Police Recruitment Fund Comes To An End

by | Feb 26, 2013

After four years, a police officer recruitment fund has come to and end. The program was funded by the federal government and had a budget of $400 million. Its goal was to hire 2,500 more police officers across Canada. The Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers is...

STARS Air Ambulance Starts Night Missions Out Of Saskatoon

by | Feb 26, 2013

The STARS air ambulance service began running night missions out of its Saskatoon base today. STARS had been previously operating 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. out of the city but this will now be bumped up to around the clock service. Kelly Brossart, an official with STARS, says...

Beatty Steps Down As Ice Wolves Coach

by | Feb 26, 2013

After nine years, the Bob Beatty era has come to an end with the La Ronge Ice Wolves. Just days after the Junior A hockey club was eliminated from playoff contention for the first time in four years, Beatty is stepping down as head coach and director of hockey...

Prime Minister Appoints New Aboriginal Affairs Minister

by | Feb 22, 2013

There’s a new Aboriginal Affairs minister in Ottawa and the Indigenous leadership in Saskatchewan is eager to get to work on pressing issues with him. Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed veteran New Brunswick MP Bernard Valcourt to his new portfolio this morning...

Meeting On Proposed Nuclear Waste Storage Site Held In PA

by | Feb 22, 2013

Concerns and comments about a proposed storage facility for nuclear waste in northern Saskatchewan were raised today at a meeting in Prince Albert. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and Nuclear Waste Management Organization hosted the information session...

BATC Happy To Meet With Prime Minister

by | Feb 22, 2013

Several Saskatchewan Aboriginal leaders met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Saskatoon on Thursday. One of those leaders was Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Executive Director Neil Sasakamoose. He says Harper and his aides want to know how to make First Nations...

Prime Minister Meets With First Nations Leaders In Saskatoon

by | Feb 22, 2013

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Saskatoon for a number of functions yesterday and one of them was an economic consultation with a group of First Nations leaders. The Prime Minister met with Acting SIIT President Ray Ahenakew, Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs...

Police Ask For Public’s Help In Locating Missing Regina Man

by | Feb 22, 2013

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating an Aboriginal Regina man who has not been seen since June of last year. Fred Kakakaway was last seen around 6 a.m. on June 14th in the 900-block area of Robinson Street. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a...