PBCN To Emerge From Third Party Management

PBCN To Emerge From Third Party Management Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 15:25     After about seven years under third party management, the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation will soon be able to have partial control over its finances.   The band will enter into a...

Problem Gambling Discussed At FSIN Conference

Problem Gambling Discussed At FSIN Conference Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 15:15     Problem gambling counsellors are still learning how to best treat problem gambling, because the way it’s classified continues to change.   Pat Sinclair is one such counsellor...

Metis Claim Victory In Alberta Hunting Rights Case

Metis Claim Victory In Alberta Hunting Rights Case Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:49     The Alberta government has withdrawn a hunting charge against a Metis man from La Loche.   Alfred Janvier was facing a charge of hunting in a closed season after shooting a moose...

Mounties Make Rash Of Drug Busts In Beauval

Mounties Make Rash Of Drug Busts In Beauval Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:47     The RCMP say a series of drug busts in Beauval recently are the result of community members “taking a stand”.   In the last 10 days, the Beauval RCMP detachment has charged a...

Keeper Accompanies Beatty On Campaign Trail

Keeper Accompanies Beatty On Campaign Trail Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:45     Liberal MP Tina Keeper is in Meadow Lake today to drum up support for party candidate Joan Beatty for the upcoming by-election in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River.   Beatty and the...

FSIN Offered No Assurances Over Jordan’s Principle

FSIN Offered No Assurances Over Jordan’s Principle Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:43     The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is repeating its call for the provincial government to adopt Jordan’s Principle . . . but the province is still saying...

Aboriginal Literacy To Get Limelight In April

Aboriginal Literacy To Get Limelight In April Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:34     The provincial government says Aboriginal literacy will be Saskatchewan’s focus at an upcoming national forum.   About 3,500 people at 10 sites across the country —...

North Battleford Urban Reserve On The Horizon

North Battleford Urban Reserve On The Horizon Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:21     A deal to make 347 acres of land in the east end of North Battleford into an urban reserve should be completed in about two months, according to the city’s mayor.   Now that...

North Likely Won’t Be As Wet As First Thought

North Likely Won’t Be As Wet As First Thought Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:18     An official with the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority admits the spring runoff forecast for the northern boreal forest has been toned down since last month.   In February, the...

Tears Flow At Residential School Healing Event

Tears Flow At Residential School Healing Event Monday, March 10, 2008 at 15:43     A crowd of about 400 people heard an emotional story from the executive director of the National Residential Schools Survivors Society.   Ted Quewezance was speaking in yesterday as...