by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Tories Pledge Package For Boarding School Students Wednesday, December 07, 2005 at 15:25 The incumbent MP in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River says former students of the old boarding school in Ile-a-la-Crosse will be compensated like residential school...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
All-Weather Road Network Becomes Election Issue Wednesday, December 07, 2005 at 15:23 Federal election candidates in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River are being challenged to state their parties’ position on the all-weather road project in the Far North. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Jackson Targets Violence Against Native Women Wednesday, December 07, 2005 at 15:14 The NDP candidate in the northern Saskatchewan election race says her party will make the safety of women in Canada a priority if they are to win the federal election. Anita...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Dene Taking Primrose Hunting Case To UN Wednesday, December 07, 2005 at 15:09 A member of the Buffalo River Dene Nation says the band has begun international proceedings against the federal government for denying members nearby hunting rights. Back in 1994, two...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Doctor Shortage In Big River Not Over Wednesday, December 07, 2005 at 15:06 The Big River First Nation is once again without doctors. This week, it was learned that the physician who had arrived in the nearby town this summer to practice medicine is preparing to...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Elderly Dene Woman Blocking Logging Trucks Tuesday, December 06, 2005 at 13:31 A Dene woman in her late 60s is staging a blockade of a logging road in northwest Saskatchewan as a protest against the clear-cutting of her trap line. Agnes Sylvestre began the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Former Boarding School Students Want Answers Tuesday, December 06, 2005 at 13:28 The mayor of Ile-a-la-Crosse says frustration is setting in for many residents who can’t get a clear message from the government on whether or not they will be compensated for...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Push For New Band In Green Lake Dismissed By MNS Tuesday, December 06, 2005 at 13:20 The Metis Nation of Saskatchewan is opposing a grassroots movement to try to reinstate a First Nation some argue was once based in Green Lake. The proponents of what’s...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Fishers Warned To Adhere To Transport Guidelines Tuesday, December 06, 2005 at 13:18 Saskatchewan Environment is defending its rules governing the safe transportation of fish caught commercially. Two fishers from Black Lake were charged last winter for allowing...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
FNUC President Uneasy About Less Chiefs On Board Tuesday, December 06, 2005 at 13:10 The president of the First Nations University of Canada doesn’t think having less chiefs on the university’s board is the way to go. Charles Pratt is responding to...
