Budget Draws Praise, Criticism On Native Issues

Budget Draws Praise, Criticism On Native Issues Friday, March 05, 2010 at 14:56     The Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative has been saved.   Officials with the program feared it was on the chopping block, but Ottawa has included it in a $285-million commitment in the...

Train Collision Claims Life On Pasqua Reserve

Train Collision Claims Life On Pasqua Reserve Friday, March 05, 2010 at 14:37     A 28-year-old man was killed last night in a collision between a vehicle and a train on the Pasqua First Nation.   RCMP and emergency responders arrived on the scene shortly before 11:00...

RCMP Track Down Suspect In Sturgeon Lake Assault

RCMP Track Down Suspect In Sturgeon Lake Assault Friday, March 05, 2010 at 14:36     The RCMP have apprehended a man wanted in connection to a Boxing Day attack on a woman on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.   52-year-old Clifford Daniels was arrested late yesterday...

Ottawa’s Endorsement Of UN Declaration Questioned

Ottawa’s Endorsement Of UN Declaration Questioned Friday, March 05, 2010 at 14:27     Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl is defending the federal government’s decision to only offer “qualified” support for the United Nations Declaration on...

End Of The Road For The “Voice Of The North”

End Of The Road For The “Voice Of The North” Friday, March 05, 2010 at 14:08     A well-known northern Saskatchewan radio show host with the CBC is retiring.   Tom Roberts, the host of “Keewatin Country”, is calling it quits after over two...

First Nations Propose New Domed Stadium For Riders

First Nations Propose New Domed Stadium For Riders Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 14:30     A $1.2-billion stadium and hotel complex is being pitched by some First Nations in the province.   The plan would see a new domed stadium built in Regina for the Riders to play...

Throne Speech Called Encouraging By Native Leaders

Throne Speech Called Encouraging By Native Leaders Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 14:21     National Chief Shawn Atleo says he is encouraged by the Conservative government’s commitment to endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.  ...

Portrayal Of Riel As A Villain About Land: Prof

Portrayal Of Riel As A Villain About Land: Prof Thursday, March 04, 2010 at 14:13     A Saskatchewan university professor is reacting to an MP’s statement that Louis Riel was a villain.   Jesse Archibald Barber teaches English at the First Nations University in...

Escaped Healing Lodge Inmate Recaptured

Escaped Healing Lodge Inmate Recaptured Wednesday, March 03, 2010 at 16:53     The Willow Cree Healing Lodge has recaptured a missing inmate.   At around 10:00 this morning, the institution discovered that inmate Louie Kenneth Bird had escaped.   A search of the...

Government Pledges To Address Stolen Sisters Issue

Government Pledges To Address Stolen Sisters Issue Wednesday, March 03, 2010 at 16:45     The federal government is pledging to address the issue of murdered and missing Aboriginal women in the country.   In today’s throne speech, the government says it will...