by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
FSIN Says Treaty Commissioner’s Office Not Closing Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:27 The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says he wants the office of the treaty commissioner to be moved on to a reserve. Lawrence Joseph has also...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Teen Suspect In Manslaughter Case Still In Custody Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:21 A teenage boy implicated in the death of a 23-year-old man from the Big Island Lake Cree Nation made his first court appearance yesterday. The 16-year-old suspect has been charged...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Acid Rain Hurting Two Northern Watersheds Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:19 Northern Saskatchewan’s Churchill River system is feeling the pinch of industrial oilsands development — according to an official with the provincial government. Dr. Terry...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
New Funding For Oil Sands Job Placement Project Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:14 The federal and provincial governments are renewing funding for an initiative that has been linking northerners to job opportunities in Alberta’s oil sands over the last two...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Province Capping VLT Numbers In Wake Of Study Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:09 The provincial government says it will not approve any new casino sites and it won’t increase the cap on VLTs. The province is responding to the results of a new study it...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Flying Dust Re-Thinking Band Policy After Fire Friday, March 16, 2007 at 14:06 An official with the Flying Dust First Nation says the band may institute new user fees as a result of a recent fire started by young children. On March 7th, fire broke out at a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Teen Charged In Fatal Beating At Big Island Lake Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 15:12 A 16-year-old boy from the Big Island Lake Cree Nation is facing a charge of manslaughter in the death of a band member on the reserve over the weekend. The RCMP say the youth is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Staff At Treaty Commissioner’s Office Laid Off Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 15:09 The future of Saskatchewan’s Office of the Treaty Commissioner is in doubt. According to a report in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, the office lease won’t be renewed...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
SaskParty MLA Named Honourary Elder Of Reserve Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 15:07 A Saskatchewan First Nation has decided to make a Saskatchewan Party MLA an honourary elder. First Nations and Metis Relations critic June Draude was given the title during a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 11, 2010
Judge Urges Talks In Prisoner Transportation Case Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 15:06 Prince Albert Court of Queen’s Bench was the scene of a Charter challenge yesterday over the duty RCMP have in regards to prisoner transportation in the North. The issue...
