Tag Archives: First Nations
PAGC Fine Arts Festival celebrates 30th anniversary
Over 1,700 youth, from 25 different schools across Northern Saskatchewan, have gathered in Prince Albert this week for a special event.The Prince Albert Grand Council Fine Arts Festival is celebrating...
Apr 25, 2023
Multiplex fire on Mosquito First Nation displaces several families, starts large grassfire
A fire on Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nation has burnt down an entire multiplex.The blaze started in the building Monday afternoon and created a grassfire that has since spread to th...
Apr 24, 2023
Annual NSTA convention begins in La Ronge
La Ronge will play host this week to the annual convention of the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association (NSTA). According to a release from the Prince Albert Grand Council and the Federation of S...
Apr 21, 2023
Sask. NDP, FSIN decry government’s rejection of Duty to Consult Bill
Members of the Opposition and First Nations leaders are not happy a bill to make consulting Indigenous people's law was rejected.In a release, the Sask. NDP said they introduced Bill 610 back in Novem...
Apr 21, 2023
Member of LLRIB excited for North American Indigenous Games
In just a few short months, one young softball player will be on one of the biggest stages of his life: The North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Nova Scotia.Kamden Shewchuk lives in the Shellbroo...
Apr 20, 2023
Northern Sask. physician shortlisted for national award
A man who leads the implementation of public health programs in 33 First Nation communities across Northern Saskatchewan has made the shortlist for the Canadian Immigrant award.Doctor Nnamdi Ndubuka i...
Apr 19, 2023
PBCN Stars repeat as Senators Cup champions
Winning a championship once is pretty sweet, but going back-to-back is even sweeter.For the second straight year, the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) Stars were crowned champions of the PAGC Senat...
Apr 17, 2023
Former Pine Grove inmates offered new home in Saskatoon
Women being released from jail in Saskatchewan now have a new place to call home.On Friday, the Saskatoon Tribal Council opened kwskcik iskwwak - which means "turning your life around" - in collaborat...
Apr 17, 2023
COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials
Nunavut's health minister says the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit communities, and questions remain over whether targets to stamp out the disease can be met. "C...
Apr 16, 2023
‘A better path forward’: What’s next for First Nations as the debate on the NRTA continues
The debates over the Natural Resources Transfer Agreements (NRTA) won't go away anytime soon, according to a First Nations lawyer.Last week saw the federal and provincial governments battle over comme...
Apr 16, 2023
