by bryanorthner | Oct 25, 2023
As this year’s Throne Speech leaves First Nations hardly mentioned, the Saskatchewan Government is attempting to address major social issues impacting the province. Lt. Gov. Russ Mirasty said the Scott Moe Government will look to increase Indigenous employment and...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2023
(Photo of Jean LeChance. Courtesy of Prince Albert Police) Theron Morin is working on a memorial bench to honour his mother, whose death over 30 years ago remains an unsolved homicide. Police found the body of 29-year-old Jean LaChance south of the Victoria Hospital...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2023
RCMP said it has arrested one person in connection to a month-long investigation into an alleged assault and attempted extortion of a man on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation. Mounties accuse Ian Felix, Jared Naytowhow and Brianna Forest in the September 19 incident,...
by MBC News | Oct 24, 2023
Michael Oleksyn/Daily Herald Graduates celebrated on stage at Plaza 88 near the conclusion of the Fall Graduation Celebration for the First Nations University of Canada on Saturday evening. Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Prince Albert Campus...
by Joel Willick | Oct 24, 2023
The former Chief of Cowessess First Nation says government jurisdiction and partisan politics were some of the biggest challenges when achieving self-determination of their child welfare. In 2021, Cowessess was successful in becoming the first First Nation in the...
by bryanorthner | Oct 23, 2023
The new permanent chief of the Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) has officially been introduced. Patrick Nogier spoke to media Monday morning at Prince Albert City Hall. The city’s board of police commissioners announced his appointment as the permanent chief...
by MBC News | Oct 23, 2023
Leadership from Red Pheasant Cree nation and the City of North Battleford break ground on new development. SUPPLIED PHOTO By: Kimiya Shokoohi, The StarPhoenix A Saskatchewan First Nation is about to make a new contribution to urban development in one of the province’s...
by MBC News | Oct 23, 2023
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Law have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance legal reforms on child welfare in the province. “In the last three years in Saskatchewan provincial courts,...
by MBC News | Oct 23, 2023
Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) President David Chartrand, seen here, says MMF has won a “clear and overwhelming” legal victory after a judge ordered the Métis National Council (MNC) to pay more than $200,000 of MMF’s legal costs, relating to an ongoing legal battle...
by MBC News | Oct 20, 2023
Northlands College Photo A look inside the new Northlands College Metaverse Campus. Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Northlands College, which has physical campuses in La Ronge, Creighton, Air Ronge and Buffalo Narrows has added another one...
