by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
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...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
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...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
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...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
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...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
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...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
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...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Belanger Voices Some Regrets Over Oyate Affair Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 10:33 Saskatchewan’s Community Resources minister says he may have been reaching a little too far when it came to expectations for Regina’s troubled Oyate Safe House. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Teachers’ Federation Signs Deal With First Nations Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 10:27 The president of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation says yesterday was a landmark day in the province, as her group signed a Memorandum of Understanding with...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Wealthy U.S. Band Buying Political Support Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 10:22 An official with Mississippi’s Choctaw band says political lobbying is a main reason behind his band’s success. Charlie Benn told delegates at an economic development...
by bryanorthner | Aug 10, 2010
Santa Getting Ready For Seventh Visit To Far North Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 10:19 Children in the Far North will be seeing Santa Claus a little earlier this year. Transwest Air’s “Santa Claus Takes Flight” event is scheduled to make stops...
