Former FSIN Chief To Visit Tribe In Peru

Former FSIN Chief To Visit Tribe In Peru Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 15:03     A former chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is making plans to visit South America next year.   Sol Sanderson, a member of the First Nations Forum, will travel to...

Report Addresses Assistance For Native Students

Report Addresses Assistance For Native Students Tuesday, October 09, 2007 at 13:49     An NDP cabinet minister is recommending the provincial government provide for a fully-funded tuition reduction of $1,000 per academic year for all undergraduate students at the...

Police Continue Probe Of Suspected Racial Attack

Police Continue Probe Of Suspected Racial Attack Tuesday, October 09, 2007 at 13:42     An academic from Cumberland House says she hopes police track down two men and two teenagers who threw eggs at her and some friends last week in Saskatoon.   Priscilla Settee of...

U of R To Offer Couse About Missing Native Women

U of R To Offer Couse About Missing Native Women Tuesday, October 09, 2007 at 13:37     A new class will be offered next semester at the University of Regina.   The course will focus on missing and murdered Indigenous women in Saskatchewan, across Canada and around...

Funds Announced For Native Programming In P.A.

Funds Announced For Native Programming In P.A. Tuesday, October 09, 2007 at 12:53     The Prince Albert Metis Women’s Association and YWCA are both getting some help from the federal government.   This morning, local MP Brian Fitzpatrick pledged $124,000 for the...

Northern Fishing Lodge Fined For Violations

  Northern Fishing Lodge Fined For Violations Friday, October 05, 2007 at 15:06     A northern Saskatchewan outfitter was fined today for exceeding the number of clients it was allowed to have on Trout Lake.   Sportman’s Lodge has been ordered to pay over...

Volunteers Begin Ground Search For Missing Elder

Volunteers Begin Ground Search For Missing Elder Friday, October 05, 2007 at 14:05     A volunteer ground search is underway today near Wynyard for an elderly First Nations woman.   78-year-old Emily Osmond of the Kawacatoose First Nation hasn’t been seen since...

Creighton Coping With Contaminated Soil Concerns

Creighton Coping With Contaminated Soil Concerns Friday, October 05, 2007 at 13:50     An official with Saskatchewan Environment says it is still too early to know for sure if the health of Creighton’s residents has been affected by contaminated soil.   A recent...

FSIN Climate Change Conference Concludes

FSIN Climate Change Conference Concludes Friday, October 05, 2007 at 13:47     For the past two days, First Nations people from across the province were in Regina listening to some prominent speakers talk about the environment.   The “Only a Matter of...

Hurley Gets Life Sentence For Naistus Murder

Hurley Gets Life Sentence For Naistus Murder Thursday, October 04, 2007 at 17:02     An Alberta man has been given a life sentence with no chance of parole for 13 years for killing an Onion Lake woman in a Lloydminster hotel room two years ago.   44-year-old Gordon...