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

Northern Lights now offers Cree language learning programs at two schools

Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan's (MN-S) Early Learning Language program is expanding throughout the province including in the Northern Lights School Division. Six new divisions are partnering with the Early...

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

Curbing crime and growing business highlights of Chamber's "Power Hour" talk

Dealing with crime, attracting new business, and retaining doctors were some of the topics local elected leaders dealt with in the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce's "Power Hour" Friday.The aim of the ...

Sep 16, 2022