Tag Archives: First Nations
Calls for more protections for Indigenous women and girls featured at MMIWG walk
Just over five years ago, Carson and Regina Poitras not only had to deal with their daughter Happy Charles being missing, but they had to "have their battles" with the police just to report her missin...
May 05, 2022
Search for missing boy moves to the Carrot River: RCMP
After more than two weeks, RCMP and search and rescue teams are still hoping they can find Frank Young.The five-year-old boy from Red Earth Cree Nation hasn't been seen since April 19.(Submitted Photo...
May 04, 2022
Major paving project announced at Sturgeon Lake First Nation
Chief Greg Ermine called it a huge day for Sturgeon Lake First Nation.During a special press conference Tuesday afternoon at the band office, plans were officially confirmed for a 10.6 km paving proje...
May 03, 2022
Hospice building takes shape, donations continue
Donations are still coming in even as the Rose Garden Hospice building takes shape. Hospice committee member Marina Mitchell said the group is happy to see the results of over a decade of effort."It m...
May 03, 2022
‘Without you, we are the less. We are inadequate’: Archbishop of Canterbury visits P.A.
For the second straight day, Most Rev. Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, profusely apologized to residential school survivors, and vowed to collaborate to make sure their voices are heard an...
May 01, 2022
'I am more sorry than I can say,' Archbishop of Canterbury apologizes to residential school survivors
Shortly after arriving at the James Smith Cree Nation, Rev. Justin Welby sat down in the corner of the local school gym and listened to four consecutive hours.On Saturday, he was told stories of physi...
Apr 30, 2022
Search for missing boy still a rescue mission says RCMP and Chief of Red Earth Cree Nation
It has been nearly two weeks since his disappearance and still, there's no sign of five-year-old Frank Young.Young was last seen at his home on Red Earth Cree Nation on April 19. Since then, hundreds ...
Apr 29, 2022
Archbishop of Canterbury to visit P.A. for Truth and Reconciliation
Editors Note: This story has been amended to reflect the event at James Smith Cree Nation is not open to the public. It was previously reported it was open to the public. --The Archbishop of Canterbur...
Apr 29, 2022
University study seeks Indigenous participants for emergency evacuation research
First Nations and Mtis residents are encouraged to participate in a University of Saskatchewan (U of S) study focused on emergency evacuation. According to Dr. Caroline Tait of the Saskatchewan Indige...
Apr 28, 2022
Just relax and have a piece of bannock
Georgette Arcand is on a mission to bring bannock to businesses, agencies, schools and any other place she can think of in Prince Albert. Arcand's goal is simple; bring togetherness and get people to ...
Apr 28, 2022
