by bryanorthner | Nov 23, 2010 | Current News
McIvor Explains Decision To Approach UN Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 13:12 A bill designed to amend certain clauses in the Indian Act could reach third reading today. Bill C-3 is aimed at correcting what is seen by many First Nations women as an injustice...
by bryanorthner | Nov 23, 2010 | Current News
Band Takes Bad Water Issue Into Its Own Hands Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 13:05 Officials at the Moosomin First Nation aren’t waiting any longer for Ottawa to solve problems with their water. Band councillor Elliot Kahpeaysewat says the band has hired a...
by bryanorthner | Nov 23, 2010 | Current News
Accomplice In Beating Of “Wrong Man” Imprisoned Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 13:01 An Aboriginal man has received a 44-month jail sentence for his part in a violent North Battleford home invasion. During that home invasion, assailants beat up...
by bryanorthner | Nov 23, 2010 | Current News
Native Schoolchildren To Be Taught Business Basics Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 12:54 A new partnership has been formed in the hopes of getting young Aboriginal people interested in the realm of business. This morning, the Edwards School of Business signed a...
by bryanorthner | Nov 23, 2010 | Current News
Peepeekisis Success Story Shared At Justice Forum Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 12:47 A youth peacekeeping program is making a difference in a First Nations school in southern Saskatchewan. The Peepeekisis program presented a workshop at yesterday’s...
by bryanorthner | Nov 23, 2010 | Current News
Province Loses Distinguished Native War Veteran Monday, November 15, 2010 at 19:53 A well-known war veteran from the George Gordon First Nation has passed away. Howard Anderson died on Friday at the age of 86. The World War II veteran served as the grand chief...
by bryanorthner | Nov 23, 2010 | Current News
McIvor Takes Indian Status Fight To United Nations Monday, November 15, 2010 at 19:44 A woman who took Ottawa to court over clauses in the Indian Act is taking her fight to a higher level. Sharon McIvor announced that she is filing a complaint against Canada at...
by bryanorthner | Nov 23, 2010 | Current News
Several Attackers Involved In Stabbing Of Teen Monday, November 15, 2010 at 19:38 The RCMP say at least four people were involving in the stabbing of an 18-year-old woman on the Standing Buffalo First Nation over the weekend. Officers were called to a reserve...
by bryanorthner | Nov 23, 2010 | Current News
Action Must Follow UNDRIP Endorsement: Chiefs Monday, November 15, 2010 at 19:31 The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the real work begins now that the federal government has endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...
by bryanorthner | Nov 22, 2010 | Current News
Candidate Wants Nuclear Waste Import Ban Friday, October 15, 2010 at 15:36 The Green Party candidate in a provincial by-election says if she is elected, her first order of business will be putting forward a private member’s bill to ban importing nuclear...
