by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Late Native Talent Showcase Founder Honoured Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 13:35 A ceremony honouring Aboriginal war veterans and other distinguished citizens took place in Prince Albert yesterday. Over 100 people showed up at city hall to watch officials with the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Canoe Quest Underway Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:29 One of the most anticipated Centennial events in Saskatchewan this year got underway this morning in La Loche. After weeks of hype, 31 teams entered in the Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest finally have their...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
PBCN TLE Scandal Sparks Protests Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:20 A band member from the Peter Ballantyne Cree nation says she and others plan to hold a protest tonight in Prince Albert. Lillian Morin of the Sturgeon Landing reserve says she is upset more...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Newspaper Slams Belanger And Beatty Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:15 A Regina newspaper’s annual report card on provincial cabinet ministers wasn’t very kind to the ministers from the North. The Regina Leader-Post ranked Buckley Belanger and Joan...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Belanger Says Bus Tour Will Lead To Policy Shifts Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:12 Saskatchewan’s Northern Affairs minister says the premier’s bus tour to the North will pay dividends for northern residents. Buckley Belanger says the premier not only...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Red Pheasant Election Under INAC Scrutiny Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:10 Appeals are being launched in the wake of the recent election on the Red Pheasant First Nation. Indian Affairs spokesman James Parker says the department is looking into allegations the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Sierra Club Weighs In On Uranium Mine Clean-up Monday, June 20, 2005 at 13:07 The Sierra Club of Canada is welcoming Ottawa’s decision to help pay for the clean-up of abandoned uranium mines in Saskatchewan’s Far North. However, a policy advisor with...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Ottawa Ready To Help Clean Up Old Mine Sites Friday, June 17, 2005 at 14:02 The federal government has finally agreed to cost-share the clean-up of old uranium mine sites in the province’s North. Ottawa and the provincial government will both contribute...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
La Ronge Post Office Thief Avoids Jail Time Friday, June 17, 2005 at 13:58 A woman convicted of stealing mail from the La Ronge post office has received a suspended sentence. Earlier this week in La Ronge, 19-year-old Miranda Michelle Pappenfus was given a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Calvert Urged To Settle Dispute With MNS Friday, June 17, 2005 at 13:53 Premier Lorne Calvert was presented with a Metis sash while in Buffalo Narrows yesterday. Calvert and several cabinet ministers visited the northern village as part of his ongoing bus tour...
