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A dispute between the Blood Tribal police and a group of concerned citizens seems well on its way to resolution, after two weeks of meetings. Police Chief Wayne Hamby met again with protesters Jan. 19th, to iron out problems that have arisen on the reserve.
Local residents say the problems are long standing, but public awareness first came to light on Dec. 30th, when a…
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RCMP in La Ronge, Sask., have charged Teresa McLeod, 41, with criminal negligence causing death.
McLeod, a resident of Stanley Mission, Sask., was the cab driver who left 15-year-old Becky Charles on a desolate highway Nov. 29, 1995 where she died of hypothermia. The temperature was ?25 degrees C.
Charles', also of Stanley Mission, was found 12 days after she was…
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RCMP in La Ronge, Sask., have charged Teresa McLeod, 41, with criminal negligence causing death.
McLeod, a resident of Stanley Mission, Sask., was the cab driver who left 15-year-old Becky Charles on a desolate highway Nov. 29, 1995 where she died of hypothermia. The temperature was ?25 degrees C.
Charles', also of Stanley Mission, was found 12 days after she was…
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Commercial whalers almost wiped out the bowhead whale population in the eastern Arctic, but Inuit learned this week they may soon harvest one of the remaining few.
Regional representatives of the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board met in Iqaluit this week to plan for the hunt of a bowhead whale in Nunavut's waters in 1996.
After some emotional lobbying and speech…
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In a decision which will have board repercussions, the Liquor Licensing Appeal Council of Alberta recently gave Peter Paul Willier the go-ahead to open a liquor store on the Sucker Creek Band reserve, overturning a ruling of the Alberta Liquor Control Board. It will be the first such store in Alberta.
"The ALCB clearly acted to thwart Peter Paul Willier's application for…
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In a decision which will have board repercussions, the Liquor Licensing Appeal Council of Alberta recently gave Peter Paul Willier the go-ahead to open a liquor store on the Sucker Creek Band reserve, overturning a ruling of the Alberta Liquor Control Board. It will be the first such store in Alberta.
"The ALCB clearly acted to thwart Peter Paul Willier's application for…
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"Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it'swhat is that thing, anyway?"
This seems to be the million dollar question plaguing the community of Fort Resolution, N.W.T.
Sightings of an unexplained dancing white light, moving through the sky just above the tree line, have the whole town talking.
And the Canadian Armed Forces listening to the stories of…
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"Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it'swhat is that thing, anyway?"
This seems to be the million dollar question plaguing the community of Fort Resolution, N.W.T.
Sightings of an unexplained dancing white light, moving through the sky just above the tree line, have the whole town talking.
And the Canadian Armed Forces listening to the stories of…
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The head of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) stands by recent comments he made opposing the Manitoba chiefs' self government initiative, in spite of an unusual non-confidence vote to censure him.
Grand Chief Ovide Mercredi said on Jan. 12 he will continue to voice his opposition to the Framework Agreement process on self government involving Manitoba First Nations and…
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The head of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) stands by recent comments he made opposing the Manitoba chiefs' self government initiative, in spite of an unusual non-confidence vote to censure him.
Grand Chief Ovide Mercredi said on Jan. 12 he will continue to voice his opposition to the Framework Agreement process on self government involving Manitoba First Nations and…
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An arrest warrant has been issued for three hereditary chiefs of the Nuxalk Nation who, along with 19 others charged in connection with a logging protest on King Island near Bella Coola, failed to appear in court for their trial.
The chiefs, Lawrence Pootlass, Edward Moody, and Charles Nelson, were to appear in the Supreme Court of British Columbia Jan. 22. They were…
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An arrest warrant has been issued for three hereditary chiefs of the Nuxalk Nation who, along with 19 others charged in connection with a logging protest on King Island near Bella Coola, failed to appear in court for their trial.
The chiefs, Lawrence Pootlass, Edward Moody, and Charles Nelson, were to appear in the Supreme Court of British Columbia Jan. 22. They were…
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Negotiation is the only acceptable and civilized way for Native people and the government to deal with the complex issues of Aboriginal title and rights in the province of British Columbia, said Chief Joe Mathias.
He was responding to a new study, conducted by ARA Consulting Group of Vancouver, which found land claim treaties have a positive effect in regards to economic…
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Negotiation is the only acceptable and civilized way for Native people and the government to deal with the complex issues of Aboriginal title and rights in the province of British Columbia, said Chief Joe Mathias.
He was responding to a new study, conducted by ARA Consulting Group of Vancouver, which found land claim treaties have a positive effect in regards to economic…
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The mother of Helen Betty Osborne wants intervener status at the upcoming parole hearing of the man convicted of her daughter's brutal murder. But it is unlikely that the National Parole Board will allow this to happen.
Justine Osborne, 70, of Norway House First Nation, and members of a women's wellness circle completed an 800 km Walk For Justice from their northern…