by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Band Avoids Lawsuit Over Tax Settlement Friday, July 09, 2004 at 13:32 In the face of legal action from one of its councillors, the Lac La Ronge Indian Band council has finally decided how it will distribute the band’s multi-million-dollar tax settlement...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Former Metis Leader Defends MNS Election Friday, July 09, 2004 at 13:25 A Buffalo Narrows man that narrowly lost his bid for an area director’s seat in the recent Metis election says he still believes in the Metis electoral system. The election has been...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Metis Researcher Wins Grant Money Friday, July 09, 2004 at 13:23 A chemistry professor at the University of Saskatchewan has become the first Metis person in Canada to receive a national University Faculty Award. The award will provide Lee Wilson with over...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Jail Boss Refutes Complaints from Native Inmates Friday, July 09, 2004 at 13:21 The acting director of the Prince Albert Correctional Centre says he disagrees with an inmate who criticized the institution over an alleged lack of spiritual programming for First...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Proposed MRI Could Test First Nations’ Sovereignty Friday, July 09, 2004 at 13:17 A political scientist says the possible construction of an MRI clinic on a Saskatchewan reserve could have big implications for both First Nations’ sovereignty. Ray...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Lac La Ronge Indian Band Sued by Taxi Company Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 13:44 The lawyer for a La Ronge taxi company that’s suing the Lac La Ronge Indian Band says they had no choice but to sue the band. Northland Taxi is suing both the band and Health...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Aboriginal Inmate Upset Over Lack Of Programming Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 13:42 An Aboriginal inmate at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre is speaking out against what he says is a lack of spiritual programming in the facility. Keenan Ballantyne has been in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Steeves Pledges to Spend Quality Time in the North Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 13:37 The new deputy minister of Northern Affairs anticipates spending over a third of his time in the North, despite being based in Regina. Larry Steeves assumed his new role with the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Northern Firefighters Return from Mission in B.C. Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 13:35 Almost 50 firefighters from northern Saskatchewan arrived home yesterday after completing a tour of duty in British Columbia. Provincial fire protection branch spokeswoman...
by bryanorthner | Aug 2, 2010
Commercial Fishers Remain Optimistic Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 13:28 Funding groups from Prince Albert met yesterday with representatives of Saskatchewan Cooperative Fisheries to discuss possible ways of raising cash needed to build a fish processing plant for...
