Kennedy Removed From MNS Portfolio

Kennedy Removed From MNS Portfolio Monday, November 07, 2005 at 13:19     MNS president Dwayne Roth confirms provincial secretary Ralph Kennedy is on a leave of absence from the MNS executive.   Kennedy has been charged with forgery in connection with last...

UN Attacks Law Limiting Natives’ Complaints Rights

UN Attacks Law Limiting Natives’ Complaints Rights Monday, November 07, 2005 at 13:16     The UN’s Human Rights Committee is the latest body to publicly condemn a section in the Canadian Human Rights Act that excludes some First Nations people from the...

Decision On Racism Complaint Months Away

Decision On Racism Complaint Months Away Monday, November 07, 2005 at 13:13     A Moosomin band member says she’s not sure what good will come out of a human rights tribunal that she participated in this past Friday.   Three years ago, Marjorie Starr filed a...

New North Officials Hold Brainstorming Session

New North Officials Hold Brainstorming Session Monday, November 07, 2005 at 13:08     The lobby group for Saskatchewan’s 35 northern municipalities held a strategy meeting over the weekend in Prince Albert.   New North chairman Dale McAuley says the executive...

Province Pitches Deal to End MNS Election Dispute

Province Pitches Deal to End MNS Election Dispute Friday, November 04, 2005 at 15:58     The provincial government has announced a proposal it hopes will eventually settle the impasse involving the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan.   The province and Ottawa are willing to...

FNUC Officials Hire Private Investigator

FNUC Officials Hire Private Investigator Friday, November 04, 2005 at 15:55     The First Nations University of Canada has hired a private eye to find out who leaked sensitive documents to the media.   Last month, several newspapers published stories about the...

Saskatchewan Potential Nuclear Waste Storage Site

Saskatchewan Potential Nuclear Waste Storage Site Friday, November 04, 2005 at 15:53     The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has completed a study into where and how Canada’s spent nuclear fuel should be stored in this country – and Saskatchewan is one of the...

ACTC Renews Forestry Agreement With Province

ACTC Renews Forestry Agreement With Province Friday, November 04, 2005 at 15:52     The Agency Chiefs Tribal Council has renewed a wood supply agreement with Saskatchewan Environment for 2.3 million hectares of forested land north and west of Prince Albert.   The...

Replacement Appointed For Embattled MNS Official

Replacement Appointed For Embattled MNS Official Friday, November 04, 2005 at 15:50     Metis Nation of Saskatchewan Western Region II has appointed an interim replacement for former area director Henry Cummings.   Saskatoon-based Metis local president Penny Hurton...

RCMP Release Names In Grandmother’s Bay Murder

RCMP Release Names In Grandmother’s Bay Murder Friday, November 04, 2005 at 15:49     A Grandmother’s Bay man accused of killing his own brother made his first court appearance in La Ronge yesterday.   31-year-old Daniel Charles is facing a charge of...