by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Province Anxiouxly Awaiting Metis Election Study Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 15:03 A provincial investigation into this year’s Metis Nation – Saskatchewan election is about 75 per cent complete. Aboriginal Affairs spokesman Donovan Young says...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Metis Community Entrance Signs Proposed Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 15:01 A Metis leader in Buffalo Narrows is hoping his community makes a bolder statement about its Metis roots. Philip Chartier says the Metis local in the village has already passed a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Shoreline Cleanup Effort Hits the North Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 15:00 Students in La Ronge and Buffalo Narrows are among the latest to join a nation-wide cleanup of the country’s lake and river shorelines. Initially set up in Vancouver, the event...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Doucette Contemplating Legal Action Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:37 One of the men who ran in the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan election this spring is considering his legal options today. Robert Doucette says he feels frustrated and disheartened by...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Metis Holding Out Hope for Equal Health Benefits Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:34 The mayor of a northern Metis community hopes it won’t be too long before Metis people enjoy the same kind of health benefits provided to First Nations people. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Elders Set to March Against Drug Abuse Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:31 The Sturgeon Lake reserve will be the starting point for a march against drug and alcohol abuse this week. On Thursday morning, participants will begin a 146-kilometre-long walk to Sandy...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Aspiring Native Journalists Receive Bursaries Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:24 MBC has awarded scholarships to seven Aboriginal northerners that are pursuing a career in journalism or media arts. Phoebe Fosseneuve of Cumberland House and Belinda Nelson of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Roundtable Meeting Gets Mixed Reviews Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:23 The head of New North admits some of his fellow mayors are tired of bringing the same issues to the provincial cabinet year after year. Cumberland House mayor Dale McAuley says he is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
All-Weather Road Impact Process Underway Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:21 Efforts to begin construction of an all-weather road project in the Far North are continuing this fall. Glen Strong, the head of the committee leading the project, says his group is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Conservation Officers Worried About Numbers Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:17 The president of the Saskatchewan Association of Conservation Officers says he’s worried about a lack of enforcement in the North. Steve Dobko says, over the past two years,...
