by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Boarding School Survivors Agree On Game Plan Monday, April 14, 2008 at 14:01 About 200 people met in Ile-a-la-Crosse over the weekend to discuss the latest efforts to get the community’s boarding school included in the residential school settlement...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
New MP Hopes To Educate Peers On Native Traditions Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:55 Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Rob Clarke believes his Aboriginal background will be useful on a couple of parliamentary committees he finds himself on. Clarke was...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Researcher Urges Native People To Leave Reserves Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:53 A Winnipeg-based think tank says First Nations in Canada would do well to emulate the Maori Indians of New Zealand. Joseph Quesnel, with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, is...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Lucky Man Chief Pleased With ICC Ruling Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:48 Despite a recent favourable ruling from the Indian Claims Commission, the chief of the Lucky Man First Nation says she’s not holding her breath waiting for a positive response from the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
La Loche In Talks With Oil Sands Exploration Firm Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:36 The mayor of La Loche reports good progress is being made on an exploration agreement with an Alberta-based energy company. Georgina Jolibois says the deal is a necessary first...
by bryanorthner | Aug 18, 2010
Record Turnout For PAGC Fine Arts Festival Monday, April 14, 2008 at 13:32 More than 1,500 northern Saskatchewan students and chaperones are expected to attend a fine arts festival in Prince Albert this week. Organizer Shona Stapleton says it will be the largest...
