by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Firm Looking North For Coal Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 14:39 The search for coal is coming to northern Saskatchewan. Silver Fields resources has applied for permits near Wapawekka Lake and southeast of Lac La Ronge. The company says outcrops of coal have been...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Food Transportation Subsidy Program Under Review Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 14:34 A subsidy program for food tranportation in remote northern communities is under review. Indian Affairs says it is studying the national food mail program to find out if there are...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Police Commission Issues Ruling In Stonechild Case Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 14:31 The firings of two Saskatoon police officers years after the freezing death of an Aboriginal teenager have been upheld. The Saskatchewan Police Commission has dismissed appeals...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Liberal Nomination To Exclude Ile-a-la-Crosse Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 14:28 A northern Saskatchewan mayor says the Liberal nomination process for Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River is missing a key ingredient. Duane Favel says he has learned that...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Native Health System Advocate Shrugs Off Criticism Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 14:22 FSIN Senator Sol Sanderson says First Nations will go ahead with plans for a traditional Aboriginal health care system despite an editorial in the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix that...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Band Hoping Tribunal Will Handle Election Disputes Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 14:16 A group from the Peepeekisis First Nation is trying to move band elections under the jurisdiction of Treaty 4 rather than the Indian Act. Evelyn Poitras is a member of the...
