Talks Fail To Produce Deal On Revenue-Sharing

Talks Fail To Produce Deal On Revenue-Sharing Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 14:39     The chief of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council is urging the provincial government to be more flexible when it comes to the issue of resource revenue-sharing.   Chief Helen Ben says,...

Study Proposes New Approach To Reserve Schooling

Study Proposes New Approach To Reserve Schooling Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 14:30     A public policy professor says on-reserve schools need to be administered by Aboriginal-run school authorities if graduation rates amongst Aboriginal students are going to...

Tinker Applauds Province For Funding For Disabled

Tinker Applauds Province For Funding For Disabled Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 14:12     A cash injection by the provincial government into disabilities programming is getting a big thumbs up from a northerner advocate for the disabled.   Gary Tinker of the Gary...

MACSI To Get New Board

MACSI To Get New Board Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 14:35     The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is working to set up a new board of directors for the Metis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan Inc.   The old MACSI board was dissolved a few years ago in the wake of...

Aboriginal Affairs Coalition Elects Leadership

Aboriginal Affairs Coalition Elects Leadership Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 14:33     The Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan is up and running.   The newly-formed group held its first annual general assembly over the weekend in Saskatoon.   It is considered...

Cameco Continues Work On Tailings Pit

Cameco Continues Work On Tailings Pit Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 14:32     A spokesman for Cameco says the uranium company continues to explore ways of stabilizing the banks of a northern Saskatchewan tailings pit.   In 2005, sand spilled into the pit at the Key...

Piapot Man Named Deputy Minister

Piapot Man Named Deputy Minister Monday, October 27, 2008 at 14:26     A former senior official at the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says he’s excited about his new position with the provincial government.   Ron Crowe is the new Deputy Minister of...

Mistakenly Released Prisoner Back In Custody

Mistakenly Released Prisoner Back In Custody Monday, October 27, 2008 at 14:25     A First Nations police force has caught the most wanted man in the province.   The RCMP say 29-year-old John Albert William Dumont was arrested Sunday by the File Hills First Nations...

Police Looking For Alleged Mistawasis Predator

Police Looking For Alleged Mistawasis Predator Monday, October 27, 2008 at 14:24     A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a man accused of sexually assaulting children on a Saskatchewan reserve.   Sgt. Joanne Devores says Devon Shane Brandon is wanted in...

Searchers Find Body Of Missing Canoeist

Searchers Find Body Of Missing Canoeist Friday, October 24, 2008 at 15:15     RCMP and volunteer searchers have found the body of the man that has been missing on Lac La Ronge.   The remains were discovered at 2:30 this afternoon in the area of Sanderson Point.   The...