Lawyers have made their sentencing requests for a James Smith Cree Nation woman who was convicted of manslaughter in October. Candace Moostoos was originally charged with murder in 70-year-old Alpheus Burns’ death in May of 2015, after she turned herself in. At...
MCpl. Clayton Matchee in the early 90s. Photo courtesy flyingdust.net A Flying Dust First Nation man has been named in an Ontario military mom’s plea for the federal government to end its “culture of denial” towards the psychiatric effects of a drug...
File photo. A man from Island Lake First Nation is facing a dozen new charges after trying to escape from police in Cold Lake, Alberta. On Wednesday afternoon, RCMP received a call about a stolen vehicle located in a grocery store parking lot. The driver tried to get...
Spring NAFA Auction. Photo courtesy of furtraders.ca It is getting more and more difficult for Saskatchewan trappers to make a living. Trappers are harvesting the same amount of animals, but they are getting far less for their efforts. Wild fur prices have dropped...
Police Chief Troy Cooper and Hayler Wah. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A seven-year-old boy at Prince Albert Police’s annual Shop with a Cop event didn’t know it at first, but he was paired up with the city’s top cop. Hayler Wah had already made it to the Canadian Tire...
A tenant complaint to RCMP in Meadow Lake has led to sexual assault charges against a landlord. The RCMP received a complaint about an October incident that allegedly involved the tenant and 63-year-old Roger Epp. Following that, a former tenant came forward about an...
MaryAnn Mihychuk. Photo courtesy AFN.ca Federal labour minister MaryAnn Mihychuk told a national chiefs conference that improving aboriginal employment and providing a work ready indigenous work force is a priority for her department. Right now the aboriginal...
First Nations University Elders Florence Allen of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation and Rose Bird of Thunderchild First Nation performed a sacred water ceremony with the young group of Stanley Mission walkers. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski Water protectors from Stanley...
PBCN Chief Peter Beatty addressing the AFN Special Assembly. Photo courtesy AFN.ca Chiefs gathered at the AFN Special Assembly in Gatineau, Quebec on Wednesday passed a resolution aimed to reduce youth suicides. The motion was put forward by several northern...
Indigenous Affairs Minister, Carolyn Bennett. Photo courtesy of afn.ca Indigenous Affairs Minister, Carolyn Bennett, took a bit of heat today at a National Chiefs Conference underway in Quebec. She was told that not only should the Indian Act be scrapped, but her...
