Wollaston Getting Tough On Pushers And Bootleggers

Wollaston Getting Tough On Pushers And Bootleggers Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 15:39     Students on the Hatchet Lake First Nation held a protest today to make a statement about drugs and alcohol in their community.   The students decided to hold the demonstration...

Saskatoon Cop Pledges Thorough Review Of Shooting

Saskatoon Cop Pledges Thorough Review Of Shooting Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 15:31     A Saskatoon police officer says despite a sizable workload, he will find time to do a proper review into a shooting in Prince Albert.   Inspector Jeff Bent has been assigned to...

Bands Urged To Involve Citizens In Pipeline Deal

Bands Urged To Involve Citizens In Pipeline Deal Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 15:29     A member of the Peepeeksis First Nation says Enbridge Pipelines should be consulting grassroots band members about its future plans.   Evelyn Poitras says regular band members...

Prairie Reserves Praised For Progressive Action

Prairie Reserves Praised For Progressive Action Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 15:23     A Winnipeg-based think tank says reserves in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are beginning to make inroads towards self-sufficiency.   Don Sandberg of the Frontier Centre for Public...

New ID Rules Expected To Hurt Native Voter Turnout

New ID Rules Expected To Hurt Native Voter Turnout Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 12:35     Canada’s Aboriginal leaders say new voting rules mean thousands of Native people could be discouraged from going to the polls for today’s federal election.   They say...

Case Regarding Indian Status Back In Court

Case Regarding Indian Status Back In Court Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 12:24     The B-C Court of Appeal is today hearing the case of a First Nations woman who’s challenging a clause in the Indian Act that prevents her and others from passing on Aboriginal...