First Nations

LLRIB provides update on cows and plows settlement

The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is meeting with legal counsel in hopes of joining negotiations to develop a settlement framework agreement for agricultural benefits with the federal government. T...

Jul 09, 2020

MNS launches pilot project to strengthen Dene language

Strengthening Indigenous languages is the goal of a new Dene Early Learning Pilot Project announced Monday for La Loche by Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan. "All of our research would tell us the earlier we...

Jul 07, 2020

MLCN councillor facing $1,200 fine for impaired driving charge

Cal Henderson will have to pay over $1,500 in fines and surcharges, for choosing to drink and drive.On Thursday, during a hearing at Prince Albert Provincial Court, Henderson entered a guilty plea to ...

Jul 03, 2020

SMVS graduates attend traditional ceremony with some changes

Graduates at Senator Myles Venne School were still able to have a traditional ceremony June 26, but some minor changes had to occur to make it happen. Altogether, there were 22 graduates from the scho...

Jun 29, 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

Possible COVID-19 case, prompts Transwest flight to make emergency landing

A Transwest flight bound for Fond-du-lac this week was forced to turn around and make an unscheduled landing at the Prince Albert Municipal Airport.The 14 passengers on Tuesday's flight later learned ...

Jun 26, 2020

MLCN election moved to Sept. 30

For the second time in four months, a scheduled election at Montreal Lake Cree Nation has been postponed.The date for the by-election has now been moved from July 31 to Sept. 30. According to a statem...

Jun 25, 2020

Conservatives nominate most decorated Indigenous war veteran for new $5 banknote

Conservative MPs including the Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River's Gary Vidal is calling for the most decorated Canadian war veteran to be the face of a new $5 banknote. A video released on Facebook ...

Jun 22, 2020

SaskMusic hosting virtual concert for National Indigenous Peoples' Day

SaskMusic is ready to help mark National Indigenous Peoples' Day.The organization is hosting a virtual concert which will be streamed on Facebook and YouTube Saturday night. One of the performers for ...

Jun 19, 2020

'It has become a reality': Wellness, treatment and recovery centre construction begins

It was a momentous day for the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, and the region, as a groundbreaking ceremony marked construction of a long sought-after treatment facility. Flanked by special invited guests s...

Jun 17, 2020