Tag Archives: First Nations
Many events planned for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
The City of North Battleford outlined a variety of events taking place in the Battlefords area on Sept. 30 to recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Monday's council meeting. Also ...
Sep 27, 2022
What each province, territory is doing on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Friday is the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. The federal government made Sept. 30 a statutory holiday for its workers and federally regulated ...
Sep 27, 2022
Parkland Ambulance introduces epaulette covers as small step on road to reconciliation
From yesterday until October 1, you might notice a new addition to the Parkland Ambulance uniforms. It's the paramedics' own small step forward on what they describe as a path of reconciliation. This ...
Sep 27, 2022
Mistawasis woman hired as scout for Winnipeg Jets
One of three scouts hired by the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday is from Treaty Six Territory.Sydney Daniels, 27, has been hired by the NHL club as a college scout. In a news release provided by the team, ...
Sep 22, 2022
Indigenous people make up 42 per cent of P.A.'s population
Nearly half of the people who live in the city of Prince Albert are Indigenous.That's according to Statistics Canada which released more information from the 2021 census on Wednesday. P.A.'s entire po...
Sep 21, 2022
James Smith Cree Nation chief to meet with federal ministers to discuss stabbings
The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation that was the site of a series of deadly stabbings earlier this month is heading to Toronto for a meeting with federal cabinet ministers.Chief Wally Burns of Ja...
Sep 20, 2022
Métis language program now across Sask.
Students across the province will be able to learn both Michif and Cree as the Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) expands its early language program. Another six school divisions will partner with MN-S s...
Sep 20, 2022
Former student makes bench in honour of late teacher
A former teacher at Prince Albert's Carlton Comprehensive Public High School is being remembered with a special tribute.Victor Thunderchild died in April 2021 after contracting COVID-19. His death not...
Sep 16, 2022
Indigenous culture celebrated again at P.A.'s Carlton school
Indigenous culture was on display at Prince Albert's Carlton Comprehensive Public High School.The school's Indigenous Day was held Friday where students and members of the public got the chance to lea...
Sep 16, 2022
Métis woman pursues legal action against daycare after child's hair cut without consent
A Saskatoon woman, with connections to Prince Albert, is pursuing legal action against her son's daycare provider, alleging the operator committed assault when she cut the young child's hair without p...
Sep 15, 2022
