by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Court Rejects Bitternose’s Appeal For New Trial Friday, May 08, 2009 at 15:35 An Aboriginal man appealing a life sentence for first-degree murder will have to stay in jail. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has dismissed Quinton Lloyd Bitternose’s...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Lingenfelter Hopes Reputation On Reserves Not Lost Friday, May 08, 2009 at 15:29 The NDP leadership candidate at the centre of a membership scandal involving two reserves hopes the incident doesn’t make First Nations voters lose trust in him — and he...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Memorial Held For Murdered P.A. Teen Friday, May 08, 2009 at 14:47 The Prince Albert Indian Metis Friendship Centre held a service this morning to remember the life of a 16-year-old girl who was found deceased in the city earlier this week. So far, police have...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Bereaved Mom Addresses Stolen Sisters Event Friday, May 08, 2009 at 14:40 A painful story of a mother’s loss was shared last night in Saskatoon at a community panel on violence against First Nations and Metis women. Sue Martin came from Ottawa to tell the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Judge In Halkett Trial Reserves Decision Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 15:54 The trial of a northern Saskatchewan woman accused of abandoning her newborn baby in a Wal-Mart washroom has wrapped up. Crown prosecutor Jennifer Claxton-Viczko says this is one of the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Senators Commission Band Election Study Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 15:45 The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples has launched a study to examine issues related to Indian Act elections. In particular, the committee will be looking at the impacts of the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Reserves Agree To Take Seatbelt Challenge Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 15:41 Eight First Nations in the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council have joined the SGI Seatbelt Challenge. The bands include the Standing Buffalo, Peepeekisis, Nekaneet, Star Blanket,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Judge At Halkett Trial Denies Defence Request Wednesday, May 06, 2009 at 14:33 A judge has ruled that a videotaped interview with the mother of the baby born in the washroom of the Prince Albert Walmart will not have to be shown at her trial, unless she takes the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Fire Near Little Red River Threatens Structures Wednesday, May 06, 2009 at 14:11 Rain, ice pellets and cooler temperatures this morning helped crews contain a forest fire near the Little Red River reserve. Provincial fire centre spokesperson Val Nicholson says...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Sakimay Chief Says Flooding Settlement Coming Wednesday, May 06, 2009 at 14:06 The chief of the Sakimay First Nation says an agreement to allow nearby lakes to flood his reserve’s land changes little. Chief Lindsay Kaye says there are 800 acres that have...
