Idle No More Organizer Says Movement Must Stick Together

A member of the Idle No More movement says she thinks a report of financial irregularities on the Attiwapiskat First Nation is an attempt by the government to divide and conquer First Nations people. According to the auditor’s report, found on the website of the...

Sask Idle No More Rallies Continue Over Weekend

In spite of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent agreement to meet with First Nations leadership, Idle No More rallies continued in Saskatchewan this past weekend. On Saturday, close to hundred protesters partially blocked the Trans-Canada highway just east of...

Professor Says Idle No More Organizers Faced With Key Decisions

A Canadian academic contends organizers of the Idle No More movement are at a critical crossroads and faced with some key decisions. Max Cameron teaches at the University of British Columbia and also heads up the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions. He...

Group Fears Potential Backlash Against Idle No More Movement

A spokesman for the Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism says the organization is worried about a potential backlash against the Idle No More movement. Bob Hughes says he has heard a number of inflammatory and misinformed remarks about the movement on open line call...

NDP Challenges Government On Aboriginal Job Numbers

The Saskatchewan NDP opposition says it’s been a bad year for Aboriginal job numbers in the province. The government released employment figures earlier today that show close to 540,000 people are working in Saskatchewan and this includes an increase of a little under...

Police Investigate Suspicious Death Of First Nations Man

RCMP major crimes unit is investigating the death of a 32-year-old First Nations man. Darren Wallace George, who hails from Ochapowace First Nation near Broadview, was last seen Dec. 27 leaving a home on the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. He was the subject of a missing...

Protesters Rally In PA And Saskatoon

Saskatchewan Idle No More protesters rallied again yesterday – this time in Prince Albert and Saskatoon. Dozens of Prince Albert protesters met in front of MP Randy Hoback’s office waving signs and passing out pamphlets outlining what they feel will be the negative...

New Recruit Says Local Policing The Key In Aboriginal Communities

One of the Saskatoon police’s newest recruits says the key to improving relations between police and Aboriginal people is a continued focus on community policing. Katelynn Keyes was one of 19 officers sworn into the Saskatoon Police Service yesterday. Keyes, who is of...