Elders Set to March Against Drug Abuse

Elders Set to March Against Drug Abuse Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:31     The Sturgeon Lake reserve will be the starting point for a march against drug and alcohol abuse this week.   On Thursday morning, participants will begin a 146-kilometre-long walk to Sandy...

Aspiring Native Journalists Receive Bursaries

Aspiring Native Journalists Receive Bursaries Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:24     MBC has awarded scholarships to seven Aboriginal northerners that are pursuing a career in journalism or media arts.   Phoebe Fosseneuve of Cumberland House and Belinda Nelson of...

Roundtable Meeting Gets Mixed Reviews

Roundtable Meeting Gets Mixed Reviews Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:23     The head of New North admits some of his fellow mayors are tired of bringing the same issues to the provincial cabinet year after year.   Cumberland House mayor Dale McAuley says he is...

All-Weather Road Impact Process Underway

All-Weather Road Impact Process Underway Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:21     Efforts to begin construction of an all-weather road project in the Far North are continuing this fall.   Glen Strong, the head of the committee leading the project, says his group is...

Conservation Officers Worried About Numbers

Conservation Officers Worried About Numbers Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:17     The president of the Saskatchewan Association of Conservation Officers says he’s worried about a lack of enforcement in the North.   Steve Dobko says, over the past two years,...

P.A. Police Search for Missing Schizophrenic

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 15:14 The Prince Albert Police Service is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Aboriginal man. Michael Bunnie is 6-foot-4 and weighs 247 pounds. He has black, wavy hair, wears glasses and suffers from schizophrenia....