‘He always called me aunty’
Drake Bear loved Justin Bieber, riding his bicycle and visiting his aunts.
Saskatchewan
Drug-charged chief skips court for meeting
A scheduled court appearance to face drug trafficking charges didn’t stop one chief from attending the annual assembly of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
Lonechild’s future in doubt
The future of Saskatchewan Federation of Indian Nations Grand Chief Guy Lonechild is hanging by a thread.
Questions shroud Lonechild case
Saskatchewan justice officials have hinted that the circumstances surrounding a venue change in the sentencing of a First Nations leader may come under review.
Provinces help Big Tobacco undercut FNs cigs: businessman
First Nations cigarette makers can’t compete with the discount products of “Big Tobacco” if provincial governments continue to meddle in the First Nations tobacco trade, says a former Saskatchewan cigarette wholesaler.
Drunk driving guilty plea dogs Sask chief
Controversy continues to swirl around a Manitoba grand chief’s drunk driving conviction.
Top Sask chief admits driving drunk
The grand chief of the biggest First Nations organization in Saskatchewan has pleaded guilty to drinking and driving.
Tobacco battle flares in two more provinces
Authorities in British Columbia and Saskatchewan have recently seized thousands of cigarettes shipped by a Mohawk tobacco company in Kahnawake, Que., aiming to establish a reserve-based distribution network throughout the Western provinces, APTN National News has learned.
FNs toddler’s death ‘homicide’: coroner’s jury
A Regina corner’s inquest jury has delivered a shocking discovery in the death of a three-year-old First Nations child.