Red Pheasant's Biz Nico wins 2026 Gospel Recording of the Year at SIMA awards
The woman remembered Biz Nico. He didn't remember her.She shook his hand and asked, "Do you remember me?". She explained that she had attended one of his backyard outreach gatherings in Saskatoon while she was involved in sex work.Since then, she told him she had reunited with her family and returned to schoo...
Oct 7, 2026
'The proof is in the history': Sask. lawyer challenges residential school denialism
Eleanore Sunchild has heard residential school survivors tell their stories, helped them seek compensation and accompanied them to the Vatican to speak to the Pope.On Wednesday, as she reflected on those experiences at an Orange Shirt Day walk in Battleford, she spoke of her frustration with people who deny that histor...
Sep 30, 2026
Survivor calls for learning and connection at reconciliation event
Gerald Ballantyne's children are the first generation in his family who did not attend residential school. He wants them, and the wider community, to understand what the six generations before them experienced.The residential school survivor from Little Red River Reserve was the master of ceremonies at a Prince Albert ...
Sep 30, 2026
Power of youth celebrated at Shellbrook Truth and Reconciliation event
A sea of orange flooded main street in Shellbrook on Wednesday.Over 500 youth participated in the community's annual Truth and Reconciliation walk which was followed afterward by a barbecue at Evergreen Oasis and Consulting. In addition to the tremendous support from the students, there was also local community support...
Sep 30, 2026
Residential school took her away. Her language brought her home
It was a beautiful day in August of 1964 when Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth was told she was going to school.She was six years old, and she was delighted."I didn't understand what school meant," she reflected.She remembers getting onto a small airplane. There were goodbyes, familiar faces, familiar voices.The plane...
Sep 30, 2026
Residential school survivor says system worked against Indigenous students
Kerry Benjoe is holding her family's stories from the Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School close to her."I carry forth the stories from my parents, my grandparents and great-grandparents, because they didn't have the opportunity we have today to share these stories," Benjoe said. "It was hidden."The...
Sep 30, 2026
