by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Boarding School Survivors Agree On Game Plan Monday, April 14, 2008 at 14:01 About 200 people met in Ile-a-la-Crosse over the weekend to discuss the latest efforts to get the community’s boarding school included in the residential school settlement...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
New MP Hopes To Educate Peers On Native Traditions Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:55 Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Rob Clarke believes his Aboriginal background will be useful on a couple of parliamentary committees he finds himself on. Clarke was...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Researcher Urges Native People To Leave Reserves Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:53 A Winnipeg-based think tank says First Nations in Canada would do well to emulate the Maori Indians of New Zealand. Joseph Quesnel, with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Lucky Man Chief Pleased With ICC Ruling Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:48 Despite a recent favourable ruling from the Indian Claims Commission, the chief of the Lucky Man First Nation says she’s not holding her breath waiting for a positive response from the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
La Loche In Talks With Oil Sands Exploration Firm Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:36 The mayor of La Loche reports good progress is being made on an exploration agreement with an Alberta-based energy company. Georgina Jolibois says the deal is a necessary first...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Record Turnout For PAGC Fine Arts Festival Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:32 More than 1,500 northern Saskatchewan students and chaperones are expected to attend a fine arts festival in Prince Albert this week. Organizer Shona Stapleton says it will be the largest...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Woman Killed After SUV Runs Into Hitchhikers Friday, April 11, 2008 at 15:14 The RCMP say charges are not expected after an SUV ran into a group of female pedestrians north of Prince Albert last night. A 20-year-old woman was killed in the mishap. The victim...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Fond du Lac Man Given Additional Time For Slaying Friday, April 11, 2008 at 15:12 A man who was just 17 years of age when he stabbed his friend to death in Fond du Lac has had his sentence nearly doubled by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. On July 22, 2006, he...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Metis Fiddle Master Named To Order Of Canada Friday, April 11, 2008 at 15:10 One of Saskatchewan’s musicians received the country’s highest honour today: the Order of Canada. John Arcand, the Master of the Metis Fiddle, and 42 other Canadians were in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Lawyer Mulling Over Potential Oilsands Lawsuit Friday, April 11, 2008 at 15:04 A lawyer in La Ronge is contemplating suing the Alberta government on behalf of Aboriginal communities in northern Saskatchewan over oilsands pollution. Harold Johnson stresses he...
