The NDP’s provincial interim leader, Nicole Sarauer, met with Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne and other organizations in the northern city today. Sarauer is the legislative member representing Regina Douglas Park and currently leads the opposition. It is an...
The Aboriginal Head Start Program is a federal program aimed at supporting early childhood development for young families. Leaders from Star Blanket Cree Nation were on hand Tuesday morning to celebrate the grand opening of their own building devoted entirely to...
A new agreement is aiming to ensure stronger Metis education in Saskatoon’s public schools. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed this morning by the Saskatoon Public Schools and the Central Metis Urban Federation. The goal of the MOU will be to bring Metis...
From a cast of 100’s, a jury of 14 has now been selected for the Gerald Stanley murder trial. The Biggar-area farmer is on trial for second-degree murder in the August 2016 shooting death of Colten Boushie from nearby Red Pheasant First Nation. Seven women and...
A new Treaty Commissioner has been named for Saskatchewan. On Wednesday afternoon Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett along with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations announced that Mary Culbertson would be taking over the position. Culbertson is a...
Three women have been elected to James Smith Cree Nation’s council. Three of four council members are now female following Friday’s election on the James Smith Cree Nation. Wally Burns will remain as chief and will be joined by Gerald McKay, Kendra McKay,...
The Alex Dillabough Centre in Battleford has been transformed into a makeshift jury room, where more than 700 people have been summoned for jury selection for the trial of a Biggar-area farmer accused of shooting a First Nations man to death in the summer of 2016....
A Sixties Scoop survivor from Saskatchewan is taking the province and federal government to court over the exclusion of the Metis in the Sixties Scoop settlement. In October, the Liberal government promised an $800 million settlement in principle for survivors of the...
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority has been named one of Saskatchewan’s top employers. The organization was given the distinction by the Canada’s Top 100 Employers Project, which aims to recognize the country’s best places to work. The project...
La Ronge RCMP are investigating the weekend death of a 22-year-old man. A snowmobile crash at Sanderson Point was reported shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday morning. Police say the driver of the snowmobile, a 22-year-old man from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, was...
