by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Public Asked To Help Locate Missing Northern Teen Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:57 The Mounties have turned to the public for help in locating a missing teenager from a northern reserve. 19-year-old Lawrence Curtis Pahtayken of Mudie Lake was last seen on the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Wild Rice Growers Take Advantage Of Insurance Plan Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:50 A wild rice official in La Ronge estimates that as many as 130 northern harvesters have signed onto the government’s new insurance program. There are roughly 200 wild rice...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Harrison Takes Credit For Mines Clean-Up Funding Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:41 A former MP isn’t shy about giving himself credit for the plan to clean up northern Saskatchewan’s abandoned uranium mines. Jeremy Harrison says he had a hand in the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Doucette Confident Metis Will Endorse New Election Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:28 A prominent Metis citizen says he’s confident no political shenanigans will be pulled at a Metis Nation Legislative Assembly later this month in Saskatoon. Robert Doucette...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Northerners Given Shot At Youth Leadership Forum Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:26 The Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan has announced a new student leadership forum that will have a heavy presence from the North. It will see 18 students in Grades 11 and 12...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Millions Allocated To Clean-Up Of Old Mine Sites Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:48 The Conservative government has announced it will cost-share the first phase of the clean-up of abandoned uranium mine and mill sites in northern Saskatchewan. The federal and...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
First Nations Take Over Reserve Charitable Gaming Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:32 The provincial government has announced it’s handing over regulatory control of on-reserve charitable gaming to Saskatchewan First Nations. The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Native Protesters Equated To Terrorists Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:30 Aboriginal leaders are up in arms over a draft of a Department of National Defence counter-insurgency manual listing international terrorist threats. According to copy of the draft obtained...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Reserve Residents Killed In Weekend Crashes Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:28 Vehicle collisions claimed the lives of two men from Saskatchewan reserves over the weekend. A 38-year-old Poundmaker man was killed early Saturday evening on the Sweetgrass First Nation...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Native Youth Implicated In Fatal Crash Monday, April 02, 2007 at 16:17 A 17-year-old male from the Starblanket First Nation is believed to be the driver of a stolen pickup that slammed into a mini-van near Regina over the weekend — killing a 10-year-old...