by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Plan In Works To Build Lawrence Yew Memorial Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:57 A walk is being planned to honour an Aboriginal political pioneer from northern Saskatchewan. The late Lawrence Yew was the first Aboriginal politician to be elected to the Saskatchewan...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Indigenous Law Expert To Speak At Peepeekisis Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:56 Members of Saskatchewan’s Peepeekisis First Nation and other bands covered by Treaty 4 have a chance to hear from an expert on international law this weekend. International law...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
CPAC Program On Cumberland House Airs Sunday Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:53 A Saskatchewan reserve will be profiled this Sunday on CPAC. The episode is part of a five-part series entitled “Our Home on Native Land”, in which five reserves across...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Prosecutor Explains Diesel Spill Case Against Band Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 15:21 A Crown prosecutor with the province says a northern band could be fined $1 million or more for a diesel spill that happened two years ago. Inez Cardinal says the charges laid...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Hearing Held Over Racism Complaint Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 15:16 A man alleging he was kicked out of a hotel because he is Aboriginal says the incident brought back feelings he had when he attended residential school. This morning, Les Tataquason testified at...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Loan Program For Lots Could See Plenty Of Use Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 15:13 More northern communities could be receiving money through the province’s residential subdivision program, according to a government spokesman. It was announced yesterday that...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Northerner Gets Jail Time For Drug Conviction Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 15:11 A 45-year-old Buffalo Narrows woman has been sentenced to 21 months in jail for drug trafficking charges. Debbie Carol Lalonde was sentenced earlier this week in Meadow Lake...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Premiers, Native Leaders Make Appeal To Ottawa Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 15:08 Canada’s premiers and the leaders of the country’s main Aboriginal organizations are urging the federal government to join them in developing a “reconciliation action...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Joseph Denies Claims In Report On Band Elections Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 14:58 The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is responding to the recent report released by the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. In it, CAP says there are widespread...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Slain Mounties Remembered Through Painting Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 14:49 A Metis artist has commissioned a painting to honour the memories of two slain RCMP constables. Joanne Marchildon is from Spiritwood, the community where Robin Cameron and Marc Bourdages...
