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Guest Column

In the report To The Source, released by the Assembly of First Nations, there was a recommendation to now allow the charter to override aboriginal law. This has caused a flurry of protest from women's groups, civil libertarians and others. Several national print columnists have also subscribed to the view that Native leaders are off-side with this request.

During the current round of constitutional discussions, Federal Utility Minister Joe Clark insisted that the charter apply to aboriginal inherent self-government.

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Guest Column

In the report To The Source, released by the Assembly of First Nations, there was a recommendation to now allow the charter to override aboriginal law. This has caused a flurry of protest from women's groups, civil libertarians and others. Several national print columnists have also subscribed to the view that Native leaders are off-side with this request.

During the current round of constitutional discussions, Federal Utility Minister Joe Clark insisted that the charter apply to aboriginal inherent self-government.

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After more than a year of public pressure, Saskatchewan's inquiry into the death

of Cree trapper Leo Lachance at the hands of white supremacist Carney Nerland is underway.

And testimony arising from the first week of the summer-long investigation is likely confirming hard suspicions that there was more to the Lachance shooting than met the public eye.

Police officers have told the three-member commission they suspect some of

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After more than a year of public pressure, Saskatchewan's inquiry into the death

of Cree trapper Leo Lachance at the hands of white supremacist Carney Nerland is underway.

And testimony arising from the first week of the summer-long investigation is likely confirming hard suspicions that there was more to the Lachance shooting than met the public eye.

Police officers have told the three-member commission they suspect some of

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The rate of cervical cancer among Native women is six times higher than that of the general female population, says researchers at the University of Manitoba.

Dr. Kue Young said fewer Native women take pap smear tests to detect cervical cancer, which is linked with the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus.

As a result, the disease usually isn't detected in its early stages.

Young, who's with the university's Northern Medical Unit, said different attitudes and practices could be contributing factors.

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The rate of cervical cancer among Native women is six times higher than that of the general female population, says researchers at the University of Manitoba.

Dr. Kue Young said fewer Native women take pap smear tests to detect cervical cancer, which is linked with the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus.

As a result, the disease usually isn't detected in its early stages.

Young, who's with the university's Northern Medical Unit, said different attitudes and practices could be contributing factors.

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A federal government decision allowing completion of the Oldman River dam sparked a series of veiled threats by one of the dam's most outspoken opponents.

Milton Born With A Tooth said he will use any means he can to continue fighting the diversion of the river into a reservoir at the southern Alberta irrigation project.

"I'm not afraid," he said. "If that's what it takes, then that's what I'll do."

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A federal government decision allowing completion of the Oldman River dam sparked a series of veiled threats by one of the dam's most outspoken opponents.

Milton Born With A Tooth said he will use any means he can to continue fighting the diversion of the river into a reservoir at the southern Alberta irrigation project.

"I'm not afraid," he said. "If that's what it takes, then that's what I'll do."

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Ottawa will allow the Oldman River dam to proceed even though a federal environmental review recommended shutting down the $350-million mega-project.

"We are rejecting the option of decommissioning the dam," federal Transport Minister Jean Corbeil said in a media statement after the release of the review committee anti-dam report.

"We are confident, based on the evidence presented to the panel, that the environmental impacts can be mitigated effectively."

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Ottawa will allow the Oldman River dam to proceed even though a federal environmental review recommended shutting down the $350-million mega-project.

"We are rejecting the option of decommissioning the dam," federal Transport Minister Jean Corbeil said in a media statement after the release of the review committee anti-dam report.

"We are confident, based on the evidence presented to the panel, that the environmental impacts can be mitigated effectively."