by MBC News | Jan 9, 2013
A federal court ruled today that Métis and other non-status Indians should be recognized as special status groups by the government. In it’s ruling the court said both groups are indeed “Indians” under the Canadian constitution. The ruling also means some 600,000...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2013
An Aboriginal toddler may have been left unattended in a bathtub for close to an hour on the day he died in foster care two years ago, court heard yesterday. Eunice Wudrich is charged with criminal negligence causing the death of two-year-old Evander Lee Daniels who...
by MBC News | Jan 9, 2013
A man will go to trial May 23 for allegedly threatening violence against employees of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band on Facebook. Forty-year-old Fraser Daniel Cook, who’s himself a Lac La Ronge band member, has pleaded not guilty to a single count of uttering threats....
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2013
It is unclear how long a two-year-old First Nations boy was left unattended in foster care before he died more than two years ago. Eunice Wudrich is charged with criminal negligence causing death after Evander Lee Daniels was found face down in a partially filled...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2013
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...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2013
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...
by MBC News | Jan 8, 2013
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...
by MBC News | Jan 4, 2013
The First Nations Chief who has sparked a cross-Canada protest movement against the Harper government says she plans to continue her hunger strike in spite of recent overtures from the Prime Minister’s office. Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence has been on...
by MBC News | Jan 4, 2013
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...
by MBC News | Jan 4, 2013
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...
