Canada is one step closer to adopting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Bill C-262 was passed in the Senate’s Aboriginal peoples committee earlier in the week amidst complaints from Conservative senators that Chair Lillian Dyck was...
The Prince Albert Grand Council has an agreement in place to swap land with the City of Prince Albert. City Council voted narrowly 5-4 in favor to essential a straight trade, as the PAGC is getting the Parkland Recreation Center, while the City gets the abandoned...
About 50 people, decked out in every colour of the rainbow, squeezed into the small meeting space of La Ronge town council last night. They were there to support the second item on the agenda, which called for the raising of the pride flag for one month. A motion was...
The first Two Spirit Powwow is being held on the Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation this Saturday. The First Nation has partnered with OUTSaskatoon to host the event on the First Nation. “In Beardy’s, our festival had always been focused on just celebrating pride....
The Canadian Red Cross will be offering a free course in Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan this summer to help children stay safe if they’re home alone. The course is for kids aged 9-13 and is called Stay Safe! Lesley-Anne Morley, the Indigenous community...
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is disappointed by the responses from Premier Scott Moe and Conservative Party leader Andrew Sheer who both say what happened to Indigenous women and girls was not an act of genocide. “A Canadian genocide did...
It has been a busy off-season for Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation’s Dallyn Peekeekoot. The 2004-born forward had his name called at the SJHL Bantam Draft and the WHL Bantam Draft. Peekeekoot was selected 13th overall by the La Ronge Ice Wolves in the SJHL Bantam Draft...
The family of Jordon Lafond is calling for legislative changes to the Police Act, wanting an independent oversight committee created to investigate police-involved incidents or deaths. Lafond was killed following a police chase in Saskatoon in October 2016. He was a...
A University of Saskatchewan professor says it is time to update the province’s heritage legislation to better accommodate the needs of Indigenous communities. Things came to a head last week over a road construction project near Biggar that was set to proceed right...
Premier Scott Moe says he does not agree that the historic violence suffered by Indigenous women is an act of genocide. In responding to the final report into the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Moe says the violence was extreme...
