Tag Archives: First Nations
Sask. Indigenous hockey player excited to see fellow Indigenous players get first trading cards
Upper Deck, a trading card company, is releasing rookie cards for eight Canadian Indigenous hockey players who've never had a licensed card before.Three of the players are from Saskatchewan: Johnny Ha...
Jan 20, 2023
Student leaders from P.A. and beyond hear stories from Canadian icons
The next generation of leaders came to Prince Albert to hear from those who were once in their shoes and learn how they persevered and triumphed.The fourth edition of the Post-Secondary Leadership Wor...
Jan 18, 2023
Ceremony to be held for child's partial remains found at residential school site
A First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan is preparing a proper burial after a fragment of a child's jawbone was found in an unmarked grave during a search of a local residential school site.The Sta...
Jan 14, 2023
Radar shows 2,000 areas of interest at Saskatchewan residential school
The Star Blanket Cree Nation in Saskatchewan says ground-penetrating radar has discovered more than 2,000 areas of interest at the site of one of the longest-running residential schools in the country...
Jan 12, 2023
Indigenous-owned Internet provider brings high-speed service to Sask. First Nations
It's something many people living in Saskatchewan cities take for granted: high-speed Internet service.But while high-speed browsing is easy to access in large cities, many northwestern Saskatchewan F...
Jan 10, 2023
FSIN appeals for information in search for missing man
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is appealing for help to find a man who was reported missing to police on Jan. 8.Dwight Whitehead, 32, was last seen by his friends on New Year's ...
Jan 10, 2023
FNUniv gets support for new PA campus
City council unanimously threw its support behind a request from the First Nations University of Canada to transfer five acres of land for $1 so FNUniv can build a new campus. The deal is not done yet...
Jan 10, 2023
Indigenous communities across Canada working to provide internet access for underserved
There's a significant disparity when it comes to internet access in Canada.Roughly 98 per cent of homes in urban areas have internet access that meets the standard of the Canadian Radio-Television and...
Jan 08, 2023
'Walk with pride': First National Ribbon Skirt Day inspired by Saskatchewan girl
Unity, pride and culture were some of the reasons that brought a crowd to an event in Winnipeg to mark the first National Ribbon Skirt Day in Canada.Dozens of people in colourful skirts gathered Wedne...
Jan 04, 2023
‘Wow’: Cree judge left speechless after being named to the Order of Canada
When Judge Gerald Morin got the call saying he was named to the Order of Canada, the only word out of his mouth was "wow."The man who helped develop Saskatchewan's Cree Court and become the first Cree...
Dec 30, 2022
