by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
City Council Decision Troubles Friendship Centre Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 15:40 Battlefords Indian and Metis Friendship Centre bookkeeper Laura Ruby Stade is not impressed with a decision by North Battleford city council. Council has decided not to cut tax...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Sask. Side Of Flin Flon To Qualify For New Funding Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 15:33 For years, people living on the Saskatchewan side of Flin Flon haven’t been able to get access to the same funding programs as the rest of northern Saskatchewan. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Infant Transplant Recipient Could Be Home By May Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 15:27 A Sweetgrass First Nation baby who underwent an 11-hour liver transplant operation last month could be home by the middle of next month. That’s the word from Lynne...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Northern Taxi Owners Urged to Unite Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 14:02 A long-time mayor says northern taxi operators won’t convince either level of government to increase rates paid for medical trips until they unite. Michel Village mayor Ernest Sylvestre...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Native Accountability Debated In Committee Hearing Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:58 A national Aboriginal leader and a Liberal senator debated First Nations accountability in a Senate committee hearing in Ottawa today. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Knight Liver Transplant Said To Be A Success Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:56 Everything looks good for a Muskoday man who just received a new liver, according to one of his brothers. Harvey Knight says his brother, Vernon, is still recovering from the 12-hour...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Tory MP Reacts To Poll-By-Poll Election Results Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:52 Recently-released numbers from Elections Canada indicate new northern Saskatchewan MP Rob Clarke received the lion’s share of his support from non-Aboriginal communities in his...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Liberal Riding Association Dispute Continues Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:50 A former Metis leader from northwest Saskatchewan says he doesn’t see the need to elect a new Liberal riding executive for the Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River constituency. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Youths Implicated In Josie Killing Back In Court Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:40 Prince Albert Provincial Court is the scene of a preliminary hearing this week for five youths accused of killing a Wollaston Lake youth last fall. The proceedings are slated to...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Aglukark Addresses Aboriginal Literacy Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:37 Famous Inuk singer/songwriter Susan Aglukark says literacy forums like the one in Regina this week help break down barriers so a solution can be found faster to illiteracy. Aglukark was one...
