by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Liberal Riding Association Dispute Continues Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:50 A former Metis leader from northwest Saskatchewan says he doesn’t see the need to elect a new Liberal riding executive for the Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River constituency. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Youths Implicated In Josie Killing Back In Court Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:40 Prince Albert Provincial Court is the scene of a preliminary hearing this week for five youths accused of killing a Wollaston Lake youth last fall. The proceedings are slated to...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Aglukark Addresses Aboriginal Literacy Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 13:37 Famous Inuk singer/songwriter Susan Aglukark says literacy forums like the one in Regina this week help break down barriers so a solution can be found faster to illiteracy. Aglukark was one...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Patuanak Man Dies After Falling Through Ice Monday, April 14, 2008 at 14:14 An autopsy will be performed on a man from Patuanak whose lifeless body was recovered from a northern Saskatchewan river yesterday. The 43-year-old man was ahead of a group of people...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Donor Found For Muskoday Man Needing Liver Monday, April 14, 2008 at 14:09 Doctors in Edmonton are performing a liver transplant on a Muskoday band member today. Vernon Knight, a member of the well-known musical Knight family, was flown by air ambulance to the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Boarding School Survivors Agree On Game Plan Monday, April 14, 2008 at 14:01 About 200 people met in Ile-a-la-Crosse over the weekend to discuss the latest efforts to get the community’s boarding school included in the residential school settlement...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
New MP Hopes To Educate Peers On Native Traditions Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:55 Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Rob Clarke believes his Aboriginal background will be useful on a couple of parliamentary committees he finds himself on. Clarke was...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Researcher Urges Native People To Leave Reserves Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:53 A Winnipeg-based think tank says First Nations in Canada would do well to emulate the Maori Indians of New Zealand. Joseph Quesnel, with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Lucky Man Chief Pleased With ICC Ruling Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:48 Despite a recent favourable ruling from the Indian Claims Commission, the chief of the Lucky Man First Nation says she’s not holding her breath waiting for a positive response from the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
La Loche In Talks With Oil Sands Exploration Firm Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:36 The mayor of La Loche reports good progress is being made on an exploration agreement with an Alberta-based energy company. Georgina Jolibois says the deal is a necessary first...
