PBCN To Emerge From Third Party Management

PBCN To Emerge From Third Party Management Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 15:25     After about seven years under third party management, the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation will soon be able to have partial control over its finances.   The band will enter into a...

Problem Gambling Discussed At FSIN Conference

Problem Gambling Discussed At FSIN Conference Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 15:15     Problem gambling counsellors are still learning how to best treat problem gambling, because the way it’s classified continues to change.   Pat Sinclair is one such counsellor...

Metis Claim Victory In Alberta Hunting Rights Case

Metis Claim Victory In Alberta Hunting Rights Case Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:49     The Alberta government has withdrawn a hunting charge against a Metis man from La Loche.   Alfred Janvier was facing a charge of hunting in a closed season after shooting a moose...

Mounties Make Rash Of Drug Busts In Beauval

Mounties Make Rash Of Drug Busts In Beauval Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:47     The RCMP say a series of drug busts in Beauval recently are the result of community members “taking a stand”.   In the last 10 days, the Beauval RCMP detachment has charged a...

Keeper Accompanies Beatty On Campaign Trail

Keeper Accompanies Beatty On Campaign Trail Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:45     Liberal MP Tina Keeper is in Meadow Lake today to drum up support for party candidate Joan Beatty for the upcoming by-election in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River.   Beatty and the...

FSIN Offered No Assurances Over Jordan’s Principle

FSIN Offered No Assurances Over Jordan’s Principle Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 15:43     The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is repeating its call for the provincial government to adopt Jordan’s Principle . . . but the province is still saying...