Victim of Reserve House Fire Identified

Victim of Reserve House Fire Identified Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at 14:55     RCMP have released the name of the person who died in a house fire over the weekend on the Wahpeton Dakota First Nation.   26-year-old Troy Head lost his life early Sunday morning when...

FSIN Not Budging on New Anti-Smoking Bylaw

FSIN Not Budging on New Anti-Smoking Bylaw Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at 14:53     Saskatchewan’s top Indian chief says First Nations won’t allow themselves to be pushed around by the provincial government when it comes to the issue of smoking on...

FSIN Looking for Better Gaming Agreement

FSIN Looking for Better Gaming Agreement Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at 14:49     The gaming agreement that currently exists between the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the provincial government was a topic of conversation yesterday at the FSIN’s...

Onion Lake Not Willing to Give Up Lab

Onion Lake Not Willing to Give Up Lab Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at 14:44     The Onion Lake First Nation is not giving up its fight to retain funding for its x-ray and laboratory facilities.   At the FSIN special legislative assembly in Saskatoon yesterday, acting...

English River Holds Vote on Proposed Reserve

English River Holds Vote on Proposed Reserve Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at 14:42     Members of the English River First Nation are voting today on whether to turn some band property just south of Saskatoon into a reserve.   The band is hoping to develop a hotel, a...

Canoe Lake Residents Choose Trustees Today

Canoe Lake Residents Choose Trustees Today Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at 14:40     The Canoe Lake First Nation is holding voting today to elect band members that will be entrusted with overseeing the band’s multi-million-dollar trust funds.   From now on, a...

Province Rejects Call to Probe Keewatin Yatthe

Province Rejects Call to Probe Keewatin Yatthe Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 22:18     The Saskatchewan Medical Association is under fire over its recent criticism of the Keewatin Yatthe Regional Health Authority.   Just yesterday, an executive member of northern...

MP Worried About Status of All-Weather Road Talks

MP Worried About Status of All-Weather Road Talks Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 22:15     The Member of Parliament for northern Saskatchewan is worried that negotiations to build an all-weather road network in the Far North are about to take a hit.   At a recent...

Fire Tower Restoration Project on Schedule

Fire Tower Restoration Project on Schedule Tuesday, December 14, 2004 at 22:11     A program officer with Saskatchewan Environment says by this time next year, around thirty new fire towers could be in place in the North.   Leo Gardiner says the 100-foot steel...

New North Backs Health Region in Fight with SMA

New North Backs Health Region in Fight with SMA Monday, December 13, 2004 at 17:37     An executive member of New North says he feels the Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) is out of line with its repeated criticism of the Keewatin Yatthe health region, and the...