by MBC News | Dec 12, 2012
A Canadian registry for people of Métis descent could still be a few years away. The issue of Métis identity was discussed Tuesday morning in Ottawa by the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Diane Robinson, of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development...
by MBC News | Dec 12, 2012
More than 400 people packed into the Ramada Inn in Saskatoon on Monday to protest the way the Harper government is treating First Nations people. Aboriginal people are taking issue with the Conservative government over how it is failing to honour Indigenous rights in...
by MBC News | Dec 12, 2012
An interim report by the Joint Task Force on Improving Education and Employment Outcomes for First Nations and Métis People was released in Saskatoon on Monday. Some of the themes that emerge in Voice, Vision and Leadership include the need for the inclusion of...
by MBC News | Dec 12, 2012
There’s a new chief on the Flying Dust First Nation. Robert Merasty defeated incumbent leader Jim Norman 191 votes to 123. He now begins a 2 year-term. Incumbent councillors Percy Derocher, Marie Gladue and Jeremy Norman were also re-elected. They are joined by fellow...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2012
A search for a missing man in Sandy Bay has ended in tragedy. RCMP have confirmed today that the body of 38-year-old Darcy Merasty was found on Friday afternoon. An exhaustive door-to-door search was made last week for Merasty after he disappeared Tuesday night. He...
by MBC News | Dec 10, 2012
An injunction is being filed against a mining agreement between the Northern Village of Pinehouse and Cameco and Areva. The deal in question is due to be signed sometime this month, and promises jobs and economic benefits to the community. There is a clause in a draft...
