Wollaston Ice Road Contractor Reports Progress

Wollaston Ice Road Contractor Reports Progress Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 13:28     A contractor from Wollaston Lake is satisfied with how work on a nearby ice road is coming along.   Ed Benoanie says it will be a while yet before the opening of a seasonal road...

Familiar Face Back In Charge At Waterhen Lake

Familiar Face Back In Charge At Waterhen Lake Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 13:39     A former chief of the Waterhen Lake First Nation has been returned to power.   Yesterday, voters at the band elected Richard Fiddler as chief, giving him a two-year term.   Fiddler...

Crown Drops Drug Charges Against La Ronge Man

Crown Drops Drug Charges Against La Ronge Man Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 13:34     One of two brothers in La Ronge charged with drug offences this past June has had his charges withdrawn.   50-year-old Randy Studer got the news during a court appearance in...

Native Woman Mourns Death Of Homeless Uncle

Native Woman Mourns Death Of Homeless Uncle Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 13:33     An Aboriginal woman from Saskatchewan hopes the recent freezing death of her uncle in Calgary helps spur the resurrection of a men’s shelter in Prince Albert.   Shelley...

New Dam Causing Flooding Near Beauval

New Dam Causing Flooding Near Beauval Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 13:31     The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority says it is aware of the flooding that’s being caused by a dam in the Beauval area.   Spokesman Don Dill says northerners need to use extreme...

Cumberland Delta Ice Conditions Hurting Land Users

Cumberland Delta Ice Conditions Hurting Land Users Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 13:29     A Cumberland House fisher and trapper says he has never seen the ice on area lakes and rivers this unstable this late into December.   John Carriere says, in a normal year, he...