by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
National Native Sexual Abuse Conference Underway Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:34 The Second Annual National Indigenous Sexual Abuse Conference got underway today in Edmonton. Conference coordinator Allan Beaver says last year’s gathering certainly broke...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Metis National Council Hires TV Newsman Monday, February 21, 2005 at 14:31 A well-known TV news personality in Saskatoon is leaving the journalism to take a position with the Metis National Council. Robert James has been a newsman for CTV’s Saskatoon...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
P.A. Man Gets Seven Years For Killing Northerner Friday, February 18, 2005 at 14:56 A Prince Albert resident has been sentenced to seven years behind bars for beating a northern man to death with a baseball bat. The sentence was handed down this morning in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
First Nations University Officials Suspended Friday, February 18, 2005 at 14:51 The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is not saying much about why two senior officials at the First Nations University of Canada were suspended yesterday. The CBC is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
PAGC Chief Slams Ottawa’s Private Eye Plan Friday, February 18, 2005 at 14:49 The chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council is dismissing Ottawa’s new plan to send private investigators to look into claims of residential school abuse as a waste of time....
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Flooding Fears on Lac La Ronge Force Action Friday, February 18, 2005 at 14:44 An unusually high amount of snowfall this winter is prompting the government to increase the release of water out of a dam on Lac La Ronge later this month. The Saskatchewan Watershed...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Dollar Continues To Hurt Trappers Friday, February 18, 2005 at 14:41 The value of the Canadian dollar continues to hit northern trappers in the pocketbook. North America’s largest fur buyer just had its February auction, and spokesman Dave Bewick says...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Assault Victim Launches Grievance Against RCMP Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at 14:55 A woman from Dillon has launched a complaint against the RCMP over how it handled allegations against a disgraced former priest. The woman was one of the victims of Reverend...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Wapawekka Workers Return To Work Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at 14:53 Employees at a First Nations-owned lumber mill near Prince Albert are back on the job this week. Workers at Wapawekka Lumber have been off since December, when they were laid off due to poor...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Harrison Says ADR Less Efficient Than Gun Registry Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at 14:50 Northern Saskatchewan’s Member of Parliament continues to criticize the government’s Alternative Dispute Resolution process for residential school abuse claims. ...