by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
FNUC Dealt Major Blow Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 15:27 There will be no federal funding to the First Nations University. That’s according to the province’s Advanced Education Minister, Rob Norris. Norris met with Indian Affairs Minister Chuck...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Hundreds Pay Respects To Ahenakew At Funeral Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 15:16 First Nations leaders from across Canada paid homage to a well-known public figure from the Ahtahkakoop First Nation yesterday. David Ahenakew, the former chief of both the...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Study Proposes Replacement Of PSSSP With Accounts Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 15:05 A new research paper is calling for First Nations students to be given control over funding for post-secondary education. The work was authored by Calvin Helin, the Aboriginal...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Deadline To Change Indian Act Might Be Pushed Back Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 14:54 Indian Affairs is hoping to extend the length of time it has to amend the Indian Act. The BC Supreme Court ruled the Act discriminates against the descendants of First Nations...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Foul Play Ruled Out In Death Of Prince Albert Man Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 14:42 Police in Prince Albert have concluded that a 45-year-old man found dead in the city in October of 2007 passed away due to hypothermia. Mervin Roy Daniels was found outside a...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Long-time Pelican Lake Chief Voted Out Of Office Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 14:39 The Pelican Lake First Nation has elected a new chief. Challenger Dennis Lewis defeated long-time leader Peter Bill in a vote held on Friday. Lewis finished with 391 votes,...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
NDP MLA Calls For Paving Of Northern Highway Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 14:31 Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette says it is time to pave Highway 102 from La Ronge to Southend. Vermette says the state of the highway has become a safety issue and causes concerns for...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
Body Of Snowmobiler Found In Churchill River Monday, March 15, 2010 at 14:43 Searchers have recovered the body of a missing snowmobiler who went through some open water near Stanley Mission on Sunday. The body of the 24-year-old man was found in the Churchill...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
NDP Says Province Has To Commit To FNUC First Monday, March 15, 2010 at 14:36 The Opposition says if the provincial government is really interested in seeing federal funding restored to the First Nations University of Canada, then it has to do it first. The...
by bryanorthner | Sep 5, 2010
FSIN Says Ahenakew Remembered As Brave Leader Monday, March 15, 2010 at 14:31 The funeral for former Aboriginal leader David Ahenakew will take place tomorrow afternoon on the Ahtahkakoop First Nation. He died on Friday after a long battle with cancer. ...
