Senate Debate Over Bill C-27 Continues

by | Mar 7, 2013

Liberal and Conservative senators continued to spar in committee in Ottawa on Wednesday night over an act that will make it mandatory for all First Nations bands to post their financial information online. Liberal Senator Lillian Dyck put forward a motion to withhold...

Kawacatoose Releases New Book Of Elder Recollections

by | Mar 7, 2013

A new book chronicling elder accounts of the history of the Kawacatoose First Nation was launched Thursday in Saskatoon. Meskanawiyiniwak Volume One and Two is a group of about 25 interviews with elders in the community on their recollections of family, education,...

Man Charged After High Speed Chase Through Alberta And Sask

by | Mar 7, 2013

A high-speed chase in Western Saskatchewan and parts of Alberta has resulted in a man being put behind bars. Mounties say it was on Monday that they spotted their suspect, who was wanted on 21 outstanding warrants, while he was behind the wheel on the Onion Lake...

Conservative MP Opposes Having More First Nations In His Riding

by | Mar 7, 2013

A northern Saskatchewan MP says proposed boundary changes would put too many First Nations people in his constituency. Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River Conservative MP Rob Clarke says in a letter to a parliamentary committee the proposed boundary changes would...

Standing Buffalo Chief Says He Doesn’t Answer To CTF

by | Mar 7, 2013

The chief of the Standing Buffalo First Nation has been named the winner of an annual waste award known as the Teddy. It is given out every year by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation that singles out an agency or individual for wasting tax dollars. The federation says...