Ottawa Accused Of Cutting On-Reserve Housing

by | Aug 17, 2011

Ottawa Accused Of Cutting On-Reserve Housing Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 15:46     The federal government is being accused of cutting on-reserve housing dollars.   Carolyn Bennett is the Aboriginal Affairs critic for the Liberal Party.   Bennett says between 2008 and...

Pitch Made To Truck Heavy Equipment Across North

by | Aug 17, 2011

Pitch Made To Truck Heavy Equipment Across North Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 15:02     The Saskatchewan government says it has had preliminary discussions about a plan to transport heavy equipment for the Alberta oilsands through the province.   The idea was first...

Tribal Police Force Steps Up Anti-Drug Activities

by | Aug 17, 2011

Tribal Police Force Steps Up Anti-Drug Activities Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 14:57     Members of the File Hills First Nations Police Service continue their efforts to clamp down on the illegal drug trade in their area.   The service is responsible for the Little...

Aboriginal Grads Honoured By University of Sask.

by | Aug 17, 2011

Aboriginal Grads Honoured By University of Sask. Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 14:55     Hundreds of First Nations and Metis students were recognized yesterday by the University of Saskatchewan.   For 20 years now, the university has held a powwow to celebrate and honour...

One Arrow Reserve Using Horses To Help Youth

by | Aug 17, 2011

One Arrow Reserve Using Horses To Help Youth Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 14:50     Horses on the One Arrow First Nation are apparently going a long way to helping young people on the reserve.   For the past four months, students and young adults on the First Nation...

Charter Targets Substance Abuse At Workplaces

by | Aug 17, 2011

Charter Targets Substance Abuse At Workplaces Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 14:48     A charter for Healthy Lifestyles was signed at a meeting of the Northern Labour Market Committee in La Ronge yesterday.   The charter acknowledges that substance abuse leads to...

Sturgeon Lake Students Lead Recovery Walk

by | Aug 17, 2011

Sturgeon Lake Students Lead Recovery Walk Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 14:42     Students on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation led a recovery walk today on the reserve.   The event was aimed at bringing awareness to HIV/AIDS, diabetes, chronic disease, drugs, bullying and...

Metis Group To Establish New Ec. Dev. Corporation

by | Aug 17, 2011

Metis Group To Establish New Ec. Dev. Corporation Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 14:35     Representatives of Metis Nation – Saskatchewan Eastern Region 2 signed a business charter Wednesday in Melfort to create a new corporation.   They want to partner with...

Chiefs, Cabinet At Impasse Over Revenue Sharing

by | Aug 17, 2011

Chiefs, Cabinet At Impasse Over Revenue Sharing Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 15:19     The first-ever bear pit session between First Nations leaders and the provincial government has wrapped up.   This morning at a Regina hotel, Premier Brad Wall and members of his...

Northern Man Gets Five Years For Manslaughter

by | Aug 17, 2011

Northern Man Gets Five Years For Manslaughter Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 14:53     The man charged after a death at the Cumberland House Cree Nation has been handed a five-year penitentiary term.   Last November, 26-year-old George Fischer McCauley was arrested after...