Tamerlane Ventures Inc. cleared a major regulatory hurdle for its plans to explore for zinc and lead near Hay River, N.W.T., with the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board's approval of its plans.
Marion Preston Gillespie, a Rowan County man serving a life sentence without parole for the 2003 murder of his girlfriend, will get a new trial. In late January, the N.C. Supreme Court affirmed that the trial court erred in not allowing the defense's expert witnesses to testify before the jury.
A new agreement between Ottawa and the Cree in northern Quebec is being hailed as a big step toward a Cree government and an end to longstanding feuds over the old James Bay deal.
REGINA - The freezing deaths of two young girls has shone a harsh light on a "bankrupt" Saskatchewan reserve with a litany of social problems and a leadership at war with itself.
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