The founder of SHB Apparel is hoping her clothing line can help lead to better suicide awareness and mental health supports in the province. Amanda Sanderson, from Saulteaux First Nation, says her mission began after seeing her daughter struggle with mental health and...
Star Blanket Cree Nation’s Wavell Starr achieved the ultimate dream as a pro wrestler, getting a shot to step into a WWE ring several years ago. Starr took part in a number of matches that made it to television. As a kid, Starr says his grandparents played a role in...
What started out as a controlled burn has now grown to an out of control fire in the Prince Albert National Park. The Rabbit Creek fire has been burning for close to three weeks and reached more than 31,000 hectares in size. The fire started as a controlled burn on...
The First Nations Cup Provincial Ball Hockey Championship comes to Prince Albert this weekend. Officials are expecting 20 teams this year from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Organizer Sheldon Cook says the competition level will be stiff. “There’s usually about five good...
The chief of the Fond-du-Lac First Nation says he will continue to lobby for changes to the local airport until the work is finished. In December, one person died after a plane crashed taking off from the northern community’s airport. Following the crash,...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations will be lobbying Ottawa for funding for their suicide prevention strategy. Saskatchewan chiefs are expected to pass a motion at the FSIN assembly at the Dakota Dunes Casino to release the newly developed strategy. The...
New government statistics show impaired driving deaths are on the decline in Saskatchewan. However, traffic deaths caused by drugs and alcohol continue to make up a significant number of all fatalities. From 2012 to 2017, the number of traffic fatalities involving...
A new government report shows that over half the victims of domestic homicide were Indigenous. The report also shows about 21 per cent of domestic deaths occurred on First Nations reserves. The Saskatchewan Domestic Violence Death Review Report looks at the years 2005...
A former national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples has passed away. A cause of death wasn’t given, but in a release, the Congress says Dwight Dorey passed away earlier this morning in Nova Scotia. Dorey, a Mi’kmaq from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia,...
The FSIN says it is ready for a legal battle after the province changed policing on hunting on pasture land. Yesterday, the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation posted to social media that the provincial government reversed its position regarding unlimited access for...
