Deal To End MNC Dispute Finalized

Deal To End MNC Dispute Finalized Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 15:19     A tentative deal to end a dispute at the Metis National Council has been formally agreed to by all parties involved — including the courts.   The Metis organization has been crippled by...

Saskatoon Couple Traumatized At Local Hospital

Saskatoon Couple Traumatized At Local Hospital Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 15:12     A Saskatoon woman says her husband is having more serious seizures brought on by stress after going through a traumatic experience recently at a local hospital.   Melanie Wozniak...

Liberal Dissidents Begin Letter-Writing Campaign

Liberal Dissidents Begin Letter-Writing Campaign Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 15:02     The chief of the Shoal Lake Cree Nation has sent letters to Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River Liberal candidate Joan Beatty and and Liberal Leader Stephane Dion calling for her...

Draude Surprised By Census Numbers

Draude Surprised By Census Numbers Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 13:38     Saskatchewan’s minister of First Nations and Metis Relations says she’s surprised to hear just 34% of Aboriginal people in the province are living on reserves.   June Draude says,...

Census Confirms Rapid Growth Of Native Population

Census Confirms Rapid Growth Of Native Population Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 16:09     Figures from the 2006 Census released today indicate Canada’s Aboriginal population is exploding.   Statistics Canada says 1,172,785 Canadians identified themselves as...

Murder Charges Dropped In Bigstone Killing

Murder Charges Dropped In Bigstone Killing Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 15:54     The youths implicated in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy on the Bigstone reserve last summer are no longer facing charges of second-degree murder.   One of the youths, aged 15,...