by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Northern Altered School Year Coming To An End Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 13:51 Officials with northern Saskatchewan’s largest school division are defending the decision to discontinue the altered school year. The three-year experiment will officially...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Northern Contractor Donates Health Research Funds Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 13:49 One of Canada’s largest mining contractors has donated $250,000 to the Royal University Hospital’s Royal Care Campaign. The gift from Mudjatik Thyssen Mining Joint...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Buffalo River Historical Places Project On Display Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 13:23 Members of the Buffalo River Dene Nation will get a good look at their roots in a special presentation this afternoon. A group of high school students has been working with a...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Event Focuses On Art of Native Storytelling Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 13:22 Camp Grizzly at Deschambault Lake will be the site of some traditional storytelling over the next few days. Wes Fineday, Isadore Pelletier and Walter Albert are just some of the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Court Orders New Trial For Brown and Kindrat Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 13:27 Two men from Tisdale have been ordered to stand trial a second time in connection to the sexual assault of a 12-year-old Aboriginal girl in 2001. Jeffrey Brown and Jeffrey Kindrat...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Feds Approve On-Reserve Smoking Bylaw Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 13:24 The federal government is keeping its distance from the on-reserve smoking controversy in Saskatchewan. In a letter written to First Nations Relations Minister Maynard Sonntag, Indian...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Waterhen Chief Determined to Reject Reinstatements Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 13:21 It doesn’t appear that the recent re-instatement of four fired employees of the Waterhen Lake First Nation will be allowed to stand. The workers were let go in 2001...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
Waterhen Chief Fighting Band Council Resolution Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 13:27 A protest at the Waterhen Lake First Nation continues. The protesters are blocking some former band office employees from re-claiming their old jobs. The former workers thought...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
PBCN Tribal Police On Recruitment Drive Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 13:24 The new tribal police force of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is on the road this week. Hector Thiboutot School in Sandy Bay was the first stop for 19 new recruits of the force today. ...
by bryanorthner | Aug 3, 2010
La Ronge Band Hires Experienced Electoral Officer Tuesday, January 18, 2005 at 13:19 The new electoral officer for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band feels he has the necessary experience to run a smooth election. Charles Whitecap will be in charge when members of...
