Concerns Raised Over Uranium Deal

Concerns are being raised over a proposed new deal between the village of Pinehouse and two uranium-mining companies. The deal would see Cameco and AREVA both giving jobs, benefits as well as payments to the village of Pinehouse. According to the proposal this is...

Ceremony Planned To Honour Fallen Warriors

The chief of a band that’s fighting for recognition from the Federal government says he wants young people to know more about their history. Chief Ben Weenie of the Young Chippewayan First Nation says he hopes many youth attend today’s ceremony on the...

Province To Accept Generic Form Of Oxycontin

Saskatchewan’s health minister doesn’t like it, but says the province will live with a federal decision to allow generic versions of the drug oxycontin on the market. Health minister Dustin Duncan says unless the generic version of the highly addictive...

MP Defends New Accountability Act

The Harper government is invoking closure to speed passage of a new law that sets out public disclosure rules for elected First Nations representatives. Greg Rickford is the parliamentary secretary to the Aboriginal Affairs minister. He says the law simply puts first...

YWCA Leader Says Inquiry Long Overdue

The head of YWCA Canada says she’s not sure why an inquiry into the plight of missing and murdered aboriginal women hasn’t happened already. Paulette Senior is calling on the Federal government to fulfill a promise she says it made in June of 2011 to...

Northern Leaders Brainstorm Strategy At Conference

The 2012 Northern Economic Development Summit wraps up today at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre. The event is a follow-up to a similar summit held last year, and many of the projects brought up then are again being discussed. Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief...

Traffic On Diefenbaker Bridge To Return To Normal

The city of Prince Albert is preparing to re-open regular traffic on the Diefenbaker Bridge. City manager Robert Cotterill says starting Monday they will go from two lanes to three or four. He says they will begin by jacking the bridge into its original position and...

Grassroots Targeted In Literacy Campaign

Seven Saskatchewan communities are set to receive $482,000 dollars from the provincial government in an effort to boost literacy across the province. Some of the groups receiving the money include the Cote First Nation, the First Nations University of Canada, Makwa...

Residents Tackle Crime In Cumberland House

A neighborhood watch program on the Cumberland House First Nation is taking a bite out of crime. Since it began a year and a half ago, organizers of the safety measure, say crime on the reserve has dropped by 30%. Justice worker Maggie Fiddler says each street has...

Province Denies FSIN Request For Pasture-Land

Provincial agriculture minister Lyle Stewart is firm in his decision to turn over community pasture-land to ranchers. The land is currently owned by the federal government but is being turned over to the province beginning in 2014. The FSIN wants to acquire the land...