Tag Archives: First Nations
Program helps youth connect with nature and culture
A group of 15 kids capped off their canoe trip Tuesday afternoon.The group, who took part in the trip through the Prince Albert Grand Council's (PAGC) Yes Program (Youth Empowerment Strategy) started ...
Aug 06, 2019 (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Wheaton sharing newfound passion for powwows with tri-community residents
It's been a little over a year since Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Cathy Wheaton began her journey to learn powwow dancing. "It's kind of consumed my life now," she said. "I think I have been to fou...
Aug 06, 2019 Cathy Wheaton danced at the recent fundraiser in La Ronge. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Onion Lake Cree Nation again ordered to release financial statements
A Queen's Bench judge has found the Onion Lake Cree Nation to be in civil contempt of court and ordered it to release financial documents to a local activist and online.Saskatoon Justice Meghan McCrea...
Aug 06, 2019 A member of The Canadian Taxpayers Federation stands with Charmaine Stick of the Onion Lake Cree Nation to highlight a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision in 2018. (file photo/CKOM Staff)
Respected elder and former grand chief remembered for kindness and service to community
Space may be limited to standing room only this week, when a celebration of life is held on Wednesday for Philip Morin, Prince Albert Grand Council's first grand chief.Morin passed away Aug. 1 at the ...
Aug 05, 2019 Philip Morin passed away Aug. 1 (Submitted photo/ Tina Pelletier)
Byelection date set for PBCN
A little more than a year after its last election, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation has secured a date for a new byelection.Band members will elect their urban councilor on Aug. 15 and the candidates rema...
Aug 02, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Sask. elder, leader Tony Cote passes away at 84
A well respected leader and elder in Saskatchewan has died.Tony Cote passed away Wednesday at the age of 84."We lost a great man today," said Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cam...
Aug 01, 2019 Elder Tony Cote at a ceremony in Regina in 2011 (Regina Police/Facebook)
Athabasca Denesuline Education Authority expected to officially launch next week
Leadership of three northern First Nations are hopeful the creation of the Athabasca Denesuline Education Authority (ADEA) will improve the outcome of their students. The education authority, which wi...
Jul 31, 2019 The Athabasca Denesuline Education Authority will operate like a school division. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
LLRIB honours Chief James Roberts by erecting headstone at gravesite
The chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) who signed Treaty 6 was honoured Monday during a special ceremony where his gravesite was marked with a headstone. "There was a lot of children presen...
Jul 30, 2019 Little Hills was the site of a ceremony to place a headstone at the gravesite of Chief James Roberts. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
NDP leader talks poverty and crime during brief stopover in Prince Albert
The creation of a poverty reduction strategy remains high on the agenda for Saskatchewan's NDP party, and leader Ryan Meili was gathering some research during a stop in Prince Albert Monday.Meili met ...
Jul 29, 2019 Provincial NDP leader Ryan Meili, along with Prince Albert Northcote MLA Nicole Rancourt and Prince Albert Carlton candidate Troy Parenteau, meet Monday with Janet Carriere, Executive Director of Prince Albert's Indian Metis Friendship Centre. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Alberta RCMP apologize for poor investigation into Indigenous woman's death
EDMONTON - The commanding officer of the RCMP in Alberta has apologized to the family of an Indigenous woman who disappeared nine years ago and whose killer has never been found.Amber Tuccaro was 20 y...
Jul 25, 2019 Amber Tuccaro