Not All CEP Claims Open For Reconsideration

Not All CEP Claims Open For Reconsideration Friday, March 07, 2008 at 15:10     A government official says not all residential school survivors qualify for a reconsideration process regarding compensation claims.   According to the Office of Indian Residential Schools...

Court Hears More Testimony In Sturgeon Murder Case

Court Hears More Testimony In Sturgeon Murder Case Friday, March 07, 2008 at 14:22     The province’s top pathologist took the stand yesterday in the trial of a man accused of beating a Sturgeon Lake band member in 2006.   Dr. Shaun Ladham testified the injuries...

MP Hopes Survey Leads To End Of FFMC Monopoly

MP Hopes Survey Leads To End Of FFMC Monopoly Friday, March 07, 2008 at 14:19     Prince Albert Conservative MP Brian Fitzpatrick says he’s pleased with the results of a recent fish marketing survey in northern Saskatchewan.   Late last year, residents received...

Government Severs Ties With Oyate Safe House

Government Severs Ties With Oyate Safe House Thursday, March 06, 2008 at 14:59     Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer announced today that the provincial government is discontinuing a contract for services with the Oyate Safe House in Regina.   Oyate is a...

Residential School Payment Appeal Process Underway

Residential School Payment Appeal Process Underway Thursday, March 06, 2008 at 13:27     The federal government says it is now processing applications for the Common Experience Payment Reconsideration Process.   Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada says all...

Boreal Forest Expected To See Above Average Runoff

Boreal Forest Expected To See Above Average Runoff Thursday, March 06, 2008 at 13:24     According to the latest forecast, the northern grainbelt and a large part of the northern provincial forest will see above normal spring runoff this year.   The Saskatchewan...

Court Dismisses Assault Charges Against Roth

Court Dismisses Assault Charges Against Roth Thursday, March 06, 2008 at 13:22     Assault charges against former Metis Nation – Saskatchewan President Dwayne Roth have been dropped.   The Crown alleged Roth pushed a woman in December 2006, and then pushed and...

Website Designed To Help Rejected CEP Claimants

Website Designed To Help Rejected CEP Claimants Thursday, March 06, 2008 at 13:20     A man who used to work at a Saskatchewan law firm has launched a website designed to help residential school survivors.   Tony Stevenson, a survivor himself, says he wants to help...

Aboriginal Jobless Numbers Tumbling

Aboriginal Jobless Numbers Tumbling Thursday, March 06, 2008 at 13:15     The number of unemployed Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan fell by 24 per cent between 2001 and 2006.   That’s the word from Statistics Canada this week.   The unemployment rate among...

Saulteaux Manslaughter Case Adjourned To September

Saulteaux Manslaughter Case Adjourned To September Thursday, March 06, 2008 at 13:12     A preliminary hearing will be held in September for a man charged with manslaughter in the New Year’s Day death of a Saulteaux reserve resident.   The hearing for...