Heavy rain causes partial washout on highway north of La Ronge

Heavy rain causes partial washout on highway north of La Ronge

by | May 8, 2017

  There are reports of water over the road on Highway 102 north of La Ronge near McLennan Lake. An eyewitness said the road was beginning to wash out late Monday afternoon and there was bare rock exposed, but the road was still passable at Kilometre 138. Steve Shaheen...
Rain, bad roads close down James Smith Cree Nation school

Rain, bad roads close down James Smith Cree Nation school

by | May 8, 2017

photo courtesy James Smith Cree Nation website Wet weather and bad roads forced the closure of the school on James Smith Cree Nation today. Chief Wally Burns says the main road that usually brings in students from the south end of the reserve was “pretty darn...
Husky Oil resumes cleanup on North Saskatchewan River

Husky Oil resumes cleanup on North Saskatchewan River

by | May 8, 2017

Wapiti Valley, Saskatchewan. Photo courtesy of Enns Kivin, Facebook. Husky Oil will resume cleanup on the North Saskatchewan River after last year’s oil spill at Maidstone that had a major impact on communities further downstream. Some of the company’s activities...
Billion dollar bubble burst for Black Lake Denesuline Nation

Billion dollar bubble burst for Black Lake Denesuline Nation

by | May 8, 2017

Photo courtesy of Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry It would have been the province’s first hydroelectric project built entirely on First Nations land, but the Tazi Twe generating station will likely be put on hold for the foreseeable future or cancelled...
INAC weighs in on Treaty 8 settlement negotiations

INAC weighs in on Treaty 8 settlement negotiations

by | May 8, 2017

Map showing the territory ceded under Treaty No. 8, and the Indian tribes therein. Department of Indian Affairs, 1900. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada confirms the feds are working to draft Treaty 8 settlement agreements with two different northern Saskatchewan...