Tag Archives: First Nations

Residents of Sucker River, a First Nations reserve of approximately 500 people, held a public meeting last week to discuss how drugs are affecting and harming their community."There were a lot of idea...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

A single father of two is reaching out to tri-community residents for help after the sewer backed up into his home last month.Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) member Wayne Bird, who lives in Far Reser...

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...

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...