From chief to council, Saulteaux membership votes in Moccasins

From chief to council, Saulteaux membership votes in Moccasins

Chief Kenny Moccasin. Photo courtesy Facebook. Election results rolling in from Saulteaux First Nation’s Saturday election reveal an interesting similarity between all new chief and council members: they all have the same last name. According to the election results,...
Anxious aunt wants closure for her niece

Anxious aunt wants closure for her niece

Delores Stevenson, Nadine Machiskinic’s aunt. Photo courtesy of Manfred Joehnck. There’s finally some answers for a Regina woman who wants to know how her 29-year-old niece got into a small laundry chute at a downtown Regina hotel and fell 10 floors to her...
Three First Nations students off to National Spelling Bee

Three First Nations students off to National Spelling Bee

Photo courtesy of Dean Bear Three students from First Nation community schools in Saskatchewan will be heading to the National Spelling Bee in Toronto in May after Friday’s Provincial First Nation Spelling Bee in Saskatoon. McKenna Fineblanket of Bishop...

Sask. President of Aboriginal Peoples Coalition stepping down

A new president for the Coalition of Aboriginal Peoples in Saskatchewan will be elected this weekend in Saskatoon. Current President, Kim Beaudin, is stepping down after ten years so he can focus more attention on his new role as vice president of the national...
Five days set aside to examine death of Regina Aboriginal woman

Five days set aside to examine death of Regina Aboriginal woman

Delores Stevenson holds a photo of family member Nadine Machiskinic The details of the last minutes of Nadine Machiskinic’s life will be closely examined at an inquest that will begin in Regina on Monday. The 29-year-old Aboriginal woman fell 10 floors down a laundry...
First Nations Spelling Bee

First Nations Spelling Bee

Photo courtesy of First Nations Spelling Bee committee pamphlet Students from 34 schools across the province will be in Saskatoon this morning to take part in the second annual First Nations Spelling Bee. It takes place at the St. Mary’s Wellness and Education Centre...
Opposition MLA gives budget failing grade

Opposition MLA gives budget failing grade

MLA Buckley Belanger. Photo courtesy Facebook. Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger has given the provincial government a failing grade when it comes to Wednesday’s budget. When asked to grade the budget from a teacher’s standpoint, Belanger said “I would simply give it an...