First Nations

MGBHLM announces new memorial, updates reconciliation efforts at Battleford Industrial School

The Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Lean Man First Nation (MGBHLM) is advancing its reconciliation initiatives at The Ridge, the former site of the Battleford Industrial School, with plans for a new memo...

Mar 19, 2025

PBCN 'cows and plows' settlement worth $630 million

An agreement signed by Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) and the federal government is being described as a historic victory.The $630 million settlement is the latest in a series of announcements th...

Mar 15, 2025

Father searching for missing daughter calls on province to declare opiod crisis emergency

Carson Poitras believes there is a connection between the province's drug crisis and missing and murdered Indigenous men and women.Poitras, whose daughter Happy Charles has been missing for nearly 8 y...

Mar 14, 2025

Peepeekisis making its mark in Moose Jaw

The former Moose Jaw Events Centre will now dawn a new name - the Temple Gardens Centre.A result of a new five-year, naming-rights deal recently inked between the City of Moose Jaw and Peepeekisis Dev...

Mar 13, 2025

'Meeting people where they’re at': Northern communities developing strategies in wake of public health issue

Communities in northern Saskatchewan are facing what seems to be an endemic public health issue. "The numbers of northern dog bites are so high, that the places with the highest dog bites exceed that ...

Mar 13, 2025

Timber Bay Children's Home survivor hopeful settlement will be reached soon

A recent settlement that was reached between le--la Crosse Residential School attendees and the federal government is giving survivors of the Timber Bay Children's Home hope for compensation for their...

Mar 12, 2025

LLRIB to host Healing Round Dance annually for next four years

The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) hosted its first-ever Healing Round Dance on March 1. The event, organized in partnership with leadership, Woodland Wellness Centre and LLRIB Education, marked the...

Mar 10, 2025

Northern Chief concerned about wild pig discovery in Northern Sask.

The Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is concerned about a wild pig recently being discovered in traditional territory. Last weekend, a land user near Weyakwin shot and killed a wild pig w...

Mar 08, 2025

Ratt showcased in second local art exhibit

Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Molly Ratt has a new art gallery on exhibit for the month of March at the Alex Robertson Public Library. Entitled The Wonders of Nature, the exhibit encompasses eight a...

Mar 05, 2025

ILEX survivors to get compensation from Canada

The Mtis Nation of Saskatchewan is calling the Agreement in Principle between the le--la Crosse Boarding School Survivors' Committee and Canada an "historic step." This comes following survivors two-d...

Mar 03, 2025