Tag Archives: First Nations

Exercise space under development at JRMCC
A renovation of a garage at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC) will be used as an exercise space for various programs. Work on the project began about a month ago and it is expected t...
Jun 18, 2024

Over 50 Sask. First Nations receive first of their kind gas safety signs
New safety signs, designed by a Saskatchewan Indigenous artist, are being rolled across 52 gasified First Nations throughout the province.SaskEnergy's aim with the project is to deliver natural gas sa...
Jun 18, 2024

Cook retiring after more than four decades in education
After a career in education spanning 46 years, Anne Cook is ready for retirement. Cook was born and raised in Brampton Ont., before moving to Prince Edward Island when she 12 years old where she gradu...
Jun 18, 2024

Arctic caribou management board releases 10-year plan
The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB) has released a 10-year management plan that takes a step further by including actions other parties can take to help conserve the herds. Ca...
Jun 17, 2024
New federal funding guarantees completion of Wollaston Lake road project
A final capital injection of $49 million from the federal government will secure the completion of an all-season road for Wollaston Lake and Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation by the end of next fall. Tha...
Jun 17, 2024

Pioneer in Indigenous governance and education honoured
A man whose life is dedicated to the advancement of First Nations rights, sovereignty and Indigenous education was honoured recently by the First Nations University of Canada. Senator Solomon Sanderso...
Jun 17, 2024

PBCN searching for missing man from Deschambeault Lake
The leadership of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) is asking for the public's help in locating Dominic Custer, a 27-year-old member of PBCN's community of Deschambeault Lake who has been missing si...
Jun 12, 2024

LLRIB RCMP officer first to wear ribbon skirt during academy grad
RCMP Const. Emeri Carriere-Mackenzie, from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, is the first ever cadet to graduate from the RCMP Academy with the honour of wearing a ribbon skirt. In a media release issued ...
Jun 12, 2024

As healing continues, James Smith Cree Nation leadership calls for increased policing
Leadership from the James Smith Cree Nation continue to review an RCMP internal report and its findings on the policing response to the mass stabbing on the reserve in September 2022. Chief Robert Hea...
Jun 11, 2024

Cumberland House woman part of hit TV series "Alone"
A woman who was raised on the trapline in northeast Saskatchewan, and who works as a tour operator, has been offered a great opportunity to represent not only her family and community, but also her cu...
Jun 11, 2024