A new podcast out of the First Nations University of Canada is looking to revitalize Indigenous language and culture for the next seven generations. This week, FNU along with their Indigenous Communications Arts program officially launched the pîkiskwĕwin (“language”...
As the NDP get set to mark one-year since the unanimous passing of the Saskatchewan Strategy for Suicide Prevention Act it is accusing the province of not doing enough to address suicide prevention. Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette, who was the architect of the...
The Sakitawak Development Corporation out of Ile a la Crosse was recently honoured with a national award celebrating First Nations, Inuit and Métis entrepreneurs across Canada. The National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association recently announced Sakitawak...
Northern Saskatchewan’s member of parliament is back home after traveling to the United States. Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal recently traveled to New York to the United Nations (UN) as part of Canada’s delegation to the UN’s...
CONTENT WARNING: Some details in this story may be distressing The Ministry of Corrections, Policing, and Public Safety has been given 11 recommendations following the public inquest into an in-custody death at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre. Randal...
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Prince Albert Catholic School Division welcomed news that the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) wanted to purchase the former Rivier Academy. Education Director Lorel Trumier said in an interview she hadn’t...
A woman from Poundmaker Cree Nation is looking to be crowned the latest Miss Indian World. Delainee Antoine-Tootoosis is currently in Albuquerque New Mexico to take part in the Miss Indian World Pageant, which is part of the Gathering of Nations Powwow....
CONTENT WARNING: Some details in this story may be distressing A six-person jury has heard all evidence around the death of Randal Nicotine. Nicotine, of Red Pheasant First Nation, died by suicide while at the Saskatoon Provincial Correction Centre in 2019. A public...
The City of Saskatoon has extended the Saskatoon Tribal Council’s lease to continue to operate a downtown emergency shelter. A vote Monday by council, comes as the lease was set to expire April 30. The STC was seeking an extension to April 2023. The shelter, which...
The woman charged in relation to the fire which destroyed the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre is having her case adjourned once again. Gina Beatty, who is 24, was not present in Prince Albert Provincial Court Tuesday morning when her matter was spoken to. A lawyer...
