Columnist’s Remarks Anger Aboriginal Community

Columnist’s Remarks Anger Aboriginal Community Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 13:07     A recent article in a national newspaper is drawing fire from the Aboriginal community.   In Saturday’s Globe and Mail, columnist Margaret Wente defended International...

Bands Set To Discuss Overlapping Traditional Areas

Bands Set To Discuss Overlapping Traditional Areas Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 13:03     About 250 Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 chiefs and officials are expected in the Battlefords for duty to consult meetings next week.   Those meetings, hosted by the Battlefords Agency...

Land Claim Settlement In Keeseekoose Band Coffers

Land Claim Settlement In Keeseekoose Band Coffers Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 12:58     The Keeseekoose First Nation now has access to over $23 million from a settlement with Ottawa.   The federal government recently released Keeseekoose’s share of the $78...

Integrated Community Schools Given High Marks

Integrated Community Schools Given High Marks Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 12:42     A researcher from the West Coast says she is confident community schools in Air Ronge, Regina and Duck Lake are on the right path.   Dr. Susan Phillips travelled to Saskatchewan and...

Tip Leads To Arrest Of Alleged Mistawasis Predator

Tip Leads To Arrest Of Alleged Mistawasis Predator Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 14:47     A man charged with six counts of sexual assault on a Saskatchewan reserve is due to appear in a Prince Albert courtroom Friday morning.   Devon Shane Brandon was apprehended...

Truth Commission To Include Probe Of Deaths

Truth Commission To Include Probe Of Deaths Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 14:42     A group of investigators is preparing to review the deaths of children in residential schools.   An official with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says details still have to be...