by MBC News | Oct 16, 2015
For close to 20 years, the chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band has traveled the conference circuit speaking about Indigenous economic development and business opportunities. On Thursday, Chief Clarence Louie told an Lloydminster economic partnership conference he was...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2015
The importance of treaties and what they really mean for First Nations people is being discussed at a three-day gathering at the First Nations University in Regina. The treaty gathering begins Friday night with a youth forum. Discussions on Saturday will focus on...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2015
Buckley Belanger will once again be the NDP candidate in Athabasca in the next provincial election. Belanger was first elected to the legislative assembly as a Liberal in 1995, and has been re-elected four times. Under the previous NDP government, he served as the...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2015
The City of Saskatoon is moving ahead on implementing recommendations from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. A report is set to go before council this Monday Oct. 19 that outlines where the city is at in terms of addressing TRC recommendations. City...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2015
Questions still remain for policy makers more than a year after a historic Supreme Court decision affecting Aboriginal title rights. In June 2014, the Supreme Court confirmed Aboriginal title for the Tsilhqot’in Nation in British Columbia giving them claim for...
by MBC News | Oct 16, 2015
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says court officials and First Nations need to work together to uphold the treaty rights of Indigenous people. Perry Bellegarde was a keynote speaker at a conference for the Canadian Institute for the Administration...
