SIAST, Band Sign Deal To Offer Resource Training

SIAST, Band Sign Deal To Offer Resource Training Friday, June 09, 2006 at 14:58     Members of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation could soon be studying to become forest specialists near their traditional land.   Yesterday, leaders with the First Nation signed an agreement...

Ahenakew Hate Crime Conviction Overturned

Ahenakew Hate Crime Conviction Overturned Thursday, June 08, 2006 at 15:50     A Court of Queen’s Bench justice in Saskatchewan has ruled a lower court judge made errors in convicting former native leader David Ahenakew of wilfully promoting hatred.   The...

Plea Bargain Nets Northern Man Seven-Year Sentence

Plea Bargain Nets Northern Man Seven-Year Sentence Thursday, June 08, 2006 at 15:39     A northern Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter after making a plea bargain with the Crown.   36-year-old Michael Bearboy had originally...

Jury Calls For Change To RCMP Standoff Protocol

Jury Calls For Change To RCMP Standoff Protocol Thursday, June 08, 2006 at 15:38     A coroner’s jury has made six recommendations following an inquest into the shooting death of a 38-year-old man in La Ronge at the hands of the RCMP.   Shawn Martinot died from...

Significant Metis Rights Case Underway In Yorkton

Significant Metis Rights Case Underway In Yorkton Thursday, June 08, 2006 at 15:37     A Metis lawyer says a trial in Yorkton could very well determine how Metis harvesting rights are treated in southern Saskatchewan.   Dwayne Roth, the recently-resigned president of...

PAGC Signs Agreement With Health Region

PAGC Signs Agreement With Health Region Thursday, June 08, 2006 at 15:31     The Prince Albert Grand Council has signed a memorandum of understanding with the city’s regional health authority.   Yesterday, the Prince Albert/Parkland Health Region and the PAGC...