by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Northern MLA Troubled By Government’s Spending Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:16 Saskatchewan’s deficit is projected to reach $1-billion, according to the mid-year financial report released today, and that’s of concern to Cumberland MLA Doyle...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Addictions Week Activities Include Drama, Walk Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:12 Comedian Don Burnstick brought his “healing through humour” message to Cowessess First Nation Thursday afternoon. Burnstick performed his dramatic play “I Am...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Residential School Book For Kids Wins Major Prize Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:01 A children’s book about the challenges Aboriginal children faced in the residential school system won one of the largest prizes for children’s literature in the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Muscowpetung FN Wins Seatbelt Usage Contest Friday, November 20, 2009 at 11:58 The Muscowpetung First Nation has won SGI’s 2009 Seatbelt Challenge. The community-driven project is designed to improve seatbelt use in First Nations communities and rural...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Man Shot By Police Committed No Crime: Judge Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 17:16 A northern judge has cleared a man shot by a police officer in Southend last summer of any wrongdoing. La Ronge Provincial Court judge Felicia Daunt ruled this morning that when...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Lariviere Convicted Of Manslaughter In Stabbing Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 17:10 A northern man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for unlawfully causing the death of another man. Tyrell Lariviere will spend the next two years behind bars for his actions...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
FSIN Chief Hands Out Portfolios Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 17:07 With a new chief comes new portfolios. The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations has handed out portfolios to each of the executive members, along with a written mandate letter...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Child Welfare Complaint Resolution Delayed Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 15:01 There has been another setback in a Canadian Human Rights Commission complaint filed against the federal government for its treatment of First Nations children. More than two years...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Former PM Launches Business Training Program Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 14:55 A new business program at a high school in Regina will give Aboriginal students hands-on business experience. That’s according to former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
NLSD Elects Board Chair Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 14:54 The Northern Lights School Division has elected a new chairman for its board of directors. Larry Ahenakew was voted in as NLSD’s board chair, during a meeting yesterday in La Ronge. Joining him...
