Band Election Postponed Over Electoral Officers

Band Election Postponed Over Electoral Officers Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 13:25     The vote at the Thunderchild First Nation has been postponed.   Elections for chief and council were due to happen yesterday, but were called off by an appeals board.   The...

FSIN Renews Plea For More Aboriginal Foster Homes

FSIN Renews Plea For More Aboriginal Foster Homes Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 13:19     The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is encouraging more First Nations families to become foster families.   The FSIN says there are approximately 3,600 First Nations...

Mi’kmaq Belief Systems Focus Of U of S Study

Mi’kmaq Belief Systems Focus Of U of S Study Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 13:15     A University of Saskatchewan researcher is setting out to study the Mi’kmaq people and eventually incorporate their belief systems into curricula here.   Marie Battiste, a...

Halkett Given Life Sentence For Manslaughter

Halkett Given Life Sentence For Manslaughter Monday, October 18, 2010 at 16:25     A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the manslaughter death of a 16-year-old girl from the Montreal Lake Cree Nation.   Cody Halkett sat in the prisoner’s box with his head...

All-Aboriginal Jury Chosen For Haineault Inquest

All-Aboriginal Jury Chosen For Haineault Inquest Monday, October 18, 2010 at 14:20     A jury has been chosen for the coroner’s inquest into the RCMP shooting death of a northern Saskatchewan man two years ago.   Thirty-eight-year-old Harry Haineault was shot by...

Boating Accident Claims Lives Of Two Northerners

Boating Accident Claims Lives Of Two Northerners Monday, October 18, 2010 at 14:16     Two residents of La Ronge are dead after their boat capsized over the weekend on Bittern Lake.   The accident happened sometime between Friday morning and Saturday night.   It is...