FSIN Candidates Bring Platforms To PAGC Assembly

FSIN Candidates Bring Platforms To PAGC Assembly Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 12:25     A steady diet of campaigning is underway in Prince Albert today, as the second day of the PAGC fall assembly continues.   All of the candidates running for chief’s positions...

PAGC Reduces Debt, Invests In Freighting Company

PAGC Reduces Debt, Invests In Freighting Company Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 12:20     The opening day of the Prince Albert Grand Council’s annual fall assembly was full of financial reports.   Yesterday, Price Waterhouse Coopers delivered its yearly audit of...

Program Aims To Preserve Traditional Medicine

Program Aims To Preserve Traditional Medicine Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 12:16     A new program has been launched, with the goal of preserving and retaining traditional medicine in morthern Saskatchewan.   Eight residents of Sturgeon Lake and two residents of...

Booklet Gives Traditional Medicine Info For HIV

Booklet Gives Traditional Medicine Info For HIV Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 12:14     Information about traditional support for people with HIV and AIDS is now available in a booklet.   The booklet, launched today in Regina, is called “Creator Given:...

BTC Gets Property Option To Build New Homes

BTC Gets Property Option To Build New Homes Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 12:12     The Battlefords Tribal Council is looking at providing housing for low- and middle-income families in North Battleford.   Last night, North Battleford city council approved a deal which...

Scholar Says Legal System Failed Murdered Woman

Scholar Says Legal System Failed Murdered Woman Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 12:06     Lessons of the past can be relevant today, according to author and legal scholar Constance Backhouse.   She was in Regina recently, presenting a lecture about Rose Marie Roper.  ...

PAGC Delegates Told To Ask Elders For Flu Advice

PAGC Delegates Told To Ask Elders For Flu Advice Monday, October 26, 2009 at 14:41     The Prince Albert Grand Council’s annual fall assembly got underway this morning in Prince Albert with several speeches — including one with a warning from an elder...

RCMP Make Marijuana Bust On Moosomin Reserve

RCMP Make Marijuana Bust On Moosomin Reserve Monday, October 26, 2009 at 14:39     Six Moosomin First Nation residents are facing drug charges after RCMP searched a home on the reserve on Friday.   All are charged with possessing marijuana for the purpose of...

Torchbearers Named For La Ronge Olympic Torch Stop

Torchbearers Named For La Ronge Olympic Torch Stop Monday, October 26, 2009 at 14:20     November 7th will be a date to remember for three La Ronge youths.   Tanner Cook, Natasha Boyes and Elecktra Charles have been chosen to carry the torch as it makes its way...

RCMP Ask For New Leads In Old Missing Person Case

RCMP Ask For New Leads In Old Missing Person Case Monday, October 26, 2009 at 14:18     The RCMP’s Historical Case Unit is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing Aboriginal man who hasn’t been seen in 19 years.   Anthony Curtis Whitehead...