by MBC News | Jul 4, 2023
Jackson Harmon of Hudson Bay, second from left, will be on the Saskatchewan basketball team at the North American Indigenous Games. Photo courtesy of Jackie Harmon By: Nicole Goldsworthy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Humboldt Journal Jackson Harmon of...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2023
By: Marc Lalonde, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The lobby group mandated to speak on behalf of off-reserve and Canada’s urban Indigenous population is calling on Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller to step down. The Congress of Aboriginal People...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2023
By: Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The first woman to serve as national chief for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has been expelled from office by about 25 per cent of its members, one year shy of completing her three-year...
by MBC News | Jun 30, 2023
By: Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News Indigenous youth say they still face systemic barriers in their academic and professional careers, although there have been improvements, according to a new survey from accounting firm...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2023
The Government of Canada is going to be providing $7 million to support First Nations clean energy projects. Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson made the announcement Wednesday while speaking to the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce. One of the...
by MBC News | Jun 29, 2023
A new display at the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon aims to symbolize the bond between the hospital and the Indigenous community. At a special ceremony this week, Indigenous leaders, hospital staff, and members of the Jim Pattison Children’s...
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 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...
