Tag Archives: First Nations
Malcolm Jenkins donates $1 million towards Indigenous spaces in new Sask Polytechnic campus
Indigenous students attending the Joseph A. Remai Saskatoon campus have a new benefactor in Prince Albert philanthropist Malcolm Jenkins. Jenkins' foundation just donated $1 million to help create spa...
Jun 20, 2025
Almost 500 homes, cabins lost as wild spring cools down in Saskatchewan
This year's wildfire season in Saskatchewan has resulted in the loss of 277 primary residences and 218 of those were in one community. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency confirmed that 218 homes we...
Jun 18, 2025
Mining corporation, northern First Nations sign exploration agreement
Forum Energy Metals Corp. and the Ya'thi Nn Land and Resource (YNLR) have signed an Exploration Agreement for the Northwest Athabasca Project located in the northern Athabasca Basin region of Saskatch...
Jun 18, 2025
St. Louis teacher, mother and Michif language-keeper stamps legacy at Canada Post
From a teacher to mother of 13 to Michif language-keeper, one woman who spent her life in St. Louis has left her stamp on her community, her family and now her country. Sophie McDougall, who passed aw...
Jun 17, 2025
Suspects fake injury to lure good samaritan in armed robbery
What started as a gesture of goodwill ended with a good samaritan being robbed at gunpoint.Just after 4 p.m. on June 15, Prince Albert RCMP received a report of an armed robbery on Sturgeon Lake First...
Jun 16, 2025
New coffee shop celebrates family legacy and Indigenous entrepreneurship
Dwight's Coffee House is serving homemade bannock and soup, cinnamon buns, scones, fresh coffees and espressos; but it's also brewing hope and inspiration by transforming a family's grief into a sourc...
Jun 13, 2025
ERFN identifies 60 new areas of concern at site of former Beauval residential school
An additional 60 areas of concern at the former site of the Beauval Indian Residential School were announced Thursday by English River First Nation (ERFN). Four years ago, the band began extensive gro...
Jun 12, 2025
Cumberland House Cree Nation sues province over Saskatchewan River delta
The Cumberland House Cree Nation has sued the province of Saskatchewan over the condition of the delta of the Saskatchewan River, which it said is in "a state of ecological crisis because of upstream ...
Jun 11, 2025
New high level certification will allow Ahtahkakoop to leverage better financing
It took around five years, but the Ahtahkakoop First Nation said the benefit of their new Financial Management System certification from the First Nations Financial Management Board will pay off. Now,...
Jun 11, 2025
Firefighter hospitalized in Saskatoon after lung collapses while serving
An experienced firefighter is recovering in a Saskatoon hospital from a collapsed lung and other ailments that arose while on the line of duty in Pelican Narrows. Brady Highway, who has been a firefig...
Jun 10, 2025
