by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Questionable NDP Memberships Cancelled Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 15:37 Provincial NDP memberships bought on behalf of members of two Saskatchewan First Nations are being cancelled immediately. This morning, the NDP announced that 1,100 memberships that may have...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Testimony Continues At Walmart Birth Trial Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 15:22 The stepfather of the woman accused of abandoning her baby in a Walmart washroom took the stand today at the suspect’s child abandonment trial in Prince Albert. Kennetch Charlette...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Beardy’s Draws Up Pandemic Isolation Plan Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 15:13 A Saskatchewan First Nation has a plan should the World Health Organization raise the H1N1 flu pandemic alert level to its highest level. The Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
FSIN Chief Says Pope’s Remarks Amount To Apology Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 15:02 The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says it is a personal choice if people want to accept the pope’s expression of sorrow for the Roman Catholic...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Trapper Convinced EU Setting Stage To Ban Fur Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 14:54 A man who has been trapping in northern Saskatchewan for over 50 years is concerned the European Union’s decision today to ban Canada’s seal imports will eventually lead to a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Trial Underway For Accused In Birth At Walmart Monday, May 04, 2009 at 15:19 WARNING: Some readers might find the following story offensive.) Witnesses have begun to take the stand in the trial of a northern Saskatchewan woman accused of abandoning her newborn...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Province To Request Fishers Be Freed From FFMC Monday, May 04, 2009 at 14:50 Northern Saskatchewan commercial fishers received some welcome news over the weekend. Two provincial cabinet ministers told delegates at the fishers’ annual meeting in Prince...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Island Lake Teen Killed In Weekend Rollover Monday, May 04, 2009 at 14:31 An 18-year-old Island Lake First Nation woman is dead following a single vehicle rollover this past weekend. Early Saturday morning, a minivan driven by a 21-year-old Onion Lake man was...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
RCMP Probing Two Deaths At Onion Lake Monday, May 04, 2009 at 14:29 The RCMP are calling a death on the Onion Lake First Nation last week “suspicious”. Details are still sketchy, but the Mounties say the body of a 36-year-old Onion Lake man was found...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Clearwater River Chief Re-Elected By Acclamation Monday, May 04, 2009 at 14:24 A long-time northern Saskatchewan First Nations chief is staying put as leader of his band. Roy Cheecham has been acclaimed as chief of the Clearwater River Dene Nation after no one...