Tag Archives: First Nations
Trappers happy to see Northwest Company reverse fur buying stance
Northern trappers are responding to the decision by The Northwest Company to again accept fur pelts.The announcement was made in a media release on the company's website last week. It reverses a decis...
Dec 17, 2019 A potential buyer takes a look at a few skins at the NSTA Fur Table in Prince Albert. (File Photo/Ian Gustafson/paNOW Staff)
CCHS hosts community feast and Dene hand games workshop
Those who attended the Community Feast and Hand Games workshop at Churchill Community High School found value in it and left thinking it was a good experience. That's according to Julie Andrews who he...
Dec 17, 2019 A community feast was part of the gathering hosted by Northern Lifestyle students. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Supports for Canoe Lake student athletes
Students at Canoe Lake Miksiw School will be heading into 2020 with some new sports equipment. The early Christmas gifts are expected to touch down in the community this week thanks to the Saskatoon-b...
Dec 16, 2019 Students from Canoe Lake Miksiw school pose with Joel Pedersen of Fitness 2J2 (centre, kneeling). (Facebook/Fitness 2J2)
Makwa Sahgaiehcan School warmed by Christmas Cards
Students and staff at Makwa Sahgaiehcan School have been inundated with thousands of Christmas cards filled with messages of hope and support in response to the youth crisis. Some of the messages are ...
Dec 12, 2019 Students at Makwa Sahgaiehcan School received thousands of Christmas Cards of Hope from all over the world.(Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Fond du Lac chief renews calls for runway upgrades two years after deadly plane crash
Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation Chief Louie Mercredi is renewing his call for airport improvements two years after the crash of West Wind Flight 280. "One week after the crash, I came to Ottawa to...
Dec 12, 2019 Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation Chief Louie Mercredi and West Wind Aviation President and CEO Michael Rodyniuk at the local airport. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Major fur trade event set for Prince Albert
Furs from many of the hundreds of trappers across the North will head to market in Prince Albert on Saturday for the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association (NSTA) Fur Table. Organizers of the even...
Dec 12, 2019 An image of fur being assessed and valued for market. (NSTA Facebook)
Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...
Dec 04, 2019
Cree language allegation at Timber Bay School unfounded: NLSD
An allegation by a janitor who stated she was told not to speak Cree at Timber Bay School is unfounded. That's according to Northern Lights School Division Director of Education Jason Young, who state...
Dec 03, 2019 The incident occurred about two months ago. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Arson responsible for Cumberland House band office fire: Chief Rene Chaboyer
Cumberland House Cree Nation Chief Rene Chaboyer stated the fire that destroyed the local band office this morning was an act of arson."RCMP have confirmed arson, so we're just trying to get our emplo...
Dec 02, 2019 Chief Rene Chaboyer stated arson was responsible for the fire. (Prince Albert Grand Council)
Local support worker breaks barriers for Indigenous women and mothers
A local woman is breaking barriers as a recent graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program. Dalanie Wahobin grew up in Meadow Lake and Waterhen Lake. She is among the first Indigenous wo...
Nov 29, 2019 Dalanie Wahobin, 28, is among the first to graduate from the Indigenous Birth Support Worker Program offered at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in October 2019. (submitted photo/ Dalanie Wahobin)