by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
La Loche Wins Reading Challenge Again Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 15:02 The community of La Loche has once again laid claim to the title of northern Saskatchewan’s reading capital. La Loche has won the Northern Reading Challenge for the second year in a row,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Demonstration Held At First Nations University Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 15:01 The Regina campus of the First Nations University of Canada was the scene of a protest yesterday. Dozens of elders, staff, faculty, students and their supporters staged a sit-in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Year of Aboriginal Women Becomes Official Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 15:00 Provincial cabinet ministers Maynard Sonntag and Joan Beatty used their presence at the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations’ winter assembly today to officially declare 2005 as the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Northern Health Regions Get Infrastructure Cash Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 14:57 The province has started releasing newly-announced federal health funding to Saskatchewan’s regional health authorities, including the three health regions in the North. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
RCMP Looking Into Death On White Bear Reserve Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:42 The RCMP are investigating the sudden death of a Manitoba man on a southern Saskatchewan reserve this past weekend. The Mounties say the body of 25-year-old Gregory Charles Inkster...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Prosecutor Satisfied With Jail Sentence Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:41 A Prince Albert lawyer says she believes justice has been served by a seven-year sentence given to a man convicted of killing a northerner with a baseball bat. Prosecutor Maryanne Friesen...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Two People Hurt In Little Red Rollover Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:35 Two people were sent to hospital over the weekend following a single vehicle rollover on the Little Red River reserve. It happened around 6:00 Saturday morning. Paramedics say the two...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
National Native Sexual Abuse Conference Underway Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:34 The Second Annual National Indigenous Sexual Abuse Conference got underway today in Edmonton. Conference coordinator Allan Beaver says last year’s gathering certainly broke...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Metis National Council Hires TV Newsman Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:31 A well-known TV news personality in Saskatoon is leaving the journalism to take a position with the Metis National Council. Robert James has been a newsman for CTV’s Saskatoon...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
P.A. Man Gets Seven Years For Killing Northerner Friday, February 18, 2005 at 14:56 A Prince Albert resident has been sentenced to seven years behind bars for beating a northern man to death with a baseball bat. The sentence was handed down this morning in...
