Tag Archives: First Nations
PBCN 'cows and plows' settlement worth $630 million
An agreement signed by Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) and the federal government is being described as a historic victory.The $630 million settlement is the latest in a series of announcements th...
Mar 15, 2025
Father searching for missing daughter calls on province to declare opiod crisis emergency
Carson Poitras believes there is a connection between the province's drug crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous men and women.Poitras, whose daughter Happy Charles has been missing for nearly 8 y...
Mar 14, 2025
Peepeekisis making its mark in Moose Jaw
The former Moose Jaw Events Centre will now dawn a new name - the Temple Gardens Centre.A result of a new five-year, naming-rights deal recently inked between the City of Moose Jaw and Peepeekisis Dev...
Mar 13, 2025
'Meeting people where they’re at': Northern communities developing strategies in wake of public health issue
Communities in northern Saskatchewan are facing what seems to be an endemic public health issue. "The numbers of northern dog bites are so high, that the places with the highest dog bites exceed that ...
Mar 13, 2025
Timber Bay Children's Home survivor hopeful settlement will be reached soon
A recent settlement that was reached between le--la Crosse Residential School attendees and the federal government is giving survivors of the Timber Bay Children's Home hope for compensation for their...
Mar 12, 2025
Northern Chief concerned about wild pig discovery in Northern Sask.
The Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is concerned about a wild pig recently being discovered in traditional territory. Last weekend, a land user near Weyakwin shot and killed a wild pig w...
Mar 08, 2025
Supreme Court dismisses appeal from Saskatchewan government involving Métis group
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal from the Saskatchewan government over a lawsuit alleging a Mtis organization wasn't consulted over uranium exploration permits.The unanimous ruling ...
Mar 01, 2025
Survivors share their storied past with students with a Talking Quilt
The Talking Quilt helps to create conversations.The blanket is comprised of 24 squares each surrounded by a colourful border and at its centre the medicine wheel.At first glance it's vibrant and invit...
Feb 28, 2025
Little girl with a big heart gets a lot of love from the community
The communities of Flying Dust First Nation and Meadow Lake can show spunky four-year-old Rawlings Norman some love while she wages her ongoing battle with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) by su...
Feb 27, 2025
Nutrition North Program to undergo external review, access to food security, supplement needs highlighted
The provincial opposition is celebrating the federal government's decision to review a grocery subsidy program in the wake of food security concerns in northern Saskatchewan. Federal Northern Affairs ...
Feb 27, 2025
