Atkinson Answers Northern Critics Of Relief Plan

Atkinson Answers Northern Critics Of Relief Plan Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at 13:58     Saskatchewan Crowns Minister Pat Atkinson is defending how her government’s recently-announced home heating relief plan will play out in the North.   The government will...

Doucette Slams MNS Response To Government Offer

Doucette Slams MNS Response To Government Offer Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at 13:56     An outspoken critic of the current Metis Nation of Saskatchewan leadership feels the time for negotiations is over.   Robert Doucette is reacting to reports MNS officials want to...

Police Questioned At Sahpassum Inquest

Police Questioned At Sahpassum Inquest Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at 13:54     The lawyer for the family of a deceased Aboriginal woman is questioning police how they treated her before she died.   Linda Sahpassum was taken to Prince Albert’s Victoria Hospital...

MNS Leaders Accept “80 %” Of Government Proposal

MNS Leaders Accept “80 %” Of Government Proposal Monday, November 07, 2005 at 13:25     Officials with the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan say they’re encouraged by a proposal pitched by the province the other day to end the long-standing election...

Kennedy Removed From MNS Portfolio

Kennedy Removed From MNS Portfolio Monday, November 07, 2005 at 13:19     MNS president Dwayne Roth confirms provincial secretary Ralph Kennedy is on a leave of absence from the MNS executive.   Kennedy has been charged with forgery in connection with last...

UN Attacks Law Limiting Natives’ Complaints Rights

UN Attacks Law Limiting Natives’ Complaints Rights Monday, November 07, 2005 at 13:16     The UN’s Human Rights Committee is the latest body to publicly condemn a section in the Canadian Human Rights Act that excludes some First Nations people from the...