New Resource Centre For Metis Opens In Melfort

New Resource Centre For Metis Opens In Melfort Thursday, December 04, 2008 at 14:31     The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan has officially opened a new family resource centre in Melfort.   The centre, operated by MN-S Eastern Region II, offers places for needy...

Trial Date Set For Mother Of Wal-Mart Baby

Trial Date Set For Mother Of Wal-Mart Baby Wednesday, December 03, 2008 at 17:17     A trial date has been set for a woman accused of abandoning her newborn baby in a Wal-Mart washroom in Prince Albert.   Lawyers for the Crown and April Dawn Halkett discussed the case...

Trial Set For Man Accused Of Shooting At Boaters

Trial Set For Man Accused Of Shooting At Boaters Wednesday, December 03, 2008 at 17:16     A trial date has been set for an Aboriginal man accused of shooting a rifle near some boaters on Delaronde Lake.   Victor Nanatakapo has already publicly stated he was simply...

Fuel Spill Closes Northern Highway

Fuel Spill Closes Northern Highway Wednesday, December 03, 2008 at 17:15     An overturned fuel truck is wreaking havoc with the only highway connecting parts of the north to the rest of the province.   The vehicle overturned on Highway 102 between Sucker River and...

Fired FNUC Official Weighs In On Censure Of School

Fired FNUC Official Weighs In On Censure Of School Tuesday, December 02, 2008 at 15:38     A former administrator at the First Nations University of Canada says the school should adopt an all-chiefs task force report in order to escape its present difficulties.   Wes...

Arson Charge Laid Following Reserve House Fire

Arson Charge Laid Following Reserve House Fire Tuesday, December 02, 2008 at 15:29     The RCMP have charged a 39-year-old woman with arson in relation to a house fire the Mounties say was intentionally set in Grandmother’s Bay on Saturday.   Doreen Nora...

MN-S Given Duty To Consult Funding From Province

MN-S Given Duty To Consult Funding From Province Tuesday, December 02, 2008 at 15:26     The Metis Nation – Saskatchewan is getting $200,000 from the provincial government.   The province says the money is being provided to ensure members of the MN-S can express...

Call Made To Exempt Sensitive Area From Land Sale

Call Made To Exempt Sensitive Area From Land Sale Tuesday, December 02, 2008 at 15:24     An environmental group is urging the province to pull a parcel of land in northwest Saskatchewan out of the oil sands land auction.   The Saskatchewan Environmental Society says...

Professor Recognized For Uranium Waste Research

Professor Recognized For Uranium Waste Research Tuesday, December 02, 2008 at 15:17     A University of Saskatchewan researcher has received a national award and $200,000 in research funding for his collaborative research with the world’s largest uranium...

Manitoba Reserve Explains Decrease In Youth Crime

Manitoba Reserve Explains Decrease In Youth Crime Tuesday, December 02, 2008 at 15:14     A remote, northern Manitoba First Nation has found a way to decrease youth crime — get the youth more involved in finding things to do.   The Pukatawagan First...