by bryanorthner | Jun 29, 2023
A potential mine site in northern Saskatchewan is receiving opposition due to its potential effects on the environment and lack of consultation. The Foran McIlvenna Bay Project intends to mine 65 million pounds of copper near Hanson Lake. If permitted, opponents...
by bryanorthner | Jun 29, 2023
Former Cowessess First Nations Chief Cadmus Delorme is leading an advisory committee on how to transition approximately 23 million documents related to residential schools. In December 2021, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller directed his department to...
by bryanorthner | Jun 29, 2023
The Yukon River Quest is the longest canoe race in Canada, with the journey beginning in Whitehorse and travelling 715 kilometres to Dawson City. The event was created in 1999 by canoeists in Whitehorse who thought it would be fun to host a canoe marathon event. Since...
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2023
The Government of Saskatchewan is providing support to the Saskatoon Tribal Council’s (STC) Sawêyihtotân Project. In a media release sent out Wednesday morning the province announced they would be providing the STC $350,000 to fund the project for another year....
by MBC News | Jun 28, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Assembly of First Nations chiefs could be voting for a new national chief in December, seven months earlier than scheduled. On June 28, National Chief RoseAnne Archibald could be ousted from the...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2023
The provincial governments of the three prairie provinces and the federal government have wrapped up engagement with First Nations on growing First Nation participation in agriculture. In a media release sent out Tuesday it was announced that Saskatchewan, Manitoba,...
by bryanorthner | Jun 27, 2023
A Prince Albert Woman is one of 20 recipients of a national scholarship. The RBC Future Launch Indigenous Youth Scholarship awards 20 scholarships annually to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students across the country. The scholarship is valued at up to $10,000 per...
by Joel Willick | Jun 27, 2023
The Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology is celebrating the grand opening of their Pawacikewikamik Nutrien MakerLodge innovative lab. The new lab contains several pieces of innovative technology, including a 3d printer, virtual reality headsets, a Tesla Model...
by MBC News | Jun 27, 2023
(Photo courtesy of the Canada Sports Hall of Fame.) By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com A pair of former elite athletes were among the panelists gathered at an event in Calgary last week to discuss the importance of Indigenous...
by Joel Willick | Jun 26, 2023
Construction officially got underway Monday morning to relocate the St. Frances Cree Bilingual School in Saskatoon. Several dignitaries were on hand for a land-blessing ceremony to kick-off the start of the school’s construction. “St. Frances Cree Bilingual...
