Level Of Aboriginal Input On Land Sale Questioned

Level Of Aboriginal Input On Land Sale Questioned Monday, November 17, 2008 at 15:11     The NDP critic for First Nations and Metis Relations says he is concerned about an apparent lack of consultation related to this month’s sale of 1.6 million acres of Crown...

Regulatory Concerns Raised Over Fatal Plane Crash

Regulatory Concerns Raised Over Fatal Plane Crash Friday, November 14, 2008 at 13:41     A crash in northern Saskatchewan last year is raising questions about the regulatory ability of Transport Canada.   The Calgary Herald has obtained a confidential report into a...

Former MACSI Directors Facing Fraud Charges

Former MACSI Directors Facing Fraud Charges Friday, November 14, 2008 at 13:37     The president of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan says events leading to the recent fraud charges laid against former directors of the Metis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan have...

MN-S Making Progress In Eliminating Debt

MN-S Making Progress In Eliminating Debt Friday, November 14, 2008 at 13:31     The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan has paid off nearly three-quarters of its debt.   MN-S President Robert Doucette says around 70 per cent of the organization’s debt has been...

MN-S Looking For People To Help Create Registry

MN-S Looking For People To Help Create Registry Friday, November 14, 2008 at 13:30     A Metis registry is in the works.   The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is looking for five people to fill jobs such as director and geneologist to help create a registry of all...

Trappers Significantly Reduce Number Of Pelts Sold

Trappers Significantly Reduce Number Of Pelts Sold Friday, November 14, 2008 at 13:27     According to statistics compiled by Saskatchewan Environment, northern trappers marketed far fewer pelts last fur season than the year before.   Last season, 22,238 pelts were...

Doucette Not Relishing Conviction Of Political Foe

Doucette Not Relishing Conviction Of Political Foe Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 13:12     The president of the Metis Nation – Saskatchewan says he doesn’t take pleasure in a former high-ranking MN-S official being sent to jail.   However, Robert Doucette...

Metis Leaders Grappling With Media Exposure

Metis Leaders Grappling With Media Exposure Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 12:57     One of the agenda items at this week’s Provincial Metis Council meeting in Saskatoon is developing a policy to deal with media.   Members of the media were allowed to sit in and...

Cameco Close To Finding Source Of Cigar Lake Flood

Cameco Close To Finding Source Of Cigar Lake Flood Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 12:49     In the next couple of weeks, Cameco hopes to have more information in the next couple of weeks on why and how water is flowing into the flooded Cigar Lake uranium mine.   Chief...

White Bear Residents Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash

White Bear Residents Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 14:01     A head-on collision Monday afternoon near Lajord, Saskatchewan claimed the lives of two women from the White Bear First Nation.   According to the RCMP, a 62-year-old man from...