Two young Indigenous women are about to embark on a month-long walk from Saskatoon to Winnipeg to highlight what they say are recent injustices towards Indigenous people. Katryna Smith and Kayla Ironstar-Murray say they were inspired by the recent acquittals of the...
New North is looking for families who use the rental income supplement program to share their stories on how the subsidy is helping lower their housing costs. The program will no longer be accepting new clients on June 30, as the provincial government is doing away...
Two new programs for Metis students have been announced by the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan. The initiatives involve the Gabriel Dumont Research Chair in Metis Studies and Gabriel Dumont graduate scholarships for Metis students. Both...
The Key First Nation is going to the polls to elect a new chief and council. The election comes just over a month after a federal judge nullified the 2016 election results. “There is clear evidence of widespread and openly conducted vote buying activity,” said Federal...
The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation says the number of wild rice harvesters purchasing insurance this year has remained steady. Colleen Rooney, a research analyst with the SCIC, says interest in the program across the north has been fairly consistent over the...
Sage Roberts of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band will hit the ice this weekend at the FSIN Youth Hockey Championships in Saskatoon. Roberts is no stranger to this particular tournament. Just like last year, the 12-year-old will play for the La Ronge 89ers in the peewee...
Education Minister Gordon Wyant says while First Nations and Métis graduation rates have risen in the past decade, he admits more work is needed. Wyant is responding to the Advocate for Children and Youth Annual Report, suggesting increased funding for on-reserve...
The community of La Loche is reeling after a fire burned through the community’s Northern Store. According to the local fire department, the blaze broke out sometime after the store closed last night. The La Loche fire chief says the fire started from the inside...
The Opposition New Democrats say the Advocate for Children and Youth Annual Report tabled Tuesday underscores the unacceptable gap in graduation rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Corey O’Soup says graduation rates for Indigenous children last year...
Both the government and the opposition are admitting that more needs to be done to address mental health issues and high Indigenous suicide rates in northern Saskatchewan. The Advocate for Children and Youth, Corey O’Soup, tabled his annual report Tuesday, saying...
