Five students have been named as finalists in for the Northlands College Northern Visionaries contest. Christie Bartle, Shannon Bear, Ashley Carlson, Leah Nagy and Tina Shaw were picked out of 60 video essays submitted from students all over the north. The students...
The monument is designed by Cree artist Lional Peyachew and sits near the front steps of Saskatoon’s police headquarters. Several hundred people gathered under the sun in Saskatoon on Friday to witness the unveiling of a monument devoted to missing and murdered...
Prince Albert Provincial Court. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A Prince Albert judge is taking time to decide whether or not to grant bail to a man accused of an impaired driving hit and run on Big River First Nation. Police statements read out at Colt Morin’s...
Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck A former high school basketball coach and principal at a La Ronge high school has been found guilty of two of four professional misconduct charges that were filed against her, and one of her victims is speaking up. Martina Cain’s...
2016 National Immunization poster contest Sask winner by Elizabeth Fider. The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region has issued an advisory about an outbreak of whooping cough, which it notes is a serious and highly contagious disease. A coordinated response involving...
Julius Park leads discussion on language preservation. Photo by Dean Bear. Maintaining language and culture in Dene communities was the main theme at a Dene language meeting in Prince Albert on Thursday. Many of the participants are from communities like La Loche,...
Attendees listen to a presentation on rural and remote housing at the SEDA conference. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski At the Creating Intersections for Growth conference, even presentations that aren’t focused on First Nations people or northerners are providing lessons...
Photo courtesy of policecanada.ca The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is closely monitoring a case that got underway in Swift Current court this morning. It involves a treaty hunter, who was found not guilty of illegal hunting by a provincial court judge....
Map showing the territory ceded under Treaty No. 8, and the Indian tribes therein. Department of Indian Affairs, 1900. A Fond du Lac advisor confirms the band has received a federal offer related to a Treaty 8 claim, and says the band is preparing a referendum...
Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation logo. (Facebook) A broken sewer pump has meant residents of Fond du Lac will be without water for an undetermined amount of time. Residents were notified this afternoon that the main water system would be shut down until the problem...
