by Dan Jones | Nov 7, 2022 | Current News
Several First Nations were in Regina Monday to express concern with the provincial government’s duty to consult requirements. The Saskatchewan Government is currently receiving feedback from First Nations, Metis and various industrial representatives on revising its...
by Dan Jones | Oct 25, 2022 | Current News
“She was a very intelligent girl, very sensitive and compassionate towards others, very outgoing as well,” said Val Charlette is describing her daughter Tristan Jobb. The 24-year-old was found at the Phantom Lake Golf Club in Creighton on Oct. 6. One week after the...
by Dan Jones | Sep 28, 2022 | Current News
Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a complete review of the criminal justice system, in the wake of the stabbings on the James Smith Cree Nation and village of Weldon on Sept. 4. “I want to know how this could have happened. And most...
by Dan Jones | Sep 21, 2022 | Current News
Two public inquests will be held in to the stabbing deaths, which rocked the province in early September. Chief Coroner Clive Weighill said Wednesday that one inquest will involve the 10 stabbing victims and the death of suspect Damien Sanderson. The second inquest...
by Dan Jones | Sep 7, 2022 | Current News
(A photo shared on Facebook of what appears to the arrest of Myles Sanderson Wednesday. Credit Luke Lawrence Facebook.) Warning: Disturbing content. “This evening, our province is breathing a collective sigh of relief, as Myles Sanderson is no longer at large. I can...
by Dan Jones | Jun 20, 2022 | Current News
Karen Bird is seeking a judicial review of an Elder’s Council decision to remove her as Chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. In May, the First Nation advised the public that Bird was no longer Chief for “unprofessional conduct, behaviors and lateral violence.”...
by Dan Jones | May 9, 2022 | Current News
Saskatchewan Indigenous women, alleging forced or coerced sterilization are demanding accountability in the health sector, but also legislative changes to prevent what they went through from happening to other women. “During this I kept saying no, I don’t want...
by Dan Jones | Feb 22, 2022 | Current News
Warning: Disturbing Content. The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) said it is extending its search grid for the Delmas residential school. An initial search of the school’s foundation yielded zero anomalies in ground-penetrating radar conducted by SNC Lavalin....
by Dan Jones | Nov 10, 2021 | Current News
WARNING: Disturbing content. An emotional journey to bring home missing residential school children has begun, as the Star Blanket Cree Nation is conducting a ground-penetrating radar search of land near the former Lebret Indian Industrial School. Chief...
by Dan Jones | Nov 1, 2021 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, the Regina Treaty Status Indian Services and the City of Regina are working to find accommodations for approximately 70 people housed in a tent city at Regina’s Pepsi Park. For about one month, people have been camping...