First Nations

Public invited to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day

Tri-community residents are welcome to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day in La Ronge on Saturday. Festivities will begin at 11 a.m. with a smudge walk from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band office ...

Jun 20, 2025

Marguerite Riel Centre hosts Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration

An Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration in Melfort brought people from all ages to enjoy dancing, food, and fellowship. The Marguerite Riel Centre hosted the celebration at their Wellness Centre on Bur...

Jun 19, 2025

National Indigenous Peoples Day Traditional Powwow shares culture and connects community

Thousands of people gathered at the Heritage Farm and Village grounds in North Battleford on Wednesday for the National Indigenous Peoples Day Traditional Powwow. Organized in partnership by the Weste...

Jun 19, 2025

Almost 500 homes, cabins lost as wild spring cools down in Saskatchewan

This year's wildfire season in Saskatchewan has resulted in the loss of 277 primary residences and 218 of those were in one community. The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency confirmed that 218 homes we...

Jun 18, 2025

Mining corporation, northern First Nations sign exploration agreement

Forum Energy Metals Corp. and the Ya'thi Nn Land and Resource (YNLR) have signed an Exploration Agreement for the Northwest Athabasca Project located in the northern Athabasca Basin region of Saskatch...

Jun 18, 2025

St. Louis teacher, mother and Michif language-keeper stamps legacy at Canada Post

From a teacher to mother of 13 to Michif language-keeper, one woman who spent her life in St. Louis has left her stamp on her community, her family and now her country. Sophie McDougall, who passed aw...

Jun 17, 2025

Suspects fake injury to lure good samaritan in armed robbery

What started as a gesture of goodwill ended with a good samaritan being robbed at gunpoint.Just after 4 p.m. on June 15, Prince Albert RCMP received a report of an armed robbery on Sturgeon Lake First...

Jun 16, 2025

LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson becomes new chair of SIGA

Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson has a new title to add to her name.The longtime leader has been named the new board chair of the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA). ...

Jun 16, 2025

New coffee shop celebrates family legacy and Indigenous entrepreneurship

Dwight's Coffee House is serving homemade bannock and soup, cinnamon buns, scones, fresh coffees and espressos; but it's also brewing hope and inspiration by transforming a family's grief into a sourc...

Jun 13, 2025

ERFN identifies 60 new areas of concern at site of former Beauval residential school

An additional 60 areas of concern at the former site of the Beauval Indian Residential School were announced Thursday by English River First Nation (ERFN). Four years ago, the band began extensive gro...

Jun 12, 2025