Tag Archives: First Nations
Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...
Dec 04, 2019
Arson responsible for Cumberland House band office fire: Chief Rene Chaboyer
Cumberland House Cree Nation Chief Rene Chaboyer stated the fire that destroyed the local band office this morning was an act of arson."RCMP have confirmed arson, so we're just trying to get our emplo...
Dec 02, 2019 Chief Rene Chaboyer stated arson was responsible for the fire. (Prince Albert Grand Council)
Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
A local woman is breaking barriers as a recent graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program. Dalanie Wahobin grew up in Meadow Lake and Waterhen Lake. She is among the first Indigenous wo...
Nov 29, 2019 Dalanie Wahobin, 28, is among the first to graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program offered at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 2019. (submitted photo/ Dalanie Wahobin)
Suicide among youth appears to be spreading among Meadow Lake First Nations
The suicide crisis at Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation is not only deepening, but spreading. The band's CEO Barry Chalifoux said since the suicide death on Nov. 22, five more youth are in the hospital a...
Nov 26, 2019 (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Two chiefs in one family: reaching for the top together
Some people say too many cooks spoil the broth. But that certainly isn't the case for this family with two chiefs at the helm in the household, and each confidently leading the way for two separate Fi...
Nov 08, 2019 English River First Nation
Chief Jerry Bernard, left, holds a gift his band received from Meadow Lake
Tribal Council, during his swearing-in ceremony at English River on Nov. 6. He is shown with his wife, Waterhen Lake First Nation Chief Carol
Bernard. (Submitted photo/ MLTC Communications Office)
Metis veterans get long-awaited recognition ahead of Remembrance Day
OTTAWA - Metis contributions to Canada's Second World War effort are being recognized at a special ceremony in the nation's capital today. The ceremony comes two months after the federal governme...
Nov 08, 2019
Study underway to determine fate of local landfills
Mayor Duane Favel is reassuring residents around Ile-a-la-Crosse that municipal waste could be consolidated into one regional landfill to meet environmental regulations and they will work to minimize ...
Nov 07, 2019 Photo 93425813 © Ilstock - Dreamstime.com
Maze talks education challenges at NDP convention
The head of the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) made a stop in Prince Albert to talk about education.Patrick Maze, the STF's president spoke to the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party convention ...
Nov 01, 2019 Patrick Maze, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation spoke at the Saskatchewan NDP convention Friday. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Community comes together to support families with missing loves ones
A round dance and feast held Saturday night in Prince Albert was about tradition, spirituality, and raising awareness about the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.The event was m...
Oct 27, 2019 Attendees from various backgrounds came together Saturday night and held hands as a show of solidarity. (Michael Joel Hanson/ paNOW Staff)
SaskPower, MLTC sign power agreement for 8 MW of biomass power
SaskPower and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) have signed a power purchase agreement for up to eight megawatts of biomass power.The Indigenous-owned MLTC Bioenergy Centre will be the first of it...
Oct 25, 2019 Minister of Trade & Export Development Jeremy Harrison, Makwa Sahgaiehcan FN Chief Ronald Mitsuing, Meadow Lake Tribal Chief Richard Ben, Flying Dust First Nation Chief Jeremy Norman, SaskPower President and CEO Mike Marsh, and Sylvia Bekkattla. (supplied/SaskPower)