by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Eight Candidates Running To Replace Longtime Chief Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at 12:59 Eight people are taking a run at the leadership of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Nomination meetings were held in each of the band’s communities yesterday as part of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
MNS A Target At Metis Consultation Meetings Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at 12:58 One of the panel members that’s holding public consultation meetings about Metis electoral reform says a lot of people have the wrong idea about why the meetings are being...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Norcanair Shuts Down Operations Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 15:04 Northern Saskatchewan has lost one of its biggest air carriers. Norcanair announced yesterday that it has suspended operations for the foreseeable future. President Dave Webster says an...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
La Loche Wins Reading Challenge Again Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 15:02 The community of La Loche has once again laid claim to the title of northern Saskatchewan’s reading capital. La Loche has won the Northern Reading Challenge for the second year in a row,...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Demonstration Held At First Nations University Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 15:01 The Regina campus of the First Nations University of Canada was the scene of a protest yesterday. Dozens of elders, staff, faculty, students and their supporters staged a sit-in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Year of Aboriginal Women Becomes Official Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 15:00 Provincial cabinet ministers Maynard Sonntag and Joan Beatty used their presence at the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations’ winter assembly today to officially declare 2005 as the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Northern Health Regions Get Infrastructure Cash Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 14:57 The province has started releasing newly-announced federal health funding to Saskatchewan’s regional health authorities, including the three health regions in the North. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
RCMP Looking Into Death On White Bear Reserve Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:42 The RCMP are investigating the sudden death of a Manitoba man on a southern Saskatchewan reserve this past weekend. The Mounties say the body of 25-year-old Gregory Charles Inkster...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Prosecutor Satisfied With Jail Sentence Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:41 A Prince Albert lawyer says she believes justice has been served by a seven-year sentence given to a man convicted of killing a northerner with a baseball bat. Prosecutor Maryanne Friesen...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Two People Hurt In Little Red Rollover Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:35 Two people were sent to hospital over the weekend following a single vehicle rollover on the Little Red River reserve. It happened around 6:00 Saturday morning. Paramedics say the two...
