Tag Archives: First Nations
Chief Tammy Cook-Searson appointed to Cameco board
Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson has been appointed to the Cameco Board of Directors effective Sept. 1. "I'm really grateful for the opportunity to serve," she said. "I made i...
Aug 03, 2023
Human remains found near Black Lake
Update: RCMP confirmed on Friday the remains found southeast of Black Lake were part of a grave site and are over a century old.The police file is now closed.----Saskatchewan RCMP, with help from a fo...
Aug 03, 2023
Green means go for copper/zinc mine near Creighton
A proposed copper and zinc mine in northeast Saskatchewan has been given an initial green light with the approval of its environmental assessment, says the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, whose traditio...
Aug 02, 2023
Federal Government to pay $37 million to 14 First Nations in Sask. for unpaid Treaty Salaries
Over a dozen First Nations from Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 Territories in Saskatchewan are praising a historic settlement agreement on Treaty Salaries.Gary Anandasangaree, the newly appointed minister of C...
Aug 02, 2023
300 residents of Fond du Lac evacuated due to wildfire smoke
As wildfire smoke near their community intensifies, approximately 300 members of Fond du Lac Denesuline Nation have been evacuated.According to a statement Tuesday night from Chief Kevin Mercredi, the...
Aug 01, 2023
Wahpeton feels nature’s wrath with golf ball-sized hail
At least six vehicles on the Wahpeton Dakota First Nations have broken windshields and one a broken sunroof following a storm last night. Stephanie Bird told paNOW that it was the largest hail she has...
Aug 01, 2023
Local advocates taking support to MMWIG protests in Winnipeg
A Battlefords-area grandmother who walked across the country last year to raise awareness about the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) crisis, is once again lending her support to...
Jul 31, 2023
'I think of my mushum': Families of residential school survivors gather for Delmas walk
As Sonia Pete started to walk Friday morning from Little Pine First Nation to the town of Delmas, nearly 40 kilometres away, she thought about her late father and grandfather."Part of the path we are ...
Jul 28, 2023
FSIN, MN-S react to new cabinet members
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) offered their take Wednesday on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's major cabinet shuffle.A majority of portfolios...
Jul 27, 2023
'A long journey': Reconciliation happening day by day, one year after Pope's apology
Phil Fontaine has had a year to reflect since he heard an apology from the head of the Roman Catholic Church, something the former Assembly of First Nations national chief fought much of his life to h...
Jul 23, 2023
