Tag Archives: First Nations

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

Saskatchewan Youth Symposium coming to Melfort Oct. 23
Students from across Saskatchewan will gather in Melfort next week for the 5th annual Youth Symposium. The event is organized by Youth Matter Canada, and founder Laura Lawrence told northeastNOW hundr...
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

'He'd be very pleased': Round dance to revive Allen Sapp's joy for sharing Cree traditions
When visitors came to the Allen Sapp Gallery - whether schoolchildren or tourists from afar - the late Cree artist would often greet them with a drum in hand.He'd sing a round dance song and lead ever...
Oct 14, 2025
There are lessons to be learned from Canada’s wildfire season and evacuations
WINNIPEG - Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year's wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths o...
Oct 12, 2025

Constant Reminder band members killed in crash near Melfort
Saskatchewan RCMP are confirming a two-vehicle crash just outside of Melfort that claimed three lives - two men from James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) and another man from Kinistino.Emergency crews were ...
Oct 10, 2025
FSIN confirms receipt of KPMG audit list, begins comprehensive review
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is confirming receipt of a list of items referenced in the KPMG Forensic Audit Summary Report released by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) that fl...
Oct 09, 2025