Tag Archives: First Nations

Warning: This story contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting to some readers. Find the 24-hour Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.An Oscar-nominated documenta...

Weak. Soft. Those two simple words have often been used to describe an illness, but not one of the body, instead, one of the mind. In the case of some Indigenous men, merely for speaking out about the...

Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.That's the advice from Environment Canada which is forecasting heavy snowfall amounts for the La Ronge area on Thursday. A warning was ...

Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Nigel Bell will be one of many musicians who will have their work sent to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis Program. The Artemis Program has a goal to land humans on t...

A former resident of La Ronge is using his experience of deal with wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan to assist Native Americans fleeing the fires raging in the greater Los Angeles area. Sparked by dr...

Update: Jan. 9, 1:19 p.m.Meadow Lake RCMP has confirmed that Highway 55 has since been cleared and reopened to traffic.Police will provide more information on the incident as it becomes available.--Mo...

The remainder of the $601.5 million settlement from the federal government to the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) should be distributed by the end of the week."This is a significant milestone for our...

When a handful of Indigenous youth came up to Claire Tuckanow to compliment her ribbon skirt and shared wishes of wanting their own, a spark was started.Tuckanow, a Mtis-Cree woman from the Okanese Fi...

Lt. Gov. Russ Mirasty fondly recalls a time when he was visiting a school and met the principal and a student, who were both visibly nervous. "The statement was made 'We weren't even sure that we coul...

In an industry centred on helping families through the most difficult moments, Doreen Day-Wapass from the Thunderchild First Nation has found a sincere way to demonstrate her company's support and emp...