Metis Community Consultation Dates Announced

Metis Community Consultation Dates Announced Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 15:21     A panel of Metis citizens examining the issue of Metis electoral reform in Saskatchewan will begin community consultations this Friday in La Ronge.   Friday’s meeting will be...

RCMP Make Cocaine Bust in Ile-a-la-Crosse

RCMP Make Cocaine Bust in Ile-a-la-Crosse Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 15:17     A 38-year-old resident of Ile-a-la-Crosse faces charges of drug possession and trafficking after a cocaine seizure over the weekend.   Spencer Jupe made a court appearance in Beauval...

SaskParty Reaching Out To Native Population

  SaskParty Reaching Out To Native Population Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 15:07     The leader of the Saskatchewan Party says his party has sharpened up its policy on Aboriginal issues.   Brad Wall says a recent policy convention has given his caucus time to reflect...

PAGC Hosts Political Summit

PAGC Hosts Political Summit Tuesday, February 08, 2005 at 15:03     The Prince Albert Grand Council is set to discuss a wide range of political issues over the next few days.   This morning, chiefs and delegates of the PAGC’s 12 bands began their annual...

MNS Postpones Northern Roadblocks

MNS Postpones Northern Roadblocks Monday, February 07, 2005 at 13:49     Metis Nation of Saskatchewan officials say they will not be intimidated into shelving their plans for blocking a northern highway.   Two roadblocks were originally scheduled to go up on junctions...

Former Northern Resident Staying In Jail

Former Northern Resident Staying In Jail Monday, February 07, 2005 at 13:47     A transplanted northerner who was declared a dangerous offender is going to jail indefinitely.   The judge at his hearing says 42-year-old Ronald Harvey Laprise, who now lives in...

Flooding Forecast For Churchill River

Flooding Forecast For Churchill River Monday, February 07, 2005 at 13:42     Large snowfall amounts recorded this winter could result in some flooding of the Churchill River system later this year.   Saskatchewan Watershed Authority spokesman Doug Johnson says spring...

P.A. City Council Backs PBCN-Owned Gas Bar

P.A. City Council Backs PBCN-Owned Gas Bar Monday, February 07, 2005 at 13:34     A city councillor in Prince Albert says he doesn’t believe the opening of a gas bar and convenience store owned by the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation will negatively affect other...

PBCN Granted Timber Supply Licence

PBCN Granted Timber Supply Licence Friday, February 04, 2005 at 13:43     The provincial government has awarded a five-year timber allocation to the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation.   This morning in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Environment Minister David Forbes presented...

MNS Ruffling Feathers With Roadblock Plans

MNS Ruffling Feathers With Roadblock Plans Friday, February 04, 2005 at 13:42     A number of northern municipal leaders are calling on the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan to abandon their planned roadblocks on a northern highway next week.   The Metis organization wants...