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The Metis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan Inc. (MACSI) has reason to celebrate.
As it does each year, MACSI is planning to celebrate National Addictions Awareness Week, being held this year from Nov. 14 to 20. But this year the organization, which provides alcohol and drug recovery programs to Metis and off-reserve First Nation people in Saskatchewan, will also be celebrating being back on track and planning for the future.
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The Saskatchewan government is continuing to withhold funding to the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS) and is refusing to recognize the MNS provincial council that was sworn into office on Oct. 7 after a review conducted by former provincial chief electoral officer Keith Lampard found a number of problems with the way the group ran its May 26 election.
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A school dispute has divided the Piapot First Nation and, as of press time, it's also divided the school.
Four weeks after demonstrators began a sit-in to protest the curriculum at Payepot school, about 100 band members-parents of students as well as teachers-marched into the school to confront those demonstrators.
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Saskatchewan won't be playing host to the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in 2008-that honour will go to the Cowichan First Nation on Vancouver Island.
The Saskatchewan effort to secure the games was a partnership between the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) and the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan and had the support of the City of Regina and the provincial department of Culture, Youth and Recreation.
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The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority has put a conditional stamp of approval on the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council's (FHQTC) plans to build a $22.7 million casino, hotel and performing arts centre in Swift Current.
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It has been a long, painful struggle for Jason Roy, but he says it was worth it.
On Nov. 5, Roy, his mother Mary and father Lawrence, along with Stella Bignell, Neil Stonechild's mother,were presented with an Elders Eagle Feather Award, a new award created by Elder Walter Linklater as a way to honour the families and recognize what they had been through during the inquiry into Stonechild's death.
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The Saskatchewan government is continuing to withhold funding to the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS) and is refusing to recognize the MNS provincial council that was sworn into office on Oct. 7 after a review conducted by former provincial chief electoral officer Keith Lampard found a number of problems with the way the group ran its May 26 election.
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Former members of the executive committee of the Metis Addictions Council of Saskatchewan Inc. (MACSI) misspent thousands of dollars in provincial funding that should have went to operation of the organization, says a report by Saskatchewan's provincial auditor.
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Looking for work? Try oil and gas services. On Oct. 20, the Metis Nation of Alberta (MNA) formed a joint venture with three oil and gas service companies to give Aboriginal Albertans jobs.
Peace Mountain Projects Limited, BFL Energy Services Limited, and Debolt Contracting Limited signed a contract with the MNA, pledging to draw 25 per cent of their employees from the local Aboriginal workforce.