by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Expert Says Land Claims Cases Favoring Aboriginals Friday, June 15, 2007 at 15:39 An expert lawyer on the issue of duty to consult says the legal landscape is slowly tilting in favor of first nations as opposed to government. Kate Kempton says a recent court...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Band Honours Slain Aboriginal Mountie Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:39 The late Constable Robin Cameron will be honoured today and tomorrow on the Beardy’s/Okemasis First Nation. A community feast is set for this afternoon. A memorial service will take...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Bishop Urges Openness In Truth Commission Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:33 A conference is getting underway in Calgary today to help shape the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools. The establishment of a truth commission is part of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
LLRIB Planning Highway Demonstration On June 29th Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:27 The Lac La Ronge Indian Band plans to slow down traffic on the main highway through La Ronge on June 29th. Chief Tammy Cook-Searson says the band council decided earlier this week...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
No Special RCMP Strategy For Native Day Of Action Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:19 An RCMP spokesman says the force has no plans to change the way it deals with protests as a national day of action for First Nations approaches. Sgt. Brad Kaeding says the...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
No Shortage Of Reaction To Land Claims Proposal Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:16 The chief of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council says she thinks the Assembly of First Nations’ upcoming National Day of Action may have helped spur the federal government to come up...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Chief Taking Cautious Stance On Land Claim Reforms Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 13:03 A northern chief is cautiously optimistic about the future of her band’s land claim in light of the land claims reforms proposed by the federal government this week. The...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Band Granted Permission To Pick Mushrooms In Park Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 12:59 Members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band are taking advantage of a one-time special exemption to pick wild mushrooms in Lac La Ronge Provincial Park. Harvesters in the Stanley...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Prince Albert Murder Suspect Appears In Court Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 12:57 A 30-year-old woman has made her first court appearance on charges of stabbing and killing a man in Prince Albert. Mavis Carla Daniels is charged with the second-degree murder of...
by bryanorthner | Aug 12, 2010
Fond du Lac Teen Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 14:21 A 17-year-old boy charged with the second-degree murder of another teen in Fond du Lac has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The youth was in La Ronge Provincial Court this morning...
