Photo courtesy University of Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture says current meetings on the future of the provincial pasture program will not affect First Nations in their treaty land entitlement (TLE) or specific claim purchases. In March, the...
A sign outside La Loche. Photo courtesy wikimedia commons. The Dene language will be the centre of a special meeting held in Prince Albert on Thursday. The Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre has contracted Julius Park, a La Ronge resident who grew up in La Loche, to...
Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Cancer Agency Patients and visitors at the Allan Blair Cancer Centre may find inspiration in artwork, thanks to the efforts of Grade 11 and 12 students from the Ochapowace First Nation. With the guidance of artist and Elder Michael...
John Lagimodiere, Publisher of Eagle Feather News. Photo courtesy of eaglefeathernews.com The publisher of Eagle Feather News has seen it all. Years of political infighting, overturned election results, the loss of federal funding and an ongoing power struggle between...
Highway 26 near Loon Lake. Photo courtesy of the CAA. Highway 155 to La Loche has been named the worst road in the province in the CAA’s annual Worst Road Campaign. Nearly 6,500 votes were cast during the four week contest that lists the 10 worst roads in the...
Winning tre card lucky hand. Image courtesy depositphotos.com One lucky patron took home the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA)’s Tre’ Card Stud Progressive Jackpot prize of $383,312.60 – the largest ever awarded by a SIGA casino. The jackpot went at Dakota...
The special election notice. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski. A special election has been called for Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s two Little Red River Reserve councillor positions “due to irregularities at the polling stations,” according to the Chief Electoral Officer....
Photo courtesy of imii.ca/et/ Saskatchewan’s big mining companies are looking at innovative ways to create new opportunities for Indigenous people and to increase the number of women working key roles in the minerals sector. It is putting up a million dollars and...
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron file photo The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says that two days of public consultations on the provincial pasture program are not enough for it to be meaningful consultation with First Nations. Chief Bobby Cameron was reacting...
Northern Village of Buffalo Narrows. Photo courtesy of kayas.ca RCMP in Buffalo Narrows and surrounding communities are looking to the public for information on illegal drug dealing. The request follows an arrest on Friday which lead to the seizure of drugs. Police...
