by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Tories Spell Out Reserve Water Quality Plan Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 15:53 A director with Indian Affairs says fundamental changes will be made to the regulation of drinking water on reserves. Yesterday, Ottawa announced more details on a federal plan to...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Senate Looking At Incorporating Native Tongues Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 15:47 A proposal to allow Aboriginal languages to be spoken in the Senate is up for debate. A Liberal senator says a pilot project could be voted on as early as today. It would start...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
SIIT Signs Deal To Train Pipeline Workers Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 15:44 The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies is partnering with a major pipeline company to provide its students with skills training and job opportunities. SIIT will be working...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
City Council Decision Troubles Friendship Centre Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 15:40 Battlefords Indian and Metis Friendship Centre bookkeeper Laura Ruby Stade is not impressed with a decision by North Battleford city council. Council has decided not to cut tax...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Sask. Side Of Flin Flon To Qualify For New Funding Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 15:33 For years, people living on the Saskatchewan side of Flin Flon haven’t been able to get access to the same funding programs as the rest of northern Saskatchewan. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Infant Transplant Recipient Could Be Home By May Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 15:27 A Sweetgrass First Nation baby who underwent an 11-hour liver transplant operation last month could be home by the middle of next month. That’s the word from Lynne...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Northern Taxi Owners Urged to Unite Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 14:02 A long-time mayor says northern taxi operators won’t convince either level of government to increase rates paid for medical trips until they unite. Michel Village mayor Ernest Sylvestre...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Native Accountability Debated In Committee Hearing Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:58 A national Aboriginal leader and a Liberal senator debated First Nations accountability in a Senate committee hearing in Ottawa today. The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Knight Liver Transplant Said To Be A Success Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:56 Everything looks good for a Muskoday man who just received a new liver, according to one of his brothers. Harvey Knight says his brother, Vernon, is still recovering from the 12-hour...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Tory MP Reacts To Poll-By-Poll Election Results Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:52 Recently-released numbers from Elections Canada indicate new northern Saskatchewan MP Rob Clarke received the lion’s share of his support from non-Aboriginal communities in his...
