported at one thousand hectares in size Friday morning, has now...

Province Gets Say on Fate of Northern Uranium Mine

Province Gets Say on Fate of Northern Uranium Mine Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at 21:27       The provincial government and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have been granted intervenor status in the appeal of a court ruling involving the McClean Lake uranium mine.   A...

Government Questioned About Northern Civil Service

Government Questioned About Northern Civil Service Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at 21:22       The provincial government denies it is trying to move civil servants from the North to centres in southern Saskatchewan.   A La Ronge man who has worked 20 years in the civil...