Rat Portage Vote

Residents of the Rat Portage First Nation are being asked to votetoday on a federal land claim settlement.

The band is being offered 7.35 million dollars in a deal that includesthe repatriation of Sultana Island and 125 acres of land to beannexed to Rat Portage along the Trans-Canada Highway.

Voting will take place at the Rat Portage Community Center from9:00 this morning until 6:00.

Off-reserve members were also encouraged to vote yesterday at a ballot box set up at Place Louis Riel in Winnipeg.