The mother of a young woman whose skeletal remains were found on Robert Pickton’s farm—but forgotten about in storage for years—is demanding murder charges be brought against the convicted serial killer so she can find closure.

Michele Pineault’s daughter Stephanie Lane was 20 when she went missing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in January 1997. Next year, Lane’s son will be the same age as his mother was when she disappeared.

Second place is no longer acceptable.

That’s the message Landon Miller is trying to instill for all those who will be part of the Iroquois Nationals this year.

The men’s lacrosse team is not only participating in, but will also host, the 2015 world men’s box (indoor) lacrosse championships.

The tournament will be staged Sept. 18 to Sept. 23. All preliminary and quarter-final matches will be staged at the Onondaga Nation Arena near Syracuse.

World Champ Seeking More Titles

A Native boxer who already is a world champion will be seeking to win two more prestigious belts in her next fight.

Kali Reis, who has Cherokee, Nipmuc and Seaconke Wampanoag ancestry, captured her first world title, the women’s International Boxing Association (IBA) middleweight championship, during a bout held in Bermuda in November.

Leukemia victim dies at home

By Barb Nahwegahbow

Birchbark Writer

Toronto

Two weeks after a ruling that the class action lawsuit known as the ‘Sixties Scoop’ was allowed to proceed, the federal government filed a notice of appeal.

On Dec. 2, 2014, the Ontario Superior Court dismissed an appeal by the federal government to halt the class action lawsuit. On Dec. 17, the appeal of that decision was in play.

Sinclair family sees inquest as missed opportunity

APTN NATIONAL NEWS REPORTS THE HARPER GOVERNMENT

has cut $60 million from Aboriginal organizations’ core and project funding over three years, with Inuit groups hit the hardest.

THE COASTAL FIRST NATIONS AND THE COUNCIL 

and hereditary leadership of the Gitga’at First Nation have launched a constitutional challenge against British Columbia to compel the province to exercise its decision-making power over the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. The petition says B.C. is required to review the impacts of the project and make a decision as to whether it should proceed and, if so, on what conditions.

A GENETIC MUTATION RESPONSIBLE FOR GLYCOGEN STORAGE

disease type IIIa has been identified in Inuit in northern Quebec by a team of Canadian and Japanese researchers. They reported their findings in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

ALDERVILLE FIRST NATION HAS WON A MINISTER'S AWARD

for Environmental Excellence for its efforts in protecting the Black Oak Savanna from development and restoring the rare ecosystems. The 150 acres of former farmland is home to more than 20 species at risk and 163 species of birds. The award was presented by Glen Murray, minister of the Environment and Climate for Ontario, on Jan. 20.

Community members took part in education workshops, tours and special events to help protect the area.