Husky Oil resumes cleanup on North Saskatchewan River

Husky Oil resumes cleanup on North Saskatchewan River

Wapiti Valley, Saskatchewan. Photo courtesy of Enns Kivin, Facebook. Husky Oil will resume cleanup on the North Saskatchewan River after last year’s oil spill at Maidstone that had a major impact on communities further downstream. Some of the company’s activities...
Billion dollar bubble burst for Black Lake Denesuline Nation

Billion dollar bubble burst for Black Lake Denesuline Nation

Photo courtesy of Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry It would have been the province’s first hydroelectric project built entirely on First Nations land, but the Tazi Twe generating station will likely be put on hold for the foreseeable future or cancelled...
INAC weighs in on Treaty 8 settlement negotiations

INAC weighs in on Treaty 8 settlement negotiations

Map showing the territory ceded under Treaty No. 8, and the Indian tribes therein. Department of Indian Affairs, 1900. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada confirms the feds are working to draft Treaty 8 settlement agreements with two different northern Saskatchewan...