by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Newspaper Slams Belanger And Beatty Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:15 A Regina newspaper’s annual report card on provincial cabinet ministers wasn’t very kind to the ministers from the North. The Regina Leader-Post ranked Buckley Belanger and Joan...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Belanger Says Bus Tour Will Lead To Policy Shifts Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:12 Saskatchewan’s Northern Affairs minister says the premier’s bus tour to the North will pay dividends for northern residents. Buckley Belanger says the premier not only...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Red Pheasant Election Under INAC Scrutiny Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:10 Appeals are being launched in the wake of the recent election on the Red Pheasant First Nation. Indian Affairs spokesman James Parker says the department is looking into allegations the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Sierra Club Weighs In On Uranium Mine Clean-up Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:07 The Sierra Club of Canada is welcoming Ottawa’s decision to help pay for the clean-up of abandoned uranium mines in Saskatchewan’s Far North. However, a policy advisor with...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Ottawa Ready To Help Clean Up Old Mine Sites Friday, June 17, 2005 at 14:02 The federal government has finally agreed to cost-share the clean-up of old uranium mine sites in the province’s North. Ottawa and the provincial government will both contribute...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
La Ronge Post Office Thief Avoids Jail Time Friday, June 17, 2005 at 13:58 A woman convicted of stealing mail from the La Ronge post office has received a suspended sentence. Earlier this week in La Ronge, 19-year-old Miranda Michelle Pappenfus was given a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Calvert Urged To Settle Dispute With MNS Friday, June 17, 2005 at 13:53 Premier Lorne Calvert was presented with a Metis sash while in Buffalo Narrows yesterday. Calvert and several cabinet ministers visited the northern village as part of his ongoing bus tour...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
PBCN Councillor Critical Of Handling Of TLE Affair Friday, June 17, 2005 at 13:51 A councillor with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation says he can’t believe how leaders with the band are treating the recent emptying of a TLE trust account. Tommy Sewap of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Battlefords Tribal Council Falling Apart Friday, June 17, 2005 at 13:46 A member of the Sweetgrass First Nation says she’s happy the band is leaving the Battlefords Tribal Council. Doreen Pooyak helped lead a protest against the BTC last year, after the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
U of S Honours Aboriginal Appointee To Senate Friday, June 17, 2005 at 13:42 A newly-appointed Senator from the Gordon First Nation is being honoured by her professional colleagues today. Lillian Dyck is the Associate Dean of the College of Graduate Studies and...
