Pinehouse, Saskatchewan is a small Métis community, located about 5 hours north-west of Saskatoon. Uranium development in northern Saskatchewan has led to a secretive collaboration agreement between the uranium industry (as represented by Cameco and Areva) and the Pinehouse leadership (as represented by the Village council and Kineepik Metis Local Inc.) The corporate special interest consortium, Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), has also put pressure on Pinehouse to host nuclear radioactive waste disposal sites, for depleted uranium from nuclear reactors in eastern Canada.

Pinehouse.info has been created because of the extreme difficulties that the citizens of the Northern Village of Pinehouse have had in recent years getting access to basic information about the administration of their municipality.

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Pinehouse Village Council: Multiple breaches of the Northern Municipalities Act

Oct 04, 2017 Media releases, Pinehouse updates

Why does the Saskatchewan Government seem so indifferent to the many infractions at Pinehouse. It looks as though the Saskatchewan Party-friendly leadership in Pinehouse believes they are virtually immune from consequences.

Pinehouse (Sask.) mayor gets more than Prince Albert mayor in 2015

Apr 08, 2017 Media releases, Pinehouse updates

2015-NVP-financials More questions arise as we get a look at the 2015 audited annual financial statement for the Northern Village of Pinehouse. The one issue that certainly raises our eyebrows is the exhorbitant pay that was received by the mayor and just some of the village councillors that year (see page 27): – Mayor Mike […]

Pinehouse Village financial statement for 2014 raises even more questions

Sep 07, 2016 Pinehouse updates

The recent release of the 2014 Pinehouse Village financial statement reveals the exceedingly high remuneration received by some members of Village Council and the massive loss of over $1 million incurred by Pinehouse Business North Limited Partnership, the municipal development corporation owned by the Village.

Pinehouse Business North — Who owns it? Who controls it?

Aug 16, 2016 Pinehouse updates

As of July 1, 2012, the business development corporation owned by the Northern Village of Pinehouse was transformed. Pinehouse Business North (PBN), as most locals know it, changed its ownership and control structure. The Village Council (i.e. the community’s elected representatives) can no longer exercise any oversight or control over PBN’s daily business operations, although […]

The Curious Case of Councillor Ross

Aug 10, 2016 Pinehouse updates

Village of Pinehouse ignores Freedom of Information request about the Councillor’s unusually high pay in 2013 and 2014 On August 2, 2016, the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner issued his ninth review report of the year criticizing the North Village of Pinehouse for failing to comply with the Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection […]

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