Metis Group To Establish New Ec. Dev. Corporation

Metis Group To Establish New Ec. Dev. Corporation Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 14:35     Representatives of Metis Nation – Saskatchewan Eastern Region 2 signed a business charter Wednesday in Melfort to create a new corporation.   They want to partner with...

Chiefs, Cabinet At Impasse Over Revenue Sharing

Chiefs, Cabinet At Impasse Over Revenue Sharing Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 15:19     The first-ever bear pit session between First Nations leaders and the provincial government has wrapped up.   This morning at a Regina hotel, Premier Brad Wall and members of his...

Northern Man Gets Five Years For Manslaughter

Northern Man Gets Five Years For Manslaughter Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 14:53     The man charged after a death at the Cumberland House Cree Nation has been handed a five-year penitentiary term.   Last November, 26-year-old George Fischer McCauley was arrested after...

Mosquito Chief To Stand Trial On TLE Fraud Charges

Mosquito Chief To Stand Trial On TLE Fraud Charges Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 14:51     Treaty Land Entitlement fraud charges against Mosquito First Nation Chief Clarence Stone and two trustees will go to trial.   The trial will be held in Court of Queen’s...

Woman Sentenced In Relation To La Loche Death

Woman Sentenced In Relation To La Loche Death Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 14:48     A sentence of two years probation has been handed to a woman charged after a suspicious death in La Loche last summer.   On August 9th, RCMP found the body of a 45-year-old man in a...

Death Of One Arrow Baby Not Due To Foul Play: RCMP

Death Of One Arrow Baby Not Due To Foul Play: RCMP Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 14:44     Foul play has been ruled out in the death of a one-year-old baby from the the One Arrow First Nation.   The infant boy was found unresponsive in his bed by his mother early...

Suspects In Gordon Baby Assault Still In Custody

Suspects In Gordon Baby Assault Still In Custody Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 14:39     Two people remain in custody after their first appearance in Punnichy Provincial Court yesterday on charges of aggravated assault on a baby.   Twenty-eight-year-old Jennifer...

Last Wollaston Evacuees Return Home

Last Wollaston Evacuees Return Home Wednesday, June 08, 2011 at 14:37     The last evacuees from the forest fire near Wollaston Lake are expected to be home this afternoon.   Emergency Social Services manager Norm Vetter says less than 150 people were left in Prince...

Wollaston Evacuees Flown Home

Wollaston Evacuees Flown Home Tuesday, June 07, 2011 at 14:39     Close to 200 evacuees have returned home to Wollaston Lake and the Hatchet Lake First Nation.   A total of 117 residents left the Saskatoon airport this morning, while 77 more left from Prince Albert.  ...

FSIN Eager For Bear Pit Session With Cabinet

FSIN Eager For Bear Pit Session With Cabinet Tuesday, June 07, 2011 at 14:30     A frank exchange of comments and concerns will take place tomorrow between the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the provincial government.   The Ramada Inn in Regina is the...