A University of Alberta law professor expects the Métis harvesting case to make its way to the Supreme Court of Canada.

On Feb. 7, 2013, the case will be heard by the Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary.

“I’m hoping the Court of Appeal will find that the current harvesting policy in Alberta has been stepped back. But … regardless of what the Court of Appeal says, I think this is going to the Supreme Court,” Catherine Bell told the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples last month.

An agreement with Parks Canada that granted Stoney Nakoda member’s lifetime access to the Banff National Park is better late than never, says Bearspaw First Nation Chief Darcy Dixon.

The park pass agreement, unveiled on Sept. 10, comes after two years of negotiating a memorandum of understanding between the Stoney Nakoda, which comprises Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley First Nations, and Parks Canada.

The historian who alerted media in September to vandalism of a glacial rock he said to be covered in Aboriginal carvings and images, is dismayed his word is being called into question by the archeological community.

Despite questions over a lack of documented evidence, Stanley Knowlton, head of interpretive services at Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and member of the Piikani First Nation, maintains that historical etchings, described as pictographs or petroglyphs, existed on a glacial boulder known as the Glenwood Erratic before being destroyed by an act of vandalism.

The federal government is putting more money into skills training for Aboriginal youth in light of a labour shortage – but it’s coming at a cost to other Aboriginal programs.

“I think an equal balance is what we look for because in our culture the whole realm of healthiness has to evolve, has to be equal,” said Chief Cameron Alexis of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation.

Vivian Tucarro (centre) with son Billy Joe get comfort from event organizer April Eve Wiberg as the family remembered Amber Tuccaro at the Sisters in Spirit rally and Stolen Sisters Awareness Walk in Edmonton on Oct. 6. Amber went missing August 2010. Her body was found east of Leduc almost two years later on Sept.

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The Lake Babine Nation is calling on the RCMP to conduct a thorough and timely investigation into allegations concerning John Furlong during his tenure as a teacher in Burns Lake, British Columbia. Lake Babine appreciates what John Furlong has done for British Columbia and Canada through the Vancouver 2010 Games, but at the same time, it strongly believes there are serious longstanding issues from the past that must be addressed.

Ermineskin Residential School Monument unveiling ceremony