by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Future Peacekeepers Begin Classes Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 12:50 Over five dozen people are hitting the books these days as they train to be peacekeepers on First Nations reserves throughout Saskatchewan. Classes began on February 1st in locations...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Meetings Continue Over Future Of FNUC Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 13:19 A meeting is set to take place this afternoon in Saskatoon between the province and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. At issue is the future of the First Nations University of...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Idea To ID Aboriginal Crime Victims Abandoned Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:59 The province’s justice minister says a plan to have police officers ask victims of crime whether or not they are of Aboriginal ancestry has been scrapped. Don Morgan says he...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Fraudsters Posing As Band Officials Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:56 A warning is going out to northern businesses to be on the lookout for scam artists posing to be from the Clearwater River Dene Nation. Chief Roy Cheecham says he recently became aware of...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Hundreds Taking Part In FSIN Youth Assembly Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:54 About 450 First Nations youth from across Saskatchewan are in Saskatoon today for the start of the FSIN’s Youth Healing and Wellness Gathering and Youth Legislative Assembly. ...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Northern Ore Haul Road Still A Possibility Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:51 AREVA Resources says it’s still considering whether or not to build a road from the uranium mine at McArthur River to a processing facility at McClean Lake. The company began...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Councillors Ordered To Pay Legal Fees Friday, February 12, 2010 at 16:54 Three Peepeekisis band councillors have been ordered to pay for their chief’s legal fees or face jail time. Enock Poitras, Evelyn Poitras and Howard Desnomie were give notice to...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Charges Against Impaired Driver Downgraded Friday, February 12, 2010 at 16:30 A man has been convicted of an impaired driving charge in a fatal hit-and-run collision involving a jogger northeast of Regina. But a judge has acquitted Dustin Larry Yuzicapi of the...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Heavy Aboriginal Focus In Olympic Ceremonies: MNC Friday, February 12, 2010 at 15:15 The head of the Metis National Council says Aboriginal people don’t want to miss tonight’s opening ceremonies of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Clem Chartier...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
PBCN Member Preparing Food For Olympic Dignitaries Friday, February 12, 2010 at 15:10 A northern Saskatchewan woman is preparing to cook the biggest dinner of her life today. Maureen Olson, a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, is serving up food for...
