by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Recent MNS Election Hinders Batoche Days Planning Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 14:37 Rebuilding the crowd attending the Metis celebrations at the annual Back to Batoche Days is the number one goal of the organizers this year. Organizing committee spokesman Bob...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Fort Carlton Set To Host Major Treaty Gathering Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 14:29 First Nations chiefs from across the country are expected to descend on Fort Carlton next week. The historic site is the setting for the 3rd Annual Treaties 1 to 11 Gathering,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
No Suspects Yet In Suspicious Death In P.A. Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 14:22 Police in Prince Albert continue to probe the suspicious death of an Aboriginal man in the city. Alphonse Marchand died in a west flat residence on June 5th from “undetermined...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Band Sues Ottawa Over Flood Compensation Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 14:58 The Cumberland House Cree Nation is suing the federal government over compensation costs related to the flooding the community experienced in the summer of 2005. According to a statement of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Band Approves Fishing Lake Flood Control Plan Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 14:53 The chief of the Fishing Lake First Nation has given his blessing to a new plan intended to alleviate water levels in the area. The province announced yesterday it would sever sections...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
PAGC Youth Detox Centre Clears Another Hurdle Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 14:49 The march towards the creation of a youth addictions facility continues in Prince Albert. Last night, city council agreed to re-zone an area near the Victoria Hospital that could be...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
International Students Visit Wanuskewin Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 14:47 Roughly 250 students from around the world will sleep in tipis tonight at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. The visitors are mainly science students who are attending this week’s international...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Cumberland House Man Thinking Of Replacing Merasty Monday, July 16, 2007 at 15:06 The chief of a fledgling northern Saskatchewan First Nation has announced his interest in taking over from outgoing Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River Member of Parliament Gary...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Young Cyclist Hit By Car On Sturgeon Lake Reserve Monday, July 16, 2007 at 14:49 RCMP continue to probe an accident that took place over the weekend on the Sturgeon Lake reserve near Prince Albert. At around 7:30 Saturday evening, a 10-year-old boy on a bicycle...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Residential School Victims Stymied By Government Monday, July 16, 2007 at 14:46 A First Nations leader in the province says he’s hearing too many stories of residential school survivors whose attendance records have been lost by the government. FSIN...