by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
Northern Chief Blasts Treaty 8 Tax Ruling Thursday, June 12, 2003 at 13:15 The chief of one of the northern Saskatchewan bands affected by yesterday’s Treaty 8 tax ruling says he’s disappointed, but not surprised by the decision. Clearwater River...
by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
Locked Out Uranium Mine Employees Get New Contract Wednesday, June 11, 2003 at 16:00 About 100 locked out workers at 2 northern uranium mines have ratified a new contract agreement with the mine’s owner. Cogema Resources locked out the workers at the...
by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
Court Strips Tax-Exempt Status From Northern Bands Wednesday, June 11, 2003 at 15:56 Three northern Saskatchewan First Nations are among dozens of bands across Western Canada that lost out in a major court ruling today. Members of the Clearwater River, Black...
by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
Woman Gives Birth on Flight to Wollaston Lake Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at 14:51 A Norcanair flight from the Hatchet Lake Lodge to Wollaston over the weekend started with two passengers but landed with three. Pilot Mike Rooney says he received a call Sunday to...
by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
Dillon Man Drowns Near St. George’s Hill Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at 14:47 A 21-year-old man from Dillon drowned over the weekend. It happened early Saturday morning near the community of St. George’s Hill. The RCMP say the man entered the Dillon...
by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
B.C. Man Stabbed on Northern Saskatchewan Reserve Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at 14:45 The RCMP says there was an attempted murder on the Big Island Lake Cree Nation over the weekend, but it didn’t involve any local residents. 30-year-old Vancouver resident...
by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
Proposed Land Claims Legislation Concerns PAGC Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at 14:35 The Prince Albert Grand Council is voicing its concern over a new piece of federal legislation. Bill C-6 is intended to address specific land claims issues for First Nations...
by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
Pinehouse Man Pleads Guilty of Manslaughter Monday, June 09, 2003 at 14:23 A Pinehouse man has begun serving a jail sentence in connection to the death earlier this year of another man from the northern village. 46-year-old Louis Natomagan was originally...
by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
Big River Rollover Victim Identified Monday, June 09, 2003 at 14:20 The RCMP has released the name of a man from the Big River First Nation that died in an auto accident last week. 22-year-old Anthony Myron Shaun Whitefish was one of 8 people in a vehicle that...
by bryanorthner | Jul 26, 2010
Physical Activity Challenge Week Winners Announced Friday, June 06, 2003 at 16:44 The Northern Diabetes Prevention Coalition has announced the winning communities in the recent Northern Physical Activity Week Challenge. Northern residents earned points for...
