Exploring Theme: "Legislative and Institutional Issues"

Melissa Bear was pregnant with her sixth child when she was stabbed to death by her boyfriend in 2023. APTN News: The family of Melissa Bear is calling for a law to be enacted that accounts for unborn babies who die when their mothers are killed or murdered. Melissa Bear was eight months pregnant when...

APTN News: The Canadian Press – Indigenous leaders say two staff members at a Saskatchewan courthouse were told to go home and take off the orange shirts they wore for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Meadow Lake Tribal Council is demanding an investigation. Richard Derocher, a vice-chief with the council, says the...

Nerissa and Odelia Quewezance are awaiting the results of a federal review of their 1993 murder convictions Nerissa Quewezance outside the Yorkton, Sask., courthouse in 2023. Photo: APTN file  APTN News: A Saulteaux woman hoping to be found wrongfully convicted has been arrested for allegedly breaching her bail conditions. Nerissa Quewezance was arrested April 13...

APTN News: The opposition critic for First Nations and Métis Relations in Saskatchewan says the province has to do a better job at helping Indigenous women leaving jail. “There needs to be support for healing because many of our Indigenous women, many people have trauma in their lives,” says Betty Nippi-Albright, the MLA for Saskatoon...

Some see benefits to the move, while others decry a lack of consultation CBC News: As Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan call on governments for local policing forces and resources to address safety concerns, some First Nations community organizations are raising questions about the province’s newly announced marshals service. This week, the provincial government announced the planned Saskatchewan Marshals Service —...

NationTalk – 24 civil society groups attending the third ever meeting of Federal, Provincial, Territory Ministers responsible for human rights “condemned the obstructive attitude of some governments” in advancing international human rights obligations. Groups had pressed governments to commit to nation-wide law reform that will legally require governments to adopt a collaborative, accountable, consistent, transparent,...