Bart Tsannie has been re-elected for his 5th term as Chief of the Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation. The general election took place on Tuesday in the community. Rounding out Chief in council was Joseph Joseyounen re-elected as Vice-Chief, as well as Glenda...
By Nicole Goldsworthy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter JAMES SMITH CREE NATION – The East Central First Nation Education Authority had their official grand opening with a large crowd. Director of Education for the ECFNEP, Randy Constant, said since its...
By: By Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com In her debut exhibition Apples & Train Tracks, author Arnolda Dufour Bowes has created a multi-sensory art installation that draws the audience into the complex history of the Road Allowance...
Update Monay 11:29 am The school on Waterhen Lake First Nation has been completely destroyed by a fire. The school caught fire Tuesday afternoon and officials from the First Nation put out a statement Wednesday morning where they say they expect the school cannot be...
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Sitting president Cassidy Caron has announced she won’t run in September’s Métis National Council (MNC) election, citing the coming birth of her first child. Caron, who is the youngest and first...
A reconciliation flag raising event in Saskatoon will not be happening this year. Since 2016, Reconciliation Saskatoon has held a flag raising event at Saskatoon Civic Square to honour Residential School Survivors and raise awareness about truth and reconciliation in...
A 49-year-old man is facing charges after a death and fire in La Loche. RCMP were called out about a fight in a home around 2:30 Wednesday morning. Police say officers found two injured people, a 52-year old woman and an 81-year old man. The woman died in hospital....
The Regina Police Service repeating its request for information from the public that could assist in locating 30 year-old Nakita Jade HARRIS who often goes by her middle name “Jade”. HARRIS was last heard from on October 2, 2023. HARRIS is described as: 5’5”, 150...
RCMP in La Ronge are investigating a suspected hit and run, which left one man in hospital with serious injuries. Mounties say the victim was walking on Highway 2 early Saturday morning, near Air Ronge when he was struck by a northbound vehicle. The driver fled the...
By: Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Thunder Bay Source Leaders in Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Grand Council Treaty #3 and other First Nations organizations say some Métis groups have been making “illegitimate and shifting claims of indigeneity.” But...
