New West Likely Won’t Affect Duty To Consult: Prof

New West Likely Won’t Affect Duty To Consult: Prof Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 15:00     A professor from the University of Saskatchewan says she doesn’t believe a new deal signed by the province will affect the duty to consult process.   Still, Joyce Green...

Peepeekisis Takes Claim To United Nations

Peepeekisis Takes Claim To United Nations Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 14:52     The legacy of colonialism in southern Saskatchewan is being thrown into the international spotlight.   Recently a representative of the Peepeekisis First Nation spoke to a delegation at the...

CTF Creates Tool For Accessing Band Financial Info

CTF Creates Tool For Accessing Band Financial Info Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 14:46     A new website has been launched that is designed to help First Nations citizens learn more about their band’s finances.   The website is the brainchild of the Canadian...

Police Consider SIGA Theft Suspect A Flight Risk

Police Consider SIGA Theft Suspect A Flight Risk Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 15:31     A man charged with stealing more than a million dollars from the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority will find out tomorrow if he has to remain in custody as his case makes its way...

FNUC’s Saskatoon Campus Lost In Restructuring

FNUC’s Saskatoon Campus Lost In Restructuring Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 15:24     The president of the First Nations University of Canada has confirmed the university’s plan to sell the Saskatoon campus building and relocate the School of Indian Social...

Funds Provided To Repair Washed Out Northern Roads

Funds Provided To Repair Washed Out Northern Roads Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 15:10     Roads and culverts that were damaged by heavy rainfall in two northern Saskatchewan communities in the summer of 2005 will be restored with the help of the federal and provincial...

RCMP Arrest Onion Lake Armed Robbery Suspects

RCMP Arrest Onion Lake Armed Robbery Suspects Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 15:04     Onion lake RCMP are investigating two armed robberies that occurred Sunday evening on the Onion Lake First Nation.   RCMP responded to a call at a convenience store and found two masked...

Bullies Tie 8-year-old La Ronge Girl To Stop Sign

Bullies Tie 8-year-old La Ronge Girl To Stop Sign Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 15:00     RCMP in La Ronge are currently looking into a bullying incident in the community.   The eight-year-old daughter of Viviana Ruiz Arcand was headed to her father’s office after...

FSIN Applauds Children’s Advocate Report

FSIN Applauds Children’s Advocate Report Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 14:54     The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says it likes what the province’s Children’s Advocate had to say in a recent report.   The FSIN says Marvin Bernstein’s...

Government Disputes Homelessness Study

Government Disputes Homelessness Study Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 14:49     Some sobering statistics have been released about the level of homelessness in Saskatchewan.   A recent poll by the Salvation Army concludes that one in nine Canadians have experienced...