by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Elder Says Band Elections Have To Go Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 14:49 The democratic system — choosing chiefs and band councils by elections — isn’t working on First Nations, according to an elder with the Battlefords Tribal Council. Alex...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Firm Looking North For Coal Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 14:39 The search for coal is coming to northern Saskatchewan. Silver Fields resources has applied for permits near Wapawekka Lake and southeast of Lac La Ronge. The company says outcrops of coal have been...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Food Transportation Subsidy Program Under Review Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 14:34 A subsidy program for food tranportation in remote northern communities is under review. Indian Affairs says it is studying the national food mail program to find out if there are...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Police Commission Issues Ruling In Stonechild Case Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 14:31 The firings of two Saskatoon police officers years after the freezing death of an Aboriginal teenager have been upheld. The Saskatchewan Police Commission has dismissed appeals...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Liberal Nomination To Exclude Ile-a-la-Crosse Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 14:28 A northern Saskatchewan mayor says the Liberal nomination process for Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River is missing a key ingredient. Duane Favel says he has learned that...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Native Health System Advocate Shrugs Off Criticism Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 14:22 FSIN Senator Sol Sanderson says First Nations will go ahead with plans for a traditional Aboriginal health care system despite an editorial in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix that...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Band Hoping Tribunal Will Handle Election Disputes Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 14:16 A group from the Peepeekisis First Nation is trying to move band elections under the jurisdiction of Treaty 4 rather than the Indian Act. Evelyn Poitras is a member of the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
FNUC Signs Exchange Deal With Mexican School Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 14:03 First Nations University of Canada students now have another opportunity to travel abroad . . . and the school will get students from another country. Yesterday, the instituation signed...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
SIGA Distancing Itself From Taiwan Casino Story Monday, July 28, 2008 at 14:33 The president of the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority is denying reports his organization has inked a new casino deal with investors in Taiwan. On Friday, the Saskatoon...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Northern Communities Revisited By Heavy Smoke Monday, July 28, 2008 at 14:31 Fire is again becoming an issue in northern Saskatchewan. According to the emergency response coordinator with the Prince Albert Grand Council, three forest fires in the Athabasca basin...
