First Nations

Development permit to be issued to LLRIB for temporary shelter service

The Town of La Ronge will issue a development permit to the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) to establish a temporary shelter service at the former Kitsaki Meats building. The decision to do so was ma...

Dec 09, 2025

'The doors are opening': Sask. First Nation chief sees hopeful shift in Ottawa

Having witnessed sacred belongings return to their homelands and taken part in national conversations in Ottawa, a Saskatchewan First Nation chief says he senses the federal government opening its doo...

Dec 09, 2025

Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection returning to Canada today

First Nations, Inuit and Mtis leaders are set to gather at Montreal's airport Saturday to welcome home dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection."I give my love and respect t...

Dec 06, 2025

No opposition for homeless shelter relocation ahead of council meeting

La Ronge council will consider a development permit application at a regular meeting on Monday to convert the former Kitsaki Meats building for use of a temporary shelter service. "It is pretty well g...

Dec 05, 2025

Therapist wins microgrant from SIIT

Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Jennifer Roberts-Cook is the recipient of a $5,000 microgrant from the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies. Roberts-Cook participated in the Business Start-Up...

Dec 05, 2025

'This is not an Indian problem. This is a social problem,' BATC chief says as policing concerns escalate

Chiefs with the Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) say shootings, gang activity, drug trafficking and delayed RCMP response times have created a public-safety crisis in their communities, and the...

Dec 01, 2025

La Ronge doctors submitted scurvy findings to peer-viewed journal

One year after La Ronge doctors diagnosed more than two dozen cases of scurvy, they are now waiting for their finding to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. "Hopefully that goes through," said Dr...

Nov 27, 2025

Northern rescue exposes major emergency-response gaps, says Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation

Stating a couple in their late 50s requiring medical attention was left stranded for nearly two days in a remote area of Northern Saskatchewan before being rescued, leadership at Peter Ballantyne Cree...

Nov 25, 2025

New legislation could expand First Nations status — here’s what you need to know

OTTAWA - Senators have passed sweeping amendments to a bill that would simplify the transfer of First Nations status between generations, but it's not clear yet if those changes will pass the House of...

Nov 22, 2025

LLRIB submits permit to relocate shelter service

The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is looking to relocate its emergency overnight shelter to a location along La Ronge Ave. A development permit application was received by town administration this ...

Nov 20, 2025