Tag Archives: First Nations
FSIN calls for ban of Williams and Ree at Country Thunder
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling on Craven Country Thunder to banish comic duo Williams and Ree.The duo has MCed events for over 20 years at the festival.This comes aft...
Jul 16, 2019 Comedy due Terry Ree and Bruce Williams. (Williams and Ree Twitter page)
Pelican Narrows going the distance to support family and friends struggling with depression
A group of youth from Pelican Narrows have embarked on a long trip to raise awareness about mental health and suicides.The group is travelling by bike to Lac Ste. Anne and hope to arrive by Sunday. Ja...
Jul 15, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Team Woodland sends largest contingent ever to Tony Cote Summer Games
The largest contingent of athletes ever to represent Team Woodland are competing at the 2019 Tony Cote Summer Games. The Games began Sunday on Flying Dust First Nation with an opening ceremony, which ...
Jul 15, 2019 Team Woodland at the 2019 Tony Cote Summer Games opening ceremony. (Tammy Cook-Searson/Facebook)
Sask. researchers to study health benefits of Métis jigging
The fitness potential of traditional Mtis jigging is the subject of a new research project at the University of Saskatchewan (USask).Heather Foulds, assistant professor in the College of Kinesiology, ...
Jul 15, 2019 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Walk for missing women Ashley Morin, Tiki Laverdiere returns home
After three days of walking from Saskatoon to North Battleford to raise awareness about missing woman Ashley Morin her family and supporters returned home late Sunday night. The family of missing woma...
Jul 15, 2019 Ashley Morin's family friend and spokesperson Krista Fox, centre, is overcome with tears as she speaks to the walk participants when they all arrive home Sunday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Métis youth heading to Kenya for program says learning has no borders
For Gavin Blondeau, learning doesn't end in the classroom, it's a way of life. That's why the Mtis youth is over the moon to be one of two youth from Saskatchewan selected in an international internsh...
Jul 14, 2019 Métis youth Gavin Blondeau, the son of one of the current Chapel Gallery show artists, has been selected for an internship program that will take him to Kenya. (Submitted photo/Gavin Blondeau)
Charlie Major to headline Stanley Mission Community Gathering
Juno Award-Winner Charlie Major will perform next week at the Stanley Mission Community Gathering. "Every year we try to invite a top-main entertainer for our country show and this year it happened to...
Jul 12, 2019 Country music artist Charlie Major will be in Stanley Mission on July 16. (submitted photo/MDM Recordings)
LLRIB announces passing of dedicated elder
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is announcing the passing of Elder Jacob Ratt. Ratt served with LLRIB for 48 years as an employee, council member and Council of Elders. According to a media relea...
Jul 12, 2019 Elder Jacob Ratt began his career with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in 1971. (submitted photo/Tammy Cook-Searson)
Wollaston Lake Fishery shuts down operations, owners blame lack of all weather road
The closure of Wollaston Lake Fishery's operations in Prince Albert and Wollaston Lake this week, has direct ties to a broken promise by the federal and provincial governments to build an all weather ...
Jul 12, 2019 Northern Wild Fishery shut down all their operations on Wednesday. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Flying Dust First Nation receives funding for water research and restoration project
Flying Dust First Nation has received funding to monitor and improve the water quality of nearby Meadow Lake and the Meadow River.The $150,000 for the project comes from the federal government's envir...
Jul 11, 2019 (file photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)