First Nations

City of North Battleford to Honour Indigenous Veterans

The City of North Battleford will honour Indigenous veterans by lowering city flags to half-mast from sunrise to sunset on Indigenous Veterans Day.Nov. 8 is recognized nationally as Indigenous Veteran...

Nov 04, 2022

Coroner's inquest results in eight recommendations to prevent inmate deaths at Sask Pen.

Additional mental health supports at Saskatchewan Penitentiary, a review of policies related to prescription medications to mitigate diversions, and overall facility upgrades were among the final eigh...

Nov 04, 2022

Sask. Pen Warden testifies at Coroner's Inquest

CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains graphic depictions of self-harm and suicide.According to the current warden at Saskatchewan Penitentiary, administration is always looking at ways to impr...

Nov 03, 2022

Hundreds attend empowering speech on Truth and Reconciliation in P.A.

It is a message of truth, hope, and reconciliation, and hundreds in Prince Albert came to hear that message on Wednesday night.Cadmus Delorme, the Chief of Cowessess First Nation, came to the EA Rawli...

Nov 03, 2022

Inmate abused prescribed medication, says witness at inquest

CONTENT WARNING: The following story contains graphic depictions of self-harm and suicide.Why an inmate with a storied history of self-harm was transferred back to Saskatchewan Penitentiary, and not t...

Nov 02, 2022

Not guilty pleas entered in Senator Bird arson case

The woman accused of setting the fire that destroyed the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre in Prince Albert, has pleaded not guilty to her charges.Gina Pearl Beatty, 24, appeared by video when her ma...

Nov 01, 2022

Results of First Nation suicide study show need for improvement, offer hope for change

Chief Margaret Bear of the Ochapowace First Nation remembers sitting in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations' previous building three years ago, filled with emotion and sharing much of the p...

Nov 01, 2022

MGBHLM First Nation cattle company making progress

A First Nation cattle company in the Battlefords area is enjoying success, after starting for the first time last year. Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nation (MGBHLM) Economic Developme...

Angela Brown Oct 28, 2022

MGBHLM First Nation cattle company making progress

A First Nation cattle company in the Battlefords area is enjoying success, after starting for the first time last year.Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man First Nation (MGBHLM) Economic Developmen...

Oct 28, 2022

P.A. historical museum set to celebrate opening of Indigenous Peoples exhibit

After five years of work, the Prince Albert Historical Museum is just about finished creating its display focused on the area's Indigenous people.The Kistapinnihk/Omaniciye Makoca/T'ogh tl exhibit, al...

Oct 27, 2022