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Aboriginal people should be making the policies that directly affect their communities, not the government, said a member of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People.

Paul Chartrand was the lone dissenter of the recommendations made in a scathing report on suicide in Aboriginal communities. "What I object to is a reaction that says we decide what's going to be the best for a community. It's the people most affected by government decisions that should be decided on policies.

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Aboriginal people should be making the policies that directly affect their communities, not the government, said a member of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People.

Paul Chartrand was the lone dissenter of the recommendations made in a scathing report on suicide in Aboriginal communities. "What I object to is a reaction that says we decide what's going to be the best for a community. It's the people most affected by government decisions that should be decided on policies.

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People in South Africa and India are living longer than Inuit in northern Quebec, reports a new health study.

The life expectancy of the Inuit of northern Quebec has dropped by five years since the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, due in large part of an extraordinary rate of suicide among the youth. So says a study carried out by the public health department of the Kativik regional health and social services board.

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People in South Africa and India are living longer than Inuit in northern Quebec, reports a new health study.

The life expectancy of the Inuit of northern Quebec has dropped by five years since the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, due in large part of an extraordinary rate of suicide among the youth. So says a study carried out by the public health department of the Kativik regional health and social services board.

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The release of studies into the case of the missing salmon in British Columbia waters has failed to completely solve the mystery.

But Natives say the conclusion that warm water - not illegal fishing - was to blame exonerates them.

"These reports should lay to rest once and for all the specter of Aboriginal poaching as the cause of the missing salmon," said Ernie Cray of the Sto:lo fisheries Authority.

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The release of studies into the case of the missing salmon in British Columbia waters has failed to completely solve the mystery.

But Natives say the conclusion that warm water - not illegal fishing - was to blame exonerates them.

"These reports should lay to rest once and for all the specter of Aboriginal poaching as the cause of the missing salmon," said Ernie Cray of the Sto:lo fisheries Authority.

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In what may well be Saskatchewan Metis' largest-ever provincial election, the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan elected veteran politician Jim Durocher, a.k.a. Jimmy D., as its new president.

The Feb. 18 election proved a bit of a heated battle which saw the nearest rival, Bernice Hammersmith, lose by more than 100 votes, reports Earl A. Pelletier, the chief electoral officer.

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In what may well be Saskatchewan Metis' largest-ever provincial election, the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan elected veteran politician Jim Durocher, a.k.a. Jimmy D., as its new president.

The Feb. 18 election proved a bit of a heated battle which saw the nearest rival, Bernice Hammersmith, lose by more than 100 votes, reports Earl A. Pelletier, the chief electoral officer.

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Innu Nation spokesman Penote Michel maintains the environmental review of military low-level flights over Labrador is a farce, and the Canadian Forces announcement it plans to allow four additional countries access to the airspace seems to prove this out.

Michel said agreements with Belgium, France, Italy and the U.S. will see an increase in the number of flights taken over the land as early as this summer. Germany, British and Dutch military have been active in flight training in the area for nine years.

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Innu Nation spokesman Penote Michel maintains the environmental review of military low-level flights over Labrador is a farce, and the Canadian Forces announcement it plans to allow four additional countries access to the airspace seems to prove this out.

Michel said agreements with Belgium, France, Italy and the U.S. will see an increase in the number of flights taken over the land as early as this summer. Germany, British and Dutch military have been active in flight training in the area for nine years.