Tag Archives: First Nations
Area First Nations monitoring entrances to prevent COVID-19
Similar to many other communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Red Pheasant Cree Nation plans to install barricades at the reserve entrances starting Friday at midnight to check traffic coming in and l...
Mar 26, 2020 Red Pheasant Cree Nation Chief Clint Wuttunee says barricades will be set up at entrance points to the Red Pheasant reserve starting Friday at midnight to monitor traffic, to prevent COVID-19. He is shown in this photo from last year holding former Chief Red Pheasant’s Treaty Medal that was returned to the First Nation last summer. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Northern checkpoints rise in numbers as COVID-19 spreads
The communities of Cumberland House and Southend are the latest to erect checkpoints in an effort to halt the spread of COVID-19.In recent days, Cumberland House Cree Nation and the Northern Village o...
Mar 25, 2020 This checkpoint has been installed outside of Cumberland House. (Lionel Deschambeault/Facebook)
LLRIB elections postponed due to COVID-19
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) general election scheduled for March 30 has been postponed. That's according to a media release dated March 25, which states it has been postponed until such time ...
Mar 25, 2020 The election will be held once it is safe to do so. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Kitchen aims to feed vulnerable citizens amid COVID-19
A number of community groups and organizations are coming together to help feed Prince Albert's more vulnerable citizens.The Community Cares Kitchen is operating out of Parkland Hall in collaboration ...
Mar 25, 2020 The Community Cares Kitchen is based at Parkland Hall and is being run by volunteers. (Facebook/Community Cares Kitchen Prince Albert)
P.A. teen promotes healing through dance
Prince Albert's Rimara Bear is doing her part to help lift peoples' spirits during this time of uncertainty.For the past week, the 14-year-old has been posting videos to social media of herself perfor...
Mar 25, 2020 (All My Relations photography)
Makwa Sahgaiehcan Chief urging community to stay informed, calm amidst pandemic
Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation Chief Ronald Mitsuing said he agrees with The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations' request to close provincial borders to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 to First...
Mar 24, 2020 Chief Ronald Mitsuing of Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
LLRIB Director of Education apologizes for now-deleted Facebook post
"Any teacher not preparing to teach online and creating digital tools is basically resigning."That's how Lac La Ronge Indian Band Director of Education Simon Bird started a recently deleted Facebook p...
Mar 24, 2020 Simon Bird is the director of education of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. (Simon Bird/Facebook)
Local representatives respond to shuttering of Cigar Lake mine
Cameco's decision to halt production at its Cigar Lake mine is being applauded by local leadership.The Saskatoon-based mining company made the announcement Monday afternoon. The company said the decis...
Mar 24, 2020 Cameco announced a suspension of operations Monday at Cigar Lake amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Cameco.com)
Northern communities installing checkpoints, initiating local lockdowns
Residents of Pinehouse Lake and Pelican Narrows have both initiated checkpoints leading into their communities as a precaution against COVID-19.This afternoon Pinehouse Administrator Martine Smith ann...
Mar 23, 2020 This checkpoint has been set up outside Pinehouse Lake. (Pinehouse Lake, Saskatchewan/Facebook)
Gamble seeks new term at Beardy's
Members of Beardy's Okemasis Cree Nation head to the polls this Friday, and long time Chief Rick Gamble is once again running, seeking a fresh new term.Gamble, who did not run in the last election, to...
Mar 23, 2020 Rick Gamble. (submitted photo/ Rick Gamble)