Tag Archives: First Nations
Pêmiska Tourism receives provincial hospitality award
A reconciliation destination south of Prince Albert has received a Hospitality Saskatchewan Award of Excellence. Pmiska Tourism has been named Indigenous Tourism Experience of the Year. "We're so hono...
Sep 26, 2024
NDTR flag raising: embracing the future and honouring the past
Trigger warning: readers may be triggered by the subject matter of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24-hour National Crisis Line, call: 1-866-925-4419.The Battlefords Agency Tribal Council (BAT...
Sep 23, 2024
Saulteaux Powwow celebrates heritage and healing through dance
Generations of Indigenous community members gathered at the 2024 Saulteaux Powwow on Saturday to celebrate their heritage and to find healing through dancing to the beat of the traditional Thunder Dru...
Sep 23, 2024
PBCN to search for unmarked graves at Sturgeon Landing former residential school site
Like others residential schools, the one at Sturgeon Landing saw outbreaks of illness during its operation between 1926 and 1952. The names of 43 students are listed on the National Centre for Truth a...
Sep 23, 2024
FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron seeking re-election for fourth term
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Chief Bobby Cameron says if he is re-elected he will "continue to uphold, promote, and protect inherited treaty rights."Cameron announced on Friday he...
Sep 20, 2024
NDP promises to apologize to survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse and Timber Bay residential schools
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has committed that an NDP government would apologize and take ownership for the damage caused to First Nations and Mtis people at the le--la-Crosse and Timber Bay re...
Sep 20, 2024
Increased wood supply ups odds of success for new mill
One of the biggest benefits of oriented strand board mills is their ability to take remnant wood from other operations and turn what might be something considered defective and make a building product...
Sep 18, 2024
Historic partnership with Woodland Cree Nations to help fund P.A.Convention and Cultural Centre
The hot button issue at Monday night's Prince Albert city council meeting was the proposed partnership between the City of Prince Albert and the Woodland Cree Nations, a group of three smaller First N...
Sep 16, 2024
RCMP Major Crimes investigating suspicious death on Big Island Lake Cree Nation
A situation is unfolding in Big Island Lake Cree Nation, just north of Pierceland, SK.Just before 3 p.m. on Thursday, Pierceland RCMP received a report that someone had been seriously injured at a hom...
Sep 13, 2024
OSB mill construction set to begin in P.A. in 2025; One Sky Forest Products timber allocation increased
The stage has been set for an oriented strand board (OSB) mill to begin construction in Prince Albert.Premier Scott Moe announced Thursday afternoon that the province has allocated nearly 1.2 million ...
Sep 12, 2024