by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Millions Set Aside To Train Northern Aboriginals Friday, March 14, 2008 at 16:47 The federal and provincial governments, along with industry, have announced millions of dollars in new money to train Aboriginal people in northern Saskatchewan for long-term jobs in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Liberals Make Boarding School Pledge Friday, March 14, 2008 at 16:39 Liberal Leader Stephane Dion says a Liberal government “would immediately work with the Province of Saskatchewan to provide urgent compensation to the survivors” of two northern...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Chartier Challenges Fellow Metis To Learn Michif Friday, March 14, 2008 at 16:36 The president of the Metis National Council says there is no excuse for Metis people to not speak Michif. Clem Chartier was speaking at the 7th Annual National Michif Language...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Sturgeon Lake Man Found Guilty Of Murder Friday, March 14, 2008 at 16:33 A 39-year-old man has been found guilty of intentionally killing his common-law wife on the Sturgeon Lake reserve. Rick Ermine showed little reaction when the verdict was read in a Prince...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Funds Provided For Michif Language Retention Friday, March 14, 2008 at 16:29 The federal government has announced more money for the Gabriel Dumont Institute. Two months ago, Canadian Heritage gave GDI $60,000 to host this weekend’s national Michif...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Angus Weighs In On Northern By-Election Friday, March 14, 2008 at 16:24 An Ontario NDP MP is urging voters in northern Saskatchewan not to avoid his party in Monday’s by-election because of its Opposition status. Charlie Angus — who helped bring...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Green Party Calls For Oilsands Moratorium In Sask. Friday, March 14, 2008 at 16:22 The Green Party isn’t pulling any punches about its stance on the oilsands heading into Monday’s by-election in northern Saskatchewan. Party Leader Elizabeth May and...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Snowmobilers Found Dead Near Stanley Mission Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 22:00 RCMP say two stranded snowmobilers succumbed to the elements near Stanley Mission last night. According to police, a 48-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man left Grandmother’s...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Assault Nets Mosquito Man Federal Prison Sentence Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 15:24 A man was sentenced today in North Battleford Provincial Court to two-and-a-half years in jail for a violent assault on his common law wife on the Mosquito First Nation on December...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
SaskPower Tells Northerners To “Bear With Us” Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 14:38 SaskPower officials are asking residents of northeast Saskatchewan to be patient with them, following a prolonged power outage in the region yesterday. Communities north...
