Metis Leaders Gather For National Assembly

Metis Leaders Gather For National Assembly Friday, March 18, 2005 at 15:48     Metis leaders from across the country are arriving in Calgary for this weekend’s Metis National Council general assembly.   MNC President Clem Chartier expects much of the discussion...

Primrose Money Coming To Metis

Primrose Money Coming To Metis Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 16:50     There’s word the federal government, and possibly the province, are set to announce a multi-million-dollar funding package for four Metis communities in northwest Saskatchewan.   Finance...

Man Fined For Marketing Bear Gall Bladders

Man Fined For Marketing Bear Gall Bladders Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 16:48     Environment officials hope fines levied against a Saskatoon man for illegally trafficking bear gall bladders will deter others from doing the same thing.   37-year-old Pei Zhen Fan has...

SaskParty Makes All-Weather Road Commitment

SaskParty Makes All-Weather Road Commitment Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 16:46     Establishing an all-weather road network in the Far North is one of the Saskatchewan Party’s “100 new ideas” it announced earlier this week.   Residents in the region...

Elders Talking About Forming Network

Elders Talking About Forming Network Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 16:43     First Nations elders from across the province are in Saskatchewan over the next few days for a forum organized by the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre.   The main agenda item at...

Muskoday Band Members Re-Elect Chief

Muskoday Band Members Re-Elect Chief Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 16:42     Austin Bear has been re-elected as the chief of the Muskoday First Nation in a landslide.   Bear captured almost 70 per cent of the total votes cast in yesterday’s election, beating out...

Cumberland House Chief Nominees Finalized

Cumberland House Chief Nominees Finalized Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 16:03     It’s shaping up to be an intriguing election for chief in Cumberland House later this month.   Current chief Peter Laliberte is seeking re-election and will be up against two former...

La Loche Volleyball Player Honoured At Gala

La Loche Volleyball Player Honoured At Gala Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 16:00     About 400 people were on hand last night in Saskatoon to watch a northerner walk home with the 2004 Saskatchewan Young Male Athlete of the Year Award.   17-year-old Alwyn Piche of La...

Conference Tackles Fitness Levels In The North

Conference Tackles Fitness Levels In The North Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 15:54     A push by northern leaders to make their citizens more active is behind a two-day conference in Prince Albert.   Yesterday, officials with the Saskatchewan In Motion team began a...

Outfitter and Guides Plead Guilty To Charges

Outfitter and Guides Plead Guilty To Charges Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at 14:14     The owner of a hunting lodge near Cumberland House and four of his guides will be sentenced in May for helping American hunters shoot dozens of waterfowl in their area.   Outfitter...