Bands Urged To Embrace Land Use Planning

Bands Urged To Embrace Land Use Planning Friday, November 17, 2006 at 14:12     Questions on how to create effective land use plans were fielded yesterday on the final day of the Prince Albert Grand Council’s economic development conference.   J.P. Gladu of the...

Man Fatally Stabbed At Big Island Lake Reserve

Man Fatally Stabbed At Big Island Lake Reserve Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 15:43     The Big Island Lake Cree Nation, formerly the Joseph Bighead First Nation, is the scene of a homicide investigation.   The RCMP say they received a call of a stabbing at a reserve...

New Training Spaces Opening In Province’s North

New Training Spaces Opening In Province’s North Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 14:49     The province’s advanced education minister says a large chunk of the government funding for post-secondary training announced yesterday is for Aboriginal and northern...

Aboriginal Entrepreneurs Urged To Be Cautious

Aboriginal Entrepreneurs Urged To Be Cautious Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 14:40     A First Nations business specialist says entrepreneurs wishing to start up businesses in the North must think ahead before taking the plunge.   Kelly Fiddler of the Saskatchewan...

Saskatchewan Metis Mark Louis Riel Day

Saskatchewan Metis Mark Louis Riel Day Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 14:38     The life of the Metis Nation’s most famous leader is being celebrated today on the anniversary of his execution.   Louis Riel died more than a century ago after leading his people in...

Long Lost Riel Poem Donated To U of S Library

Long Lost Riel Poem Donated To U of S Library Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 10:36     A librarian who discovered a poem written by Louis Riel in his last days says the work is very positive, given Riel’s desperate situation.   Today, on the anniversary of...