by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Widow Pressured To Vacate House On Reserve Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 14:36 The Native Women’s Association of Canada is calling attention to the plight of a woman on the Sakimay First Nation. Gracia Bunnie lost her husband in the summer of 2004. Since...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Feds Urged To Simplify Aid For Native Businesses Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 14:29 The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples has released a new report that calls for a reduction in barriers to Aboriginal economic development. Senator Nick Sibbeston...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Testimony Finished At Kindrat Trial Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 16:56 A jury has heard all the evidence in the trial of one of the men accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Cree girl along a road near Tisdale. The Crown has rested its case against...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Commons Vote To Deal With Kelowna Accord Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 16:53 MPs are scheduled to vote this evening on a bill put forward by former prime minister Paul Martin that calls on the Tory government to implement the Kelowna Accord. So far, the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Prisoner Escapes While Attending Funeral Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 16:50 The RCMP are on the lookout for an escaped prisoner who was granted an escorted pass to a funeral earlier this week in the Punnichy district. 24-year-old Tristan Lee Raphael was in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Wild Rice Growers Discuss Crop Insurance Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 16:47 A new crop insurance scheme dominated discussion today at the annual wild rice conference in La Ronge today. Representatives of the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Program were in attendance...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Federal Budget Very Unpopular With Native Leaders Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 14:06 Yesterday’s federal budget is going over so poorly with Canada’s Native leaders, there is renewed talk of Aboriginal civil disobedience to get the government’s...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Native Teen Begins Testimony At Kindrat Trial Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 13:39 An Aboriginal teenager has begun testifying in the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting her on a country road in rural Saskatchewan six years ago. The girl, who was 12 at the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
FNUC Hires New Academic Vice-President Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 13:23 A newly-named academic at the First Nations University of Canada says Indigenous schools are beginning to question who gives them authority and how it’s determined. Dr. Shauneen Pete...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Northern Tourism Operators Up For Several Awards Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 13:12 Tourism Saskatchewan has announced the finalists for its upcoming tourism awards of excellence — and a number of them are from northern Saskatchewan. NorSask Aviation in La...
