Aboriginal Smoking Rates Addressed At Symposium

Aboriginal Smoking Rates Addressed At Symposium Monday, October 25, 2010 at 23:25     A researcher says there is a strange contradiction in the statistics among Aboriginal people who smoke.   Dr. Chad Nilson says Saskatchewan has the highest rate of smoking in the...

Woman Killed In Rollover South Of La Ronge

Woman Killed In Rollover South Of La Ronge Monday, October 25, 2010 at 23:21     One person is dead and four injured following a single-vehicle rollover south of La Ronge over the weekend.   The incident on Highway 165, 33 kilometres west of Highway 2, was reported...

Band Wins Allies In Fight For Recognition

Band Wins Allies In Fight For Recognition Monday, October 25, 2010 at 14:55     A group of people from the Cumberland House area have received support in their attempts at being recognized as the John Cochrane First Nation.   Chief John Dorion says the Indigenous...

PAGC Fall Assembly Underway

PAGC Fall Assembly Underway Monday, October 25, 2010 at 14:45     An election for vice-chief highlights this year’s fall assembly at the Prince Albert Grand Council.   Chiefs from the 12 First Nations within the PAGC are meeting today and tomorrow to discuss a...

SRC Praised For Consultation Work In Far North

SRC Praised For Consultation Work In Far North Monday, October 25, 2010 at 14:42     The Saskatchewan Research Council is being applauded for the way it is consulting residents about a mine cleanup in the province’s far north.   Diane McDonald, a spokeswoman for...

Women of the Dawn First Nations Awards

Women of the Dawn First Nations Awards Friday, October 22, 2010 at 16:19     More than a dozen awards were handed out last night at the Women of the Dawn First Nations Awards.   A man who lost all three of his children in a car accident nearly 15 years ago and uses...