Judge Reserves Decision In Saulteaux Fraud Case

Judge Reserves Decision In Saulteaux Fraud Case Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 13:59     It will be May 26th before a ruling is handed down in the fraud trial of a former chief and two band councillors at the Saulteaux First Nation.   Closing arguments in the trial of...

Northern Justice Symposium Underway

Northern Justice Symposium Underway Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 13:56     Youth are playing a big part in the Northern Justice Symposium which got underway in Prince Albert this morning.   The three-day gathering is being hosted by New North and has brought together...

Province To Pay Motel Costs For Evicted Family

Province To Pay Motel Costs For Evicted Family Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 13:30     The provincial government has agreed to pay the motel costs of a recently-evicted family in Wollaston Lake.   A couple and their six children were forced out of their home yesterday...

Metis Negotiator Uneasy About Possible Election

Metis Negotiator Uneasy About Possible Election Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 13:25     One of the men who helped negotiate a multi-million-dollar economic development package for four Metis communities in northwest Saskatchewan is keeping a close eye on the political...

Native Culture On Display At SIAST Campus

Native Culture On Display At SIAST Campus Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at 13:07     A two-day Aboriginal cultural event gets started today at SIAST’s Woodland Campus in Prince Albert.   Every year, students and staff participate in workshops and traditional...

RCMP Nab Suspects In Air Ronge Gas Bar Beating

RCMP Nab Suspects In Air Ronge Gas Bar Beating Monday, April 25, 2005 at 15:38     La Ronge RCMP have arrested and charged four male young offenders and one adult male following an attack on a gas station attendant in Air Ronge.   Police were called to the Co-op gas...

Truck Through Ice Cuts Off Athabasca Road Access

Truck Through Ice Cuts Off Athabasca Road Access Monday, April 25, 2005 at 15:33     The chief of the Hatchet Lake First Nation had a close call yesterday.   Louis Josie was driving a truck that went through the ice on Collins Bay sometime late yesterday afternoon.  ...

Jans Bay and Cole Bay Press On With Lawsuit

Jans Bay and Cole Bay Press On With Lawsuit Monday, April 25, 2005 at 15:31     A recently-announced funding package for Metis communities on the West Side isn’t stopping a couple of them from proceeding with legal action against the government.   The residents...

Family of Eight Evicted in Wollaston

Family of Eight Evicted in Wollaston Friday, April 22, 2005 at 16:41     A northern leader is blaming the provincial government for leaving a Wollaston Lake family without a place to live.   Hatchet Lake band councillor Ed Benoanie says a Dene family from the Northern...

Feds Fund Metis Youth Skills Development Project

Feds Fund Metis Youth Skills Development Project Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 16:59     A Prince Albert organization that helps employ troubled youth has recieved a large cash injection from the Federal Government.   Finance Minister Ralph Goodale announced today that...