Tag Archives: First Nations

UPDATE: Missing woman on Red Pheasant Cree Nation found deceased
Update: April 17, 8:43 a.m.Battlefords RCMP confirmed that missing 33-year-old Jana Laliberte was located deceased. Following a preliminary investigation, Laliberte's death is not believed to be suspi...
Apr 16, 2025

La Loche teen wins gold in Indigenous paddle making at Skills Canada competition
Claire Haynes remembers the first and only time she dipped a paddle made of her own hands into the water. "We were out on (Lac La Loche) and I couldn't wipe the smile off my face," she said of her exp...
Apr 15, 2025

Search underway for missing woman last seen on Red Pheasant: RCMP
Mounties are asking for the public's help in locating a 33-year-old woman who was reported missing last week.Jana Laliberte, who also goes by Jana Birdie, was last seen at a home on Red Pheasant First...
Apr 15, 2025

Crash near Muskoday bridge sends 35-year-old man to hospital
A 35-year-old man was transported to hospital in Prince Albert, following a crash late Tuesday morning on Highway 3 near the Muskoday Bridge .Parkland Ambulance said the man was in good and stable con...
Apr 15, 2025

MMF president first witness in Métis harvesting rights trial
David Chartrand had been speaking for an hour and a half when Crown Prosecutor James Fyfe lodged an objection. The President of the Manitoba Mtis Federation (MMF) had come to Meadow Lake Provincial Co...
Apr 15, 2025

‘It feels special to win at home’: Red Pheasant Rebels claim JNI tournament crown
Glory was a little sweeter than usual for the Red Pheasant Rebels this past weekend as they not only beat the Round Lake Bears 5-0 to win the Jim Neilson Invitational (JNI) Tournament, but they also d...
Apr 14, 2025

Education; vaccine research key to solving tuberculosis
It only took two years. Worldwide, more than 1.5 million people die each year from Tuberculosis and there was only one other infectious disease more deadly - COVID-19. During the pandemic, all healthc...
Apr 12, 2025

SMVS students win big at PAGC Fine Arts Festival
There were several students from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band's Senator Myles Venne School (SMVS) who came back as winners after attending the Prince Albert Grand Council Fine Arts Festival. "We had a...
Apr 11, 2025

'Almost forgotten and has now been reclaimed': Tournament honouring Jim Neilson gets underway this weekend
One of the biggest Indigenous hockey tournaments in Western Canada is back in North Battleford this weekend, the Jim Neilson Invitational (JNI) Tournament gets underway tonight at the Access Communica...
Apr 11, 2025

Prince Albert's Kevin Henry confirms intentions to run for MN-S President
The Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) election is still over a month away and the nomination deadline has not passed, however, Prince Albert's Kevin Henry is not wasting time announcing his intentions t...
Apr 10, 2025