LLRIB Planning Highway Demonstration On June 29th

LLRIB Planning Highway Demonstration On June 29th Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:27     The Lac La Ronge Indian Band plans to slow down traffic on the main highway through La Ronge on June 29th.   Chief Tammy Cook-Searson says the band council decided earlier this week...

No Special RCMP Strategy For Native Day Of Action

No Special RCMP Strategy For Native Day Of Action Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:19     An RCMP spokesman says the force has no plans to change the way it deals with protests as a national day of action for First Nations approaches.   Sgt. Brad Kaeding says the...

No Shortage Of Reaction To Land Claims Proposal

No Shortage Of Reaction To Land Claims Proposal Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:16     The chief of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council says she thinks the Assembly of First Nations’ upcoming National Day of Action may have helped spur the federal government to come up...

Chief Taking Cautious Stance On Land Claim Reforms

Chief Taking Cautious Stance On Land Claim Reforms Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:03     A northern chief is cautiously optimistic about the future of her band’s land claim in light of the land claims reforms proposed by the federal government this week.   The...

Band Granted Permission To Pick Mushrooms In Park

Band Granted Permission To Pick Mushrooms In Park Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 12:59     Members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band are taking advantage of a one-time special exemption to pick wild mushrooms in Lac La Ronge Provincial Park.   Harvesters in the Stanley...

Prince Albert Murder Suspect Appears In Court

Prince Albert Murder Suspect Appears In Court Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 12:57     A 30-year-old woman has made her first court appearance on charges of stabbing and killing a man in Prince Albert.   Mavis Carla Daniels is charged with the second-degree murder of...

Fond du Lac Teen Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter

Fond du Lac Teen Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 14:21     A 17-year-old boy charged with the second-degree murder of another teen in Fond du Lac has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.   The youth was in La Ronge Provincial Court this morning...

Cumberland House Woman Implicated In Stabbing

Cumberland House Woman Implicated In Stabbing Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 14:19     A 20-year-old woman from Cumberland House accused of repeatedly stabbing a male youth is making a court appearance today.   The RCMP say a 17-year-old boy from White Fox was stabbed...

Claims Plan Pre-Dates Blockade Threat: Prentice

Claims Plan Pre-Dates Blockade Threat: Prentice Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 14:16     Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice says the Conservative government’s plans to address land claims have not been brought about by the threat of Native protests.   The...

FSIN Curious To See Who Arbitrates Land Claims

FSIN Curious To See Who Arbitrates Land Claims Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 14:10     A vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says he welcomes news that the federal government plans on implementing a new and improved land claims process.  ...