First Nations

Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as gesture of reconciliation

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts to Indigenous communities in Canada as part of its reckoning with the Catholic Church's troubled role ...

Oct 22, 2025

Indigenous Services failing to improve critical services for First Nations, AG finds

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada is falling far behind on its efforts to address long-standing health and infrastructure problems in First Nations communities, the federal auditor general says.In a...

Oct 21, 2025

'A historic day': Red Pheasant becomes first Sask. First Nation to sign MOU with Marshals Service

Red Pheasant Cree Nation has become the first Indigenous community in Saskatchewan to partner with the province's new Marshals Service in a bid to curb drugs, gangs and violent crime.The memorandum of...

Oct 20, 2025

Supreme Court won't hear Waterhen claim on Primrose Air Weapons Range

The Waterhen First Nation north of Meadow Lake had their claim for compensation for the loss of hunting at the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range denied after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear...

Oct 20, 2025

Upcoming Conference offers Treaty education opportunity in Yorkton

Whether it's a large auditorium of people, or a small group, Elaine Sutherland and the Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC) are striving to change minds."We know we're not going to change everyone'...

Oct 18, 2025

Whitecap Dakota Nation receives pieces of long-lost history

Artifacts missing for more than a century have made their way home.What was returned to the Whitecap Dakota First Nation (WDFN) shocked even those who were working to repatriate the items."I thought i...

Oct 17, 2025

BlackRain and JJ Lavalee among winners at Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards

The 2025 Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards were held last Saturday at Prince Albert's EA Rawlinson Centre, and a number of well-known artists from Northern Saskatchewan came away with some shiny ha...

Oct 17, 2025

Tariff worries pile on wildfire woes for Sask. forestry industry

New tariffs on softwood lumber imports implemented by the U.S. this week are adding another concern for the industry in Saskatchewan, which was already concerned about its future after this year's mas...

Oct 16, 2025

‘Share tradition, not the flu’: Over 11,500 people book influenza, COVID shots in Sask.

Every shot counts.The province's Fall Immunization Program officially kicked off Tuesday morning and health-care professionals, like Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab, rolled up their slee...

Oct 15, 2025

There are lessons to be learned from Canada’s wildfire season and evacuations

WINNIPEG - Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year's wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths o...

Oct 12, 2025