by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Head Claims Third Term in Shoal Lake Election Friday, May 20, 2005 at 12:38 Marcel Head has been re-elected leader of the Shoal Lake Cree Nation. The incumbent Chief defeated four other candidates to lay claim to another three-year term. Theresa Whitecap will...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Cheechum Anticipates Cooperation from Oil Company Friday, May 20, 2005 at 12:36 The chief of the Clearwater River Dene Nation says he’s optimistic his band will get a fair shake from an Alberta-based oil company. Roy Cheechum says a recent meeting with...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Road Block Forces Postponement in PBCN By-election Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 13:16 A by-election planned in Sandy Bay today (Thursday) has been postponed. The Chief electoral officer for the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation says a road-block prevented him and others...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
MP Harrison Claims Post Office Closures on Horizon Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 13:13 According to Missinipi Desnethe Churchill River MP Jeremy Harrison, Canada Post is preparing to close 15 post offices in the northern Saskatchewan riding. Harrison is accusing...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Lawyer Investigating Possible PBCN Misspending Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 15:08 Talks are underway between officials with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation and some of its trustees over the emptying of a multi-million dollar trust account. MBC news has learned...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Triple Homicide Suspect to Undergo Assessment Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 15:02 A psychiatric assessment has been ordered for the 18 year-old youth accused of three murders on the Montreal Lake Cree Nation. Yesterday (Tuesday) a provincial court judge ordered the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Two Men Injured in Northern Mine Site Mishap Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 14:49 Two workers from the Cigar Lake mine are recovering in hospital today (Thursday), after a serious accident at the mine site Monday evening. Cameco spokesman Lyle Krahn (crawn) says two...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Metis Area Director Not in Favor of MNS Protest Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 14:47 The director of an eastern Métis-area in the province says she’s uncomfortable with recent comments made by disputed Metis Nation provincial president Dwayne Roth. Helen...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Queen Begins Centennial Visit with First Nations Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 14:03 The President of the First Nations University of Canada says he was honoured the Queen and Prince Philip made the school their first stop of their nine-day tour of Saskatchewan and...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Elder Calls on Communities to Support Inmates Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 23:02 An elder at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre says Dene inmates at the facility could use more support. Terence Montgrand has worked at the centre for approximately eighteen months...
