First Nations

Flying Dust First Nation holds outdoor boy's week

The Boy's Week at Gladue Lake involving teens from Flying Dust First Nation was a great success according to the men who participated in the event to support youth in their community. Flying Dust Comm...

Jul 28, 2020

Wollaston Lake woman to receive prestigious award from University of Regina

A former teacher, educator director and Chief for Hatchet Lake First Nation, will receive one of the University of Regina's highest honours.Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth was named the 2020 recipient of the ...

Jul 28, 2020

Northern communities selected for Dene linguistic research project

A four-year project examining the Dene language in two northern Saskatchewan communities will hopefully begin next month.That's according to University of Saskatchewan Professor of Linguistics Olga Lo...

Jul 27, 2020

Kâniyâsihk Cultural Camp calling on youth and knowledge keepers to assist with preserving traditional practices

The kniysihk Cultural Camps (kCC) and k-nysihk mkiwhpa Cree Academy of Excellence-Immersion School (kCAE) were created by Dr. Kevin wsakysiw Lewis as a way to preserve the Cree language and to promote...

Jul 17, 2020

Suspect arrested in relation to homicide investigation

After months of investigating the homicide of 26-year-old Braeden Alfred James Sparvier of the Onion Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan RCMP made their first arrest Thursday.Saskatchewan Major Crimes Unit...

Jul 17, 2020

Construction underway at the Meadow Lake Tribal Council Bioenergy Centre

Residents in Meadow Lake can expect cleaner air and more jobs in the near future as the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) Bioenergy Centre at NorSask Forest Products is underway. SaskPower and the MLT...

Jul 06, 2020

Gang Awareness and Prevention Project material being released by Onion Lake RCMP

Onion Lake RCMP are releasing Gang Awareness and Prevention (GAP) material in partnership with Onion Lake Cree Nation. These resources will include videos, posters, and an information booklet.The GAP ...

Jul 03, 2020

Teams face challenging conditions, as recovery effort continues for six year old boy

The search for a missing six-year-old boy in northwest Saskatchewan is now entering day 11, and teams are dealing with the grim reality that their mission has become a recovery effort.The young boy wa...

Jul 03, 2020

Book honours Henry Beaudry Sr., among prominent Indigenous veterans who helped liberate Italy in WWII

A newly released book tells the story of the Indigenous people from Canada and the U.S. who helped liberate Italy during the Second World War. Written in Italian, I pellerossa che liberarono l'Italia,...

Jun 26, 2020

Northern wildfire evacuations need to improve: report

The authors of a new report are calling for a "made in the North approach" to wildfire evacuations. Looking at the experiences of Pelican Narrows residents who were evacuated during 2017 fires, the Un...

Jun 23, 2020