by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Belanger Offers Thoughts On Session That Was Friday, December 02, 2005 at 14:19 Saskatchewan’s Northern Affairs minister is giving his NDP government a rating of “7 out of 10” for what it accomplished for northerners in the most recent session of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
LLRIB Chief Meets With SaskTel About Bush Radio Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:46 The chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band met yesterday with officials from the provincial government to talk more about the northern two-way radio situation. The meeting took...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Hearing Set For Bomek On New Charges Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:41 A convicted sex offender accused of committing more sex-related crimes in Prince Albert appeared in court today. 56-year-old James Michael Bomek stands charged of 18 offenses in total...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Warm Fall Delays Trapping Season Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:37 A regional extension officer with Northern Affairs says a long autumn has held up the trapping season, but he expects things to change soon. Franklin Carriere says the relative lack of snow in...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Longtime Northern Trappers’ Advocate Retires Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:31 Today marks the last day of work for Franklin Carriere. After thirty years of working in the civil service in northern Saskatchewan, he officially retires this afternoon. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Sinclair, Henderson To Be Honoured By NAAF Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:28 A well-known Aboriginal leader and a respected law expert — both with ties to Saskatchewan — will be receiving National Aboriginal Achievement Awards next year. Jim...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
AFN Says Native Youth Need AIDS Education Earlier Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:26 This is World AIDS Day and Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Day, and Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine is using the occasion to highlight the impact of the problem...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
Feds Transfer Oil Management To First Nations Thursday, December 01, 2005 at 15:23 First nations with oil or gas on their reserve will be able to take in that money now, free of government interference. Last Friday, the federal government passed the First...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
PBCN Members Elect New Chief Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 15:33 Pelican Narrows resident Harold Linklater is the new chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. According to unofficial results from yesterday’s byelection, Linklater received 550 votes. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 5, 2010
New PBCN Chief Promises Thorough TLE Investigation Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 15:30 The new chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is promising to get to the bottom of the disappearance of millions of dollars in band Treaty Land Entitlement money. Harold...
