by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Plans Announced For Housing For Metis Elders Friday, February 06, 2009 at 15:19 Metis elders in Prince Albert could soon have a new place to live. The Ministry of Social Services is providing $2.3 million for construction of 12 affordable housing units. Local...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Aboriginal Trades Centre Becoming Success Story Friday, February 06, 2009 at 15:13 The client list for an Aboriginal employment and training agency in the Battlefords has skyrocketed. When it opened last fall, The Battlefords Industrial Career Centre served only...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
SIIT Has Big Plans For New Cash Infusion Friday, February 06, 2009 at 15:11 The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies is going mobile. The province announced yesterday that it is giving SIIT about $2 million to upgrade its operations. SIIT President...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
First Nations Chiefs Urged To Remember Their Place Friday, February 06, 2009 at 15:09 A First Nations youth says his peers need to realize how much power and control they have to shape their lives. Colby Tootoosis from the Poundmaker First Nation was attending...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Case Against Embattled Judge Adjourned To March Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 13:41 A provincial court judge charged with assault will have to wait a month before his case is back in court. Donald Bird, an Aboriginal court circuit judge in the Meadow Lake area,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Fuel Truck Mishaps Becoming Common On Highway 102 Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 13:38 Another fuel truck has flipped on a highway north of La Ronge — near the area of a fuel spill that took place in December. The RCMP say the Co-op propane truck tipped...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Robbery Suspect Arrested While On Trip North Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 13:34 A man looking to attend the recent snowmobile rally in Stanley Mission got more than he bargained for when he visited La Ronge this past weekend. 23-year-old Darren Joseph Shupe...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Investigation Into La Ronge Plane Crash Underway Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 13:22 Two investigators from the Transportation Safety Board should be arriving in La Ronge today. They will be looking into yesterday’s crash of a twin otter ski plane on the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
Researcher Studying City Services For Native Women Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 13:05 A University of Saskatchewan professor says Aboriginal women moving to Saskatoon face difficulties with transportation, housing, safety, and racism. Caroline Tait is a Native...
by bryanorthner | Aug 25, 2010
FSIN Chief Urges Native Youth To Dream Big Thursday, February 05, 2009 at 12:56 Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Lawrence Joseph encouraged young First Nations people attending a gathering in Saskatoon today to talk to one another and lead healthy...
