MCRRHA Has Immunization Improvement Plan

MCRRHA Has Immunization Improvement Plan Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 14:09     Officials with the Mamawetan Churchill River Regional Health Authority have approved a plan to improve immunization rates over the next three-years.   James Irvine is the Medical Health...

Shoal Lake Man Sentenced For Manslaughter

Shoal Lake Man Sentenced For Manslaughter Monday, March 28, 2011 at 14:35     A sentence has been handed down to a Shoal Lake man convicted of manslaughter.   Last year, Royce Virgil Bear was arrested after a 24-year-old man died on the Shoal Lake First Nation.   The...

Drunk Snowmobiler Rescued From Churchill River

Drunk Snowmobiler Rescued From Churchill River Monday, March 28, 2011 at 14:33     Stanley Mission RCMP are reminding snowmobilers to use caution after an 18-year-old man had to be rescued on the weekend.   Police say around 1:30 Saturday morning, they received a call...

Native Leaders Anxious To See Election Platforms

Native Leaders Anxious To See Election Platforms Monday, March 28, 2011 at 14:31     The chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says he isn’t going to tell First Nations people how to vote in the upcoming federal election.   However, Chief Guy...

Leadership Change In Montreal Lake

Leadership Change In Montreal Lake Monday, March 28, 2011 at 14:24     Voters at the Montreal Lake Cree Nation elected a new chief on Friday.   Edward Henderson, a former vice-chief with the Prince Albert Grand Council, defeated incumbent Roger Bird.   The other chief...

LLRIB Members Approve Claim Settlement

LLRIB Members Approve Claim Settlement Monday, March 28, 2011 at 14:22     Members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band have voted overwhelmingly in favor of accepting an ammunition and twine claim settlement.   A series of ratification votes were held for band members and...

MN-S President Defends Meeting On Constitution

MN-S President Defends Meeting On Constitution Monday, March 28, 2011 at 14:18     There appears to be some disagreement in the ranks of Metis leadership as to who can call a special general assembly meeting.   Such a meeting had been scheduled for this past weekend...

Request For Supreme Court to Hear Case

Request For Supreme Court to Hear Case Friday, March 25, 2011 at 15:14     A request is underway for the Supreme Court of Canada to hear the case of the so-called “Walmart Baby”.   Crown prosecutors in the province confirm they have written the court for...

Metis Need Consenus: Newspaper Editor

Metis Need Consenus: Newspaper Editor Friday, March 25, 2011 at 15:12     A Metis newspaper editor and publisher says constitutional reform is needed within the Metis Nation, and leaders need to start working together.   John Lagimodiere says right now there is a lot...

La Loche Mayor Had Hoped for More in Budget

La Loche Mayor Had Hoped for More in Budget Friday, March 25, 2011 at 15:10     A mayor in Northwest Saskatchewan says she would have liked to have seen more money for her area in this week’s provincial budget.   Georgina Jolibois says La Loche could have used...