First Nations

Hundreds of Chromebooks purchased for online learning in Stanley Mission

Students in Stanley Mission will continue learning from home at least until after the Christmas break. That's according to Rhoda Hardlotte Memorial Keethanow High School Principal Melanie Beatty, who ...

Nov 26, 2020

Northern Store in Fond du Lac ordered to close in-person sales

The Northern Store in Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation has been forced to close all in-person sales. That's according to a letter sent to the store from the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority a...

Nov 24, 2020

Fond du Lac residents not self-isolating, refusing to be tested: Athabasca Health Authority

Some residents of Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation, who are supposed to be self-isolating due to the coronavirus, are allowing visitors in their homes and exposing them to it. That's according to a...

Nov 23, 2020

Feds need better data on COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: Miller

OTTAWA - A rapid rise in the number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities on reserve - especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan - likely does not tell the full story due to lack of data,...

Nov 20, 2020

Coronavirus cases surge in Fond du Lac as water treatment plant malfunctions

The Fond du Lac Denesuline Nation Emergency Team is calling for more public health interventions to help prevent the spread of coronavirus in their community.According to a media release, positive cas...

Nov 17, 2020

Northern agencies and doctors call for expansion to mandatory mask protocol

The health authority responsible for 33 northern Saskatchewan First Nations communities believes the province's current mandatory masking protocol leaves too many people vulnerable.As it currently sta...

Nov 16, 2020

Canoe Lake protesters demand hundreds of members be added to voters list

Hundreds of Canoe Lake Cree Nation band members can't vote for their council and a protest was held this week to demand answers from leadership as to why. "There's a lot of members who are supposed to...

Nov 13, 2020

Project receives federal funding to research violence and bullying in Indigenous communities

A $400,000 federal grant issued to a University of Regina researcher will facilitate a project focused on Indigenous youth and the topic of violence and bullying. The initiative is called the Northern...

Nov 13, 2020

PAGC encourages Ottawa to settle Nova Scotia fishery dispute

The plight of Mi'kmaq fishers in Nova Scotia has hit close to home for Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) and so now executive council is joining the chorus of voices denouncing the violence and calli...

Oct 27, 2020

Former Sask. First Nation Chief, convicted of fraud, receives prison sentence and ordered to pay back $120,000

Eight months after being found guilty of fraud, theft over $5,000 and breach of trust, Napoleon Mercredi was escorted from Prince Albert Court of Queen's Bench Friday in a pair of handcuffs. The 64-ye...

Oct 23, 2020