Archive - Sep 17, 2008
Improving funding for First Nation education supports improved outcomes for everyone
September 17, 2008 - 5:03pm | by brianbeatonFederal government should rethink cap on funding for aboriginal students: minister
WINNIPEG — The next federal government must increase education funding for aboriginal students to help keep them out of jails, hospitals and street gangs, Manitoba's aboriginal affairs minister said Wednesday.
Inquest into Kasheshewan First Nation deaths becoming a legal struggle for justice
September 17, 2008 - 7:18am | by brianbeatonAPTN NATIONAL NEWS (APTN-TV), Winnipeg, 11 Sep 08
Anchor/Reporters: NOLA WUTTUNEE
INQUEST INTO KASHESHEWAN DEATHS POSTPONED
NOLA WUTTUNEE (APTN-TV): A pre-inquest hearing into the deaths of two young men from the Kasheshewan First Nations has now been postponed. The postponement happened yesterday when the legalities of the inquest came into question.
Ricardo Wesley and James Goodwin died in 2006 when a Kasheshewan jail burned to the ground. An inquest into those deaths was supposed to get underway in October in Northern Ontario.