Tag Archives: First Nations
Virtual technology expected to lower preventable mortality rates in Northern Sask.
Northern residents have twice the preventable mortality rates than their southern counterparts when it comes to cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, but medical professionals believe that gap...
Dec 18, 2025
'If I can do this, so can you': Officer encouraging Indigenous people to join RCMP
RCMP Const. Wanda McKenzie has a policing career spanning more than two decades and she now prides herself with increasing the number of Indigenous officers in the force. McKenzie, who is a member of ...
Dec 17, 2025
Prince Albert agencies say online video of man lying in the snow shows need for community supports
Editor's note: this story was updated on Tuesday, Dec. 16 to include comments from Prince Albert Grand Council.While the investigation continues into an online video that shows a man found lying face ...
Dec 15, 2025
'The doors are opening': Sask. First Nation chief sees hopeful shift in Ottawa
Having witnessed sacred belongings return to their homelands and taken part in national conversations in Ottawa, a Saskatchewan First Nation chief says he senses the federal government opening its doo...
Dec 09, 2025
Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection returning to Canada today
First Nations, Inuit and Mtis leaders are set to gather at Montreal's airport Saturday to welcome home dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection."I give my love and respect t...
Dec 06, 2025
Third annual Hunger Games sets $15,000 goal
Featuring more teams and higher stakes, the friendly yet highly competitive Hunger Games returns Wednesday night.Last year's event raised over $12,000 in food and funds for the Prince Albert Food Bank...
Dec 02, 2025
'This is not an Indian problem. This is a social problem,' BATC chief says as policing concerns escalate
Chiefs with the Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) say shootings, gang activity, drug trafficking and delayed RCMP response times have created a public-safety crisis in their communities, and the...
Dec 01, 2025
La Ronge doctors submitted scurvy findings to peer-viewed journal
One year after La Ronge doctors diagnosed more than two dozen cases of scurvy, they are now waiting for their finding to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. "Hopefully that goes through," said Dr...
Nov 27, 2025
Cumberland House lawsuit over Nipawin dams ends at Supreme Court
The decision by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal regarding a legal challenge over consultation filed by Cumberland House Cree Nation will stand. On November 30th, the Supreme Court declined to hear th...
Nov 27, 2025
Northern rescue exposes major emergency-response gaps, says Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation
Stating a couple in their late 50s requiring medical attention was left stranded for nearly two days in a remote area of Northern Saskatchewan before being rescued, leadership at Peter Ballantyne Cree...
Nov 25, 2025
