Federal Politics

First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders say work lays ahead on road to reconciliation

The Liberal party of today is not quite the same as the one elected in 2015 promising to foster new paths and nation-to-nation relationships with Indigenous Peoples, the leaders of the three national ...

Sep 30, 2024

'It's a great day': Witchekan First Nation recognizes Orange Shirt Day

Just days away from the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a sea of orange flooded the streets in Spiritwood on Friday.Dozens of students and staff from Kisikohk First Nation School at Witchek...

Sep 27, 2024

Sask. post-secondary institutions navigating effects of international student cap

While the full impact of a cap on international students in Canada remains to be seen, some of the post-secondary institutes in Saskatchewan expect it will be minimal here, considering how the provinc...

Sep 21, 2024

MPs to face new political realities on their return to Ottawa

On Monday Parliamentarians will return to the familiar stone walls of West Block in Ottawa to find the political landscape has shifted significantly.When they last gathered in the capital the Liberals...

Sep 15, 2024

RCMP lifts veil on use of emerging technologies to fight crime

OTTAWA - The RCMP says it installed tools on digital devices to covertly collect electronic evidence in 32 cases over a five-year period. The criminal offences being investigated in these cases from 2...

Sep 10, 2024

Sask. canola farmers angered with proposed Chinese sanctions

Saskatchewan canola farmers aren't happy with the latest announcement by China to launch an anti-dumping investigation on Canadian canola.China's government announced the proposed sanctions on canola ...

Sep 04, 2024

Federal health spending has outpaced provinces, analysis shows

OTTAWA - Despite castigation from provincial premiers over lagging federal contributions to health spending, an analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly out...

Sep 02, 2024

FSIN and PAGC calling for end to taxation of First Nations

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) and the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) met Wednesday morning to announce their intentions to have First Nations people exempt from paying all ...

Aug 29, 2024

New designs plans unveiled for proposed Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre rebuild

Just over two years after the fire that destroyed the former Senator Allen Bird Memorial Centre in Prince Albert, plans are well in motion for a new building.The latest architectural drawings were unv...

Aug 27, 2024

LLRIB cows and plows settlement to benefit individual members, community investments

Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson is shedding some light on how the historic $601.5 million Treaty 6 Agricultural Benefits Claim (cows and plows) will be distributed. Cook-Sear...

Aug 26, 2024