First Nations

Delmas Walk aims to honour residential school children and survivors

The second annual walk of Little Pine First Nation members to Delmas, called "Honouring Our Ancestors," was underway Friday. The event started at Little Pine and will end at the former site of the Thu...

Jul 29, 2022

Northern Sask. MLA reflects on trip to see Pope

An MLA from northern Saskatchewan is describing his experience seeing the Pope this week as highly emotional.Jim Lemaigre, MLA for Athabasca, and a few dozen residents from his constituency were among...

Jul 29, 2022

Pope Francis leads reconciliation mass at Quebec City-area pilgrimage site

Pope Francis is hosting a reconciliation-themed mass in Quebec before a congregation made up largely of residential school survivors and other Indigenous people, a day after expressing shame and sorro...

Jul 28, 2022

LLRIB woman named Deputy Police Chief in Saint John

She is the highest-ranking female police officer ever in Saint John, N.B. and she hails from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band.On July 18, Honey Dwyer was sworn in as deputy chief of the Saint John Police ...

Jul 27, 2022

24-year-old man struck and killed by vehicle near Pelican Lake First Nation

The circumstances surrounding a tragic incident Monday night in northern Saskatchewan remains under investigation.A 24-year-old man who had been walking along the highway north of Pelican Lake First N...

Jul 27, 2022

‘Carrying the torch’: La Ronge man translating Pope Francis’ words to Dene

Pope Francis I continues his visit through Canada, speaking to crowds of thousands in his native language of Spanish.While there are many people translating his words into English, there are plenty mo...

Jul 26, 2022

Day 2 of Pope visit to include stops at a former residential school, Edmonton church

Pope Francis is expected to speak publicly for the first time during his Canadian visit at a meeting Monday morning with First Nations, Inuit and Mtis peoples in a community south of Edmonton. The day...

Jul 25, 2022

Weekend celebration at Batoche 50 years in the making

Around 10,000 people are expected to make their way to Batoche this weekend as the Mtis people celebrate culture, family and friends and remember history. The head of the Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan, G...

Jul 23, 2022

Batoche now belongs to the Mètis

Almost 140 years after Louis Riel and the Mtis people were defeated at Batoche, the federal government has transferred the land to the descendants of those who fought and remained buried in the soil t...

Jul 22, 2022

LLRIB celebrates Treaty Days, voting underway for proposed Election Act changes

Thousands of Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) members are expected to collect their yearly annuity payment in the coming days. The LLRIB began hosting Treaty Day events in Stanley Mission on Monday, f...

Jul 20, 2022