Tag Archives: First Nations
Countdown begins for Christmas Gospel Jamboree
The sad reality this time of year is not every family can afford gifts or a big Christmas meal, but a small group of volunteers from the area are doing their part to spread a bit more cheer.The third ...
Dec 13, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Makwa Sahgaiehcan School warmed by Christmas Cards
Students and staff at Makwa Sahgaiehcan School have been inundated with thousands of Christmas cards filled with messages of hope and support in response to the youth crisis. Some of the messages are ...
Dec 12, 2019 Students at Makwa Sahgaiehcan School received thousands of Christmas Cards of Hope from all over the world.(Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Major fur trade event set for Prince Albert
Furs from many of the hundreds of trappers across the North will head to market in Prince Albert on Saturday for the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association (NSTA) Fur Table. Organizers of the even...
Dec 12, 2019 An image of fur being assessed and valued for market. (NSTA Facebook)
Women of Wahpeton First Nation welcome Congolese peace activist
Wahpeton Dakota Nation welcomed an international guest and celebrated a powerful new partnership at an event on Thursday. During a women's-only gathering, the Congolese peace activist, Neema Namadamu ...
Dec 06, 2019 Neema Namadamu (center) with Wahpeton community members from left: Lavina Waditaka, Cheryle Vermette, Maureen Walker, Lois Standing, and Darlene Goodvoice. (submitted/Robert Fincati)
Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...
Dec 04, 2019
Montreal Lake band members prepare for election in 2020
A date has been finalized for the next Montreal Lake Cree Nation election.On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, band members will head to the polls and vote for chief and council. The nomination meeting is sche...
Dec 03, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Arson responsible for Cumberland House band office fire: Chief Rene Chaboyer
Cumberland House Cree Nation Chief Rene Chaboyer stated the fire that destroyed the local band office this morning was an act of arson."RCMP have confirmed arson, so we're just trying to get our emplo...
Dec 02, 2019 Chief Rene Chaboyer stated arson was responsible for the fire. (Prince Albert Grand Council)
Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
A local woman is breaking barriers as a recent graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program. Dalanie Wahobin grew up in Meadow Lake and Waterhen Lake. She is among the first Indigenous wo...
Nov 29, 2019 Dalanie Wahobin, 28, is among the first to graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program offered at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 2019. (submitted photo/ Dalanie Wahobin)
Urban Aboriginal governance focus of community consultation
Indigenous people living in Prince Albert will have the chance to add their voice to a national conversation about urban Aboriginal governance at a meeting on Saturday. The session is one of several h...
Nov 27, 2019 CAPS president John Hanikenne (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Guilty pleas entered in Montreal Lake shooting incident
More than a year after a young woman from Montreal Lake Cree Nation was found in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound, the court case surrounding the incident continues to unravel with more questi...
Nov 26, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
