Longtime Northern Trappers’ Advocate Retires

by | Aug 5, 2010

Longtime Northern Trappers’ Advocate Retires Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:31     Today marks the last day of work for Franklin Carriere.   After thirty years of working in the civil service in northern Saskatchewan, he officially retires this afternoon.  ...

Sinclair, Henderson To Be Honoured By NAAF

by | Aug 5, 2010

Sinclair, Henderson To Be Honoured By NAAF Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:28     A well-known Aboriginal leader and a respected law expert — both with ties to Saskatchewan — will be receiving National Aboriginal Achievement Awards next year.   Jim...

AFN Says Native Youth Need AIDS Education Earlier

by | Aug 5, 2010

AFN Says Native Youth Need AIDS Education Earlier Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:26     This is World AIDS Day and Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Day, and Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine is using the occasion to highlight the impact of the problem...

Feds Transfer Oil Management To First Nations

by | Aug 5, 2010

Feds Transfer Oil Management To First Nations Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:23     First nations with oil or gas on their reserve will be able to take in that money now, free of government interference.   Last Friday, the federal government passed the First...

PBCN Members Elect New Chief

by | Aug 5, 2010

PBCN Members Elect New Chief Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 15:33     Pelican Narrows resident Harold Linklater is the new chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation.   According to unofficial results from yesterday’s byelection, Linklater received 550 votes.  ...

New PBCN Chief Promises Thorough TLE Investigation

by | Aug 5, 2010

New PBCN Chief Promises Thorough TLE Investigation Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 15:30     The new chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is promising to get to the bottom of the disappearance of millions of dollars in band Treaty Land Entitlement money.   Harold...

FNUC Task Force Presents Findings To Chiefs

by | Aug 5, 2010

FNUC Task Force Presents Findings To Chiefs Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 15:28     A task force looking into the troubled First Nations University of Canada has delivered its final report, which includes a call for a much smaller and less-politicized board of...

Northern MP In Campaign Mode

by | Aug 5, 2010

Northern MP In Campaign Mode Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 15:27     Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill Member of Parliament Jeremy Harrison is throwing his campaign into full swing.   At the same time, he’s assuring Aboriginal residential school survivors the...

Election Call Worries Primrose Committee

by | Aug 5, 2010

Election Call Worries Primrose Committee Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 15:16     The chairman of the Primrose Air Weapons Range Negotiating Committee says he hopes the upcoming federal election doesn’t derail all the hard work that’s been put into an...

Metis Not Sure What To Make Of Conservatives

by | Aug 5, 2010

Metis Not Sure What To Make Of Conservatives Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 15:11     The president of the Metis National Council is asking the Conservative Party for clarity on how it views the Metis.   Clem Chartier says he still hasn’t heard from Stephen...