by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Stabbing In La Loche Drawing Lots Of Attention Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 15:50 Police detachments from Saskatoon, Edmonton, Fort McMurray and La Loche are investigating a near-fatal stabbing in northwest Saskatchewan. At around 12:30 Sunday morning, the Mounties...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Bellegarde Aiming To Become Next National Chief Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 15:46 A former chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations confirms he wants back into politics — but this time, on the national stage. Perry Bellegarde has confirmed he...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Metis Group Distances Itself From Fishing Protest Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 15:40 A Saskatchewan Metis leader says the organizers of a protest fish harvest in Alberta this past weekend don’t speak for his organization. Louis Gardiner is a Metis Nation of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Environment Official Defends Forest Fire Policy Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 15:39 A Saskatchewan Environment official says the province’s forest fire policy is not to blame for the recent evacuation of six northern communities. A La Ronge woman has been...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Report Released On Band Election Voting Rights Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 15:35 A national Native leader says not enough is being done to grant off-reserve band members the right to vote on their First Nation. Patrick Brazeau of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Jordan’s Principle Review In the Works Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 15:24 Saskatchewan’s Minister of First Nations and Metis Relations says the province is generating a report on the viability of the so-called Jordan’s Principle. Jordan’s...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Goodale Stood Up By First Nations Leaders Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 15:10 What if you scheduled a meeting with First Nations chiefs and none of them showed up? That’s what happened to federal Liberal House Leader Ralph Goodale in the Battlefords yesterday....
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
No One Charged During Test Of Metis Fishing Rights Monday, July 14, 2008 at 15:17 A Metis leader is calling a harvesting rights demonstration on the Alberta side of Garson Lake a success — despite the fact it was essentially ignored by conservation officers....
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Censure Of FNUC Still A Real Possibility Monday, July 14, 2008 at 15:12 The president of a regulatory body says the First Nations University of Canada could still face censure from his group. James Turk of the Canadian Association of University Teachers says...
by bryanorthner | Aug 23, 2010
Waiting Game Continues For Uranium City Evacuees Monday, July 14, 2008 at 15:04 Crews continue to battle two huge forest fires burning near Uranium City. Provincial duty officer Brent Zabaraschuk says the Camsell fire continues to burn out of control, while the...
