Cowessess First Nation will receive funding for the community’s gravesite reclamation project. Cowessess chief Cadmus Delorme and federal minister Marc Miller announced today the over $700,000 in funds that will be given over a three-year period. The funding will be...
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter,Alberta Native News Cree lawyer Leah Ballantyne says people who falsely claim Indigenous identity should be charged with fraud. Ballantyne, who used to serve on the senate of the University of Saskatchewan, told...
By: Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Cree Language Kindergarten program at John Diefenbaker School is looking at expanding next year. Saskatchewan Rivers education director Robert Bratvold said the program will grow to include pre-Kindergarten...
By: By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The Assembly of First Nations will not be advocating with the federal government for the creation of a national treaty commissioner’s office (NTCO). Lines were drawn on Dec. 8, the second day...
By: Jessica R. Durling, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal Chakastaypasin Cree Nation Chief Calvin Sanderson and Melfort Mayor Glenn George signed a memorandum of understanding in Melfort city hall, formalizing a working relationship towards...
The provincial government is providing funding to help Wanuskewin Heritage Park in its bid to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The province announced an investment of $60 thousand dollars today to help in Wanuskewin’s UNESCO application process. The heritage...
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is looking to help vulnerable people in the City of Prince Albert. Last week the PAGC along with a number of partners including the City of Prince Albert and Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) opened a cold weather shelter in...
Urban members of Fond Du Lac, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nations are getting updated this week on the North of 60 Final Agreement. The agreement, also being called a new treaty, has been in the works for over 20 years. It would give band members the...
A Beauval man will not be allowed to hunt or fish for several years, after he recently pleaded guilty to fishing and wildlife violations in provincial court. During a three-year investigation, conservation officers tracked the movements of Roger McCallum Jr., which...
The race to fill the vacant constituency of Athabasca is heating up as the New Democrats have two people contesting for the nomination. Long-time MLA Buckley Belanger resigned in August, in a failed bid to unseat Gary Vidal in the federal election. Darwin Roy, a...
