A presentation and discussion of the relationship between co-operatives and the government in the province.

Views of activities and programs administered by various Government of Saskatchewan departments in northern Saskatchewan. 01: Teacher R. Aronec works with adult students as part of an educational project in La Ronge. The project was organized by citizens in La Ronge and the Department of Education to provide basic education and possible academic or vocational training to the students. 02: Partial view of a nearly-completed weir consturction project on the Montreal River between Waskesiu Lake and La Ronge. The weir, constructed by the Department of Natural Resources at a cost of $30,000 is designed to maintain the water level of Montreal Lake. 03: Registration at the 1964 annual meeting of the Northern Co-op Trading Services, held at La Ronge. Moses Roberts, a delegate from Stanley Mission, receives a lapel tag from Phil Golla of Prince Albert. Looking on are delegates Mathias Iron of Pinehouse Lake (far left) and Miles Venn of La Ronge (far right). 04: Reviewing financial statements at the Northern Co-op Trading Services annual meeting are: Co-op general manager Ed Skatfeld of Prince Albert; delegate Lawrence Cook of Cumberland House; Co-op central board vice-chairman C.A. Robson of Saskatoon; and delegate Janet Feitz of La Ronge. 05: Sone of the attendees to the fifth annual meeting of the Co-op Fisheries Limited, held at La Ronge (L to R): J.T. Phalen, secretary of the Co-op Fisheries Limited at Regina; Jim Town, Co-op Fisheries Limited general manager; delegate Albert Ratt of Pelican Narrows; and Martin Erickson, vice-president of the Prince Rupert (B.C.) Fishermen's Co-op and meeting keynote speaker. 06: La Ronge Co-op Association president John Smith (left) presents a cheque for $1026.00 to Hon. Frank Meakes, Minister of the Saskatchewan Department of Co-operation and Co-operative Development, at a banquet held in La Ronge. Looking on is Co-op vice-president Tony Wood. The cheque represents the ten percent equity accrued by the Government of Saskatchewan from its merchandise purchases at the Co-op during the 1962-1963 fiscal year. 07: A four-sleigh "swing" freighter leaves La Ronge for the Drinking Falls tourist lodge on the shores of the Churchill River. The freighter's load includes a summer supply of heavy staples, outboard motor fuel, boats, furniture, and other goods. 08: Reviewing financial statements at the 1964 annual meeting of the Northern Co-op Trading Services are (L to R): Torrance Tornquist, co-op management advisor at Creighton; delegate Mrs. Joe McAuley of Cumberland House; Father J. Megret of Wollaston Lake, director and Chippewyan translator; and delegate Joe Aeyounen of Wollaston Lake. 09: Teacher Peter Friesen explains a test to adult students at La Ronge. The students are enrolled in an educational upgrading program. 10 to 11: Mrs. A. Aronec explains the details of a reading-number test to her students. The program is held at the Precambrian High School at La Ronge. 12: Tommy Downs (second from right) makes a presentation using visual aids at the fourth annual meeting of the Northern Co-op Trading Services, held at La Ronge. Beside Downs is Jerome Dzeylion, a Chippewyan delegate from Wollaston Lake. At left are Cree-speaking delegates Nap Hanson of Pinehouse Lake and Horace Seewap of Deschambault Lake. 13: Peter Friesen, a geologist and teacher from La Ronge, instructs a vocational upgrading course for Indigenous and Métis students, held in the Legion Hall at La Ronge.

Music and vocals to an Agri-Pool jingle possibly for radio.

Presentations to the Saskatchewan Marketing Board seeking approval for establishing a Broiler Chicken Marketing Board in the province.

01 to 08: Views of medical care being administered by Saskatchewan Department of Public Heath nurse Dorothy Dubois at the Outpost Hospital at Buffalo Narrows and during home visits in the area. 01: Dubois bandages a boy's foot at his home. 02: Dubois x-rays a young boy's arm while his brother looks on. 03: Dubois examines an 8-year-old girl at the hospital. 04: Dubois gives an injection to a five-month-old boy at the hospital. 05: Dubois prepares to leave the hospital to make home visits. Nurse's assistant Marie Ange Denis stands near the hospital entrance. 06: Dubois visits a local man John Swanvieck at his garden. 07: Dubois gives a vitamin B injection to a 73-year-old man. 08: Dubois departs a cabin and prepares to enter a boat to return to Buffalo Narrows. 09 to 17, 18 to 24, 27 and 29: Views of Buffalo Narrows. 09: A new fire hall under construction. At left are the Saskatchewan Government Airways and Meadow Lake Air Services headquarters. 10: Buffalo Narrows Advancement Club building (at left) and new skating rink. 11: Log cabin of Louis McKay and family. 12: Log cabins belonging to Celestine McKay (at right) and Louis McKay (in background). 13 to 14: Buffalo Narrows ferry. 15: Dave's Motel and Café, owned and operated by Dave Le Chasseur. 16: Caboose occupied by Leon Diagnault and family. 17: St. Philomena Church and rectory, and Waite Fisheries building. 19 to 20: Gerry Parsons, secretary-treasurer of the Buffalo Narrows Credit Union, presents a loan cheque to Alfred Petit. 21: Log cabin, covered with cardboard, owned by Claude Bouchard. 22: Louis McKay with his wife and six of his nine children inside their log cabin. Log cabin and modern home, owned by Norman Petit. 23: Norman Tinker, a Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources patrolman, in his kitchen with his children and sister-in-law, R. Pederson. 27: Buffalo Narrows Credit Union Board of Directors (L to R): Oscar Petit; Jorgen Madsen; John Montgrand; Gerry Parsons; Eric Kseick. 29: Exterior view of Norman Tinker home. 25 to 26, 47: Views of the Co-op barge and tent stores at Frobisher Lake. 28: Co-op store at Churchill Lake, 35 miles north of Buffalo Narrows, which is closed during the summer. 18 and 30 to 45: Views of Patuanak and area. 30: Aerial view of Patuanak. 31: An Indigenous person building a new dock. 32: View of Patuanak from the water. 33: Josette Morris, a Chipewyan resident of Patuanak, works on birch bark baskets. 34: A log cabin and horse standing near an adjacent fish smoking frame. 35: Exterior view of the Hudson's Bay Company store. 36: Yvonne Aubichon and Linda Campbell play inside a tent. 37: Angela Solomon, a Chipewyan resident of Patuanak, making birch bark baskets. 38: Church of St. Louis. 39:Alec Morris leaves the Co-op store. 18, 40: Indigenous fishers, belonging to the John's Fishermens' Co-op, loading fish onto an aircraft at Knee Lake. 41: Alec Morris purchases groceries at the Co-op store from store manager Eugene George. 42: Ovid Wolverine and Gilbert Morris pack fish into boxes in an ice house prior to loading them onto an aircraft at Knee Lake. 43 to 44: Norbert George, from the Knee Lake settlement, lifting a fish in a net. 45: Bill Boschman, a representative with the Saskatchewan Department of Co-operation and Co-operative Development, checks records with Co-op manager Eugene George. 46: A baseball game at Ile a la Crosse.

Meeting on 17 resolutions discussed and agreed upon about fishing and licencing in Saskatchewan.

Various Christmas carols and miscellaneous music.

Files created chiefly as Minister of Co-operation and Co-operative Development and as Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Telecommunications (SaskTel); photographs.

A meeting or seminar regarding the development and regulation of co-operatives in Saskatchewan.

A discussion and debate of resolutions at the Annual General Meeting of the Co-op Fisheries Limited.