Convicted First Nations chief wins re-election

Duane Antoine, who recently pleaded guilty to theft charges relating to band money, has been re-elected chief of the Poundmaker Cree First Nation.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Rabbit Lake death not linked to mining

RCMP say a man’s death in northern Saskatchewan, at a mine site, was a suicide.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Immigration office in Regina to close, minister says

Citizenship and Immigration Canada is closing its Regina office, leaving the province with only one centre in Saskatoon.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Is Canada suffering from ‘Dutch disease’?

Opposition leader Tom Mulcair says Canada has been hit by the so-called ‘Dutch disease,’ which holds that increasing oil exports artificially inflate the dollar and harm manufacturing. But not all agree with his assessment.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Longboarders not cool with Regina restrictions

Saskatoon is OK with longboarders on some streets, but Regina still limits them to skate parks, Kent Morrison reports.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Disease-resistant elms aim of Canadian research

Scientists at the University of Guelph are cloning elm trees they believe are resistant to Dutch elm disease, a fungus that has devastated the North American elm tree population.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Seeding progress ahead of average in Sask.
Spring seeding in Saskatchewan is well underway and making better than average progress.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Another Regina mayor hopeful joins race

Charles Wiebe, a 37-year-old man who says he wants City Hall to be more inclusive, is planning on running for mayor of Regina. There are currently five other people saying they will run.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Police unable to stop man jumping from Saskatoon bridge

Police in Saskatoon say they tried to prevent a man from jumping off the Broadway Bridge, but he fell to his death Friday morning.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Canpotex plans potash shipments to Burma

Saskatchewan potash marketer Canpotex Ltd. says it’s planning to make its first shipment to Burma.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Dam deal with 2 First Nations closer to conclusion
Two Saskatchewan First Nations will receive tens of millions of dollars to settle a flooding dispute with the government that goes back decades.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
50 years on, murder of Saskatoon nurse remains unsolved

Family members of the Saskatoon nurse murdered 50 years ago say the tears of her loss remain vivid, but so do the happy memories of her life.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Medical college controversy continues at U of S

Divisions remain within the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan after months of controversy involving a restructuring plan.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Provincial parks open for camping season

The 2012 summer camping season at Saskatchewan’s provincial parks includes a new experience for some: booking a spot using an online reservation system.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
Midair crash victims were flying to fishing camp

Eric and Joy Jackson, the Regina couple who died in a midair collision Saturday, were headed to a fishing camp they owned in Saskatchewan’s north, friends say.
Source: CBC | Saskatchewan News |
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