Mercredi Warns Against Summer Blockades

Mercredi Warns Against Summer Blockades Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 13:09     A Manitoba chief is urging his counterparts to rethink a strategy of blockading rail lines this summer.   Ovide Mercredi, a former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, says...

Public Asked To Help Locate Missing Northern Teen

Public Asked To Help Locate Missing Northern Teen Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:57     The Mounties have turned to the public for help in locating a missing teenager from a northern reserve.   19-year-old Lawrence Curtis Pahtayken of Mudie Lake was last seen on the...

Wild Rice Growers Take Advantage Of Insurance Plan

Wild Rice Growers Take Advantage Of Insurance Plan Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:50     A wild rice official in La Ronge estimates that as many as 130 northern harvesters have signed onto the government’s new insurance program.   There are roughly 200 wild rice...

Harrison Takes Credit For Mines Clean-Up Funding

  Harrison Takes Credit For Mines Clean-Up Funding Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:41     A former MP isn’t shy about giving himself credit for the plan to clean up northern Saskatchewan’s abandoned uranium mines.   Jeremy Harrison says he had a hand in the...

Doucette Confident Metis Will Endorse New Election

Doucette Confident Metis Will Endorse New Election Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:28     A prominent Metis citizen says he’s confident no political shenanigans will be pulled at a Metis Nation Legislative Assembly later this month in Saskatoon.   Robert Doucette...

Northerners Given Shot At Youth Leadership Forum

Northerners Given Shot At Youth Leadership Forum Tuesday, April 03, 2007 at 14:26     The Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan has announced a new student leadership forum that will have a heavy presence from the North.   It will see 18 students in Grades 11 and 12...