by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
Northern Students High On Leadership Exercise Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 14:05 Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson is the latest Saskatchewan leader to receive a visit from a group of teens with leadership potential. The 19 students selected for...
by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
Work On Denare Beach Addictions Centre Complete Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 14:00 A small northern Saskatchewan community near the Manitoba border will soon be the home of a unique drug and alcohol treatment centre. Construction on a two-level residential...
by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
Joseph Rips Premier At FSIN Assembly Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 14:57 The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says Premier Brad Wall has been “invisible” when some chiefs have called on him. Lawrence Joseph he says the regular...
by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
Province Weighs In On Controversial Oilsands Deal Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 14:51 An official with the province’s Ministry of Energy and Resources says the government doesn’t know much about a recently-announced oil exploration deal in northwest...
by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
FSIN Troubled By Truth Commission Resignation Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 14:40 A First Nations leader in the province says the recent departure of the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is “a huge setback for survivors”. Justice...
by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
Crown Expected To Wrap Up Case In Sandfly Trial Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 14:13 A Battleford courtroom heard more details yesterday about the night a young Big Island Lake First Nation man died. 22-year-old Edwin Dufraine died from stab wounds suffered...
by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
Cote To Receive Province’s Highest Honour Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 14:08 A First Nations war veteran has been named as one of eight people to receive the Saskatchewan Order of Merit this year. Elder Tony Cote of the Cote First Nation has been an...
by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
FSIN Hosts Emotional Circle Of Honour Awards Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 14:05 There were a few tears and a standing ovation as one of last night’s FSIN Circle of Honour Award winners accepted her award. Lana Missens received the adult leadership award....
by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
Future Leaders Make Jaunt to Northern Saskatchewan Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 13:58 Nineteen students from across the province are in La Ronge today to start the northern portion of this year’s Lieutenant-Governor’s Leadership Forum. The 10-day...
by bryanorthner | Aug 24, 2010
Chiefs Concerned With Truth Commission Resignation Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 15:02 At least one Aboriginal leader is calling for the removal of the remaining commissioners on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the wake of the chair’s resignation...
