by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Municipal Election Races Heat Up In The North Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 14:26 Nominations for mayor and council positions have closed in some northern communities. In Creighton, Bruce Fidler was acclaimed to another term as mayor, after no one chose to run...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
First Gas Customers Hooked Up In La Ronge Area Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 14:11 The home of a Lac La Ronge Indian Band elder living on-reserve has been chosen to be the first recipient of natural gas in the La Ronge area. The tap is being turned on today,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Commerical Fishers Aren’t Emptying Lakes: Morin Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 14:03 The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan’s minister of fisheries says the general public needs to understand that commercial fishers in the north aren’t out to...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Keewatin Yatthe Engages In Strategic Planning Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 13:55 An internationally trained consultant is in Ile-a-la-Crosse today and Friday. The purpose of the meeting is to set up a strategic plan for community health development in the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Escaped Prisoner Recaptured Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 14:55 The prisoner who escaped from custody while making a court appearance in Meadow Lake last Monday has been apprehended. The RCMP say 28-year-old Don Curtis Cheenanow was taken into custody without...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Ile-a-la-Crosse To Take Action Against Loose Dogs Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 14:47 The northern village of Ile-a-la-Crosse is taking steps towards the disposal of unwanted dogs. The move comes in the wake of a dog attack Saturday evening that left a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
BATC Explores Issues With Premier, Minister Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 14:38 The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs got a chance yesterday to meet with Premier Brad Wall and First Nations and Metis Relations Minister Bill Hutchinson. Premier Wall and his...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Plans To Change Indian Act Worry Treaty 8 Chief Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 14:30 Proposed changes to the Indian Act will be getting a lot of attention this week at a national treaty gathering in northern Alberta. Jaret Cardinal, the grand chief of the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
LLRIB Plans Treaty Celebration, School Reunion Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 14:21 The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is preparing to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Treaty 6 adhesion. It was back in 1889 that the band first became a signatory to the treaty,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 26, 2010
Fishing Industry Needs More Quota Regulation: SCFL Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 14:10 The president of Saskatchewan Co-operative Fisheries Limited says the government’s draft fisheries management plan is a good start, but there needs to be input from the...
