Bear Voted On For Another Term At Whitecap

by | Nov 19, 2012

Darcy Bear has been re-elected chief of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation. In a release the band says he collected 85% of the votes cast in an election on Friday. He now begins a four-year term. Bear has led the First Nation since 1991. Since that time the band says it...

Northern Man Lends Help In Search

by | Nov 16, 2012

A search is being organized tomorrow on the One Arrow first nation for a missing man. 38 year-old Wilfrid Almightyvoice hasn’t been seen by anyone since October 20th, when he was dropped off by friends on the reserve around 1:00 a.m. Mounties say snowfall...

SIEF Offers Tips On Starting-Up Aboriginal Businesses

by | Nov 16, 2012

The Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation says it wants to help First Nations entrepreneurs get their business projects off the ground. The group’s general manager Terry Brodziak says he thinks many young First Nations entrepreneurs have great ideas, they just...

Graduation Ceremony Held For New Monitoring Program

by | Nov 16, 2012

A graduation ceremony took place this morning at Christopher Lake for a unique program. 10 graduates of the “Beahr” program walked across the floor to receive their diplomas. The Building Environmental Aboriginal Human Resources (BEAHR) Environmental Monitoring...

Hundreds Gather For Funeral Of Native Leader

by | Nov 15, 2012

There were lots of tributes, some tears and even some laughs at the funeral service for aboriginal leader Jim Sinclair today. Sinclair died on Friday at the age of 79. Hundreds of people gathered at the Brandt Centre in Regina to pay their final respects. Among them...

Brazeau Joins Call For Inquiry

by | Nov 15, 2012

The demand for an inquiry into the problem of missing and murdered aboriginal women just got louder. Patrick Brazeau sits on the Standing Senate Committee for Aboriginal Peoples. He says hundreds of cases are still unsolved and the Canadian government can play a...

Northern Paddlers Recognized For Saving Life

by | Nov 15, 2012

St. John’s Ambulance in Prince Albert is tipping its hat to three northerners for their role in saving a drowning woman. Last night John Laliberte of Cumberland House was awarded a St. John Life-saving award alongside his son John Jr. and nephew Jack McKenzie....

Drug Possession Charge Against Chief Withdrawn

by | Nov 14, 2012

A charge of drug possession against a northern chief has been withdrawn. In June of this year Darrell McCallum of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation was charged with possessing marijuana not exceeding thirty grams. Today in court Federal crown prosecutor Caroline...

Northern Voter Unhappy With Lengthy Wait For Election

by | Nov 14, 2012

A resident of the Clearwater River Dene Nation says the community shouldn’t have to wait until next summer to elect a chief for the reserve. Gerald Piche says he wants the band to set a nomination date before then. He explains right now councilors take turns...

Top Mountie Says Strides Being Made Engaging Communities

by | Nov 14, 2012

Dealing with the underlying reasons for aboriginal youth crime was the focus of a three day national police chief’s conference in Regina. Organizers and speakers say it goes beyond poverty and addiction and is often a result of a lost identity. One of the speakers was...