MNS Election Forgery Case Adjourned To 2007

MNS Election Forgery Case Adjourned To 2007 Thursday, June 15, 2006 at 14:44     A preliminary hearing date has been set for a former high-ranking Metis politician in Saskatchewan accused of election forgery.   Ralph Kennedy was charged last year after an RCMP...

Interim Deal Reached In First Nations’ Dam Dispute

Interim Deal Reached In First Nations’ Dam Dispute Thursday, June 15, 2006 at 14:41     The chief of one of two First Nations involved in a dispute over the operation of a dam in southern Saskatchewan says he’s determined to get this issue resolved sooner...

Northern Municipalities Canvassed For Input

Northern Municipalities Canvassed For Input Thursday, June 15, 2006 at 14:38     A provincial government director says northern Saskatchewan municipalities will be better equipped to shape and manage new developments once a review of the Planning and Development Act...

Wollaston Lake Residents Dealing With Diesel Spill

Wollaston Lake Residents Dealing With Diesel Spill Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 13:44     A councillor with the Hatchet Lake First Nation says he is not sure how long it will take to clean up a serious fuel spill on Wollaston Lake.   Alec Josie says band members first...

La Ronge Bank Robber Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail

La Ronge Bank Robber Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 13:37     For the next three-and-a-half years, a federal penitentary will house the first man to ever rob a bank in La Ronge.   This morning in La Ronge Provincial Court, Daryl Joe Cook was...

Throassie Re-Elected In Black Lake

Throassie Re-Elected In Black Lake Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 13:33     Voters on the Black Lake First Nation have re-elected incumbent chief Freddie Throassie.   In an election earlier this week, Throassie captured 216 votes to lay claim to another two-year term.  ...

AUCC Mulling Over Its Ties To FNUC

AUCC Mulling Over Its Ties To FNUC Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 13:21     The board of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada will be discussing the situation at the First Nations University of Canada today.   The AUCC will decide whether the university...

SIIT Hosts Convocation

SIIT Hosts Convocation Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 13:18     The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies is holding its 2006 Convocation in Saskatoon today.   Over 190 SIIT students are receiving diplomas and certificates in their respective fields.   Courses...

Sandy Lake Woman Recounts Visit To Nazi Camps

Sandy Lake Woman Recounts Visit To Nazi Camps Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 14:21     A young member of the Ahtahkakoop First Nation says she won’t soon forget a recent trip to two Nazi concentration camps in Poland.   Bonnie Masuskapoe toured the camps as part of an...

SIIT Funded For New Construction Training Spaces

SIIT Funded For New Construction Training Spaces Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 14:18     The Saskatchewan government is pumping more money into a program designed to equip Aboriginal workers with construction skills.   Yesterday, Advanced Education Minister Pat Atkinson...