Funding Talks Rile Disputed MNS Leaders

Funding Talks Rile Disputed MNS Leaders Friday, March 03, 2006 at 15:10     Officials with the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan are not impressed that their political rivals have been talking about funding proposals with various levels of government.   Government...

Metis Researcher Allowed To Testify In Land Claim

Metis Researcher Allowed To Testify In Land Claim Friday, March 03, 2006 at 15:09     The Metis have won a victory of sorts in the courts over a large land claim in northwest Saskatchewan.   The federal government had asked a federal court judge to bar the testimony...

Northern Research Institute To Be Revived

Northern Research Institute To Be Revived Friday, March 03, 2006 at 15:07     A move is underway to resurrect what has been called the Mid Canada Research Institute.   The institute was a collaboration of academics and northern Saskatchewan political movers and...

Tribal Council Gaming Funds Restored

Tribal Council Gaming Funds Restored Friday, March 03, 2006 at 15:06     A government official says there are no more plans to withhold transfers of casino gaming money from the Battlefords Tribal Council.   First Nations and Metis Relations spokesperson Nora Sanders...

Tories, Metis Hoping To Put Election Behind Them

Tories, Metis Hoping To Put Election Behind Them Thursday, March 02, 2006 at 13:40     Federal Metis Interlocutor Jim Prentice has apparently agreed to attend the Metis National Council’s upcoming annual general meeting in April.   That was one of the...

Heavy Snow Hits Highway 2

Heavy Snow Hits Highway 2 Thursday, March 02, 2006 at 13:38     The corridor between La Ronge and Prince Albert appears to be the northern region that’s seen the most snow in the last day or so.   It’s part of the same system that’s dumped between 20...