Medicine Man Gets Prison Sentence For Sex Assault

Medicine Man Gets Prison Sentence For Sex Assault Monday, February 22, 2010 at 15:26     A pipe carrier found guilty of sexual assault was sentenced earlier today to 30 months in prison, less one month for time served.   50-year-old Dennis Clayton Buffalo must also...

Woman Killed In Rollover On Road To Sturgeon Lake

Woman Killed In Rollover On Road To Sturgeon Lake Monday, February 22, 2010 at 15:24     A woman is dead following a single vehicle rollover near the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.   Police were called to the scene on Highway 355 between Highway 2 and the reserve...

Investigation Ordered Into Violent Arrest

Investigation Ordered Into Violent Arrest Monday, February 22, 2010 at 15:23     An investigation has been launched following the arrest of a Beardy’s man wanted for a number of offences.   Bradley Chad Gardipy is facing 14 criminal code offences, including...

Woman Worried About Elders After Medication Mix-up

Woman Worried About Elders After Medication Mix-up Monday, February 22, 2010 at 15:19     A La Loche resident says people in the province’s north who can’t read English should get someone else to check their prescriptions.   Dorothy Lemaigre recently...

Governance Report on FNUC Released

Governance Report on FNUC Released Friday, February 19, 2010 at 14:51     A new report has been completed for the First Nations University of Canada.   The paper is essentially an overview of the school’s governance structure.   It was commissioned by the...

Mining Boom Leads to Rate Hike

Mining Boom Leads to Rate Hike Friday, February 19, 2010 at 14:49     A boom in the mining and oil sectors is a major reason why SaskPower is applying to increase power rates.   SaskPower Acting President Garner Mitchell says companies are looking at opening more...

Northern MP Hopeful Healing Foundation Can Survive

Northern MP Hopeful Healing Foundation Can Survive Friday, February 19, 2010 at 14:48     A politician from northern Manitoba says she believes there is a chance the federal government may restore funding to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation.   NDP MP Niki Ashton says...

Metis In NWT Disagree With Caribou Ban

Metis In NWT Disagree With Caribou Ban Friday, February 19, 2010 at 14:46     A Metis official from the North West Territories says they are deeply concerned by that government’s decision to ban caribou hunting in their traditional area of Great Slave lake.  ...

Federal Funding For New FNUC Not Certain: Strahl

Federal Funding For New FNUC Not Certain: Strahl Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 14:13     Canada’s Indian Affairs minister is making no assurances about federal funding to the FNUC, despite recent talk of a new partnership with the University of Regina.  ...

Inconsistencies In Testimony At Sand Trial: Lawyer

Inconsistencies In Testimony At Sand Trial: Lawyer Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 13:56     A trial is continuing today for a man from the Mistawasis reserve who is facing two counts of second-degree murder.   Hubert Conrad Sand is alleged to have shot and killed Greg...