Tag Archives: First Nations
'A historic day': Red Pheasant becomes first Sask. First Nation to sign MOU with Marshals Service
Red Pheasant Cree Nation has become the first Indigenous community in Saskatchewan to partner with the province's new Marshals Service in a bid to curb drugs, gangs and violent crime.The memorandum of...
Oct 20, 2025
Supreme Court won't hear Waterhen claim on Primrose Air Weapons Range
The Waterhen First Nation north of Meadow Lake had their claim for compensation for the loss of hunting at the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range denied after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear...
Oct 20, 2025
Upcoming Conference offers Treaty education opportunity in Yorkton
Whether it's a large auditorium of people, or a small group, Elaine Sutherland and the Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC) are striving to change minds."We know we're not going to change everyone'...
Oct 18, 2025
Whitecap Dakota Nation receives pieces of long-lost history
Artifacts missing for more than a century have made their way home.What was returned to the Whitecap Dakota First Nation (WDFN) shocked even those who were working to repatriate the items."I thought i...
Oct 17, 2025
Prince Albert police looking for missing 14-year-old girl
The last time Alairah Chamakese was seen, she was in the 700 block of 28th St. E around 8:15 a.m. on Oct.3.The 14-year old was wearing a black hoodie and black sweatpants at the time. She is described...
Oct 17, 2025
BlackRain and JJ Lavalee among winners at Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards
The 2025 Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards were held last Saturday at Prince Albert's EA Rawlinson Centre, and a number of well-known artists from Northern Saskatchewan came away with some shiny ha...
Oct 17, 2025
Tariff worries pile on wildfire woes for Sask. forestry industry
New tariffs on softwood lumber imports implemented by the U.S. this week are adding another concern for the industry in Saskatchewan, which was already concerned about its future after this year's mas...
Oct 16, 2025
RCMP make arrest following assault in Uranium City
A 29-year-old man has been arrested and faces multiple charges after an assault involving a firearm in Uranium City. Fond du Lac RCMP responded to an altercation on Oct. 11 involving two men. Investig...
Oct 16, 2025
Regional policing study finds RCMP not serving community needs
Indigenous communities in northern Saskatchewan are another step closer to self-administered policing.During a gathering that began on Oct. 15, the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) presented its reg...
Oct 16, 2025
‘Share tradition, not the flu’: Over 11,500 people book influenza, COVID shots in Sask.
Every shot counts.The province's Fall Immunization Program officially kicked off Tuesday morning and health-care professionals, like Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab, rolled up their slee...
Oct 15, 2025
