First Nations

ERFN identifies 60 new areas of concern at site of former Beauval residential school

An additional 60 areas of concern at the former site of the Beauval Indian Residential School were announced Thursday by English River First Nation (ERFN). Four years ago, the band began extensive gro...

Jun 12, 2025

Cumberland House Cree Nation sues province over Saskatchewan River delta

The Cumberland House Cree Nation has sued the province of Saskatchewan over the condition of the delta of the Saskatchewan River, which it said is in "a state of ecological crisis because of upstream ...

Jun 11, 2025

New high level certification will allow Ahtahkakoop to leverage better financing

It took around five years, but the Ahtahkakoop First Nation said the benefit of their new Financial Management System certification from the First Nations Financial Management Board will pay off. Now,...

Jun 11, 2025

Firefighter hospitalized in Saskatoon after lung collapses while serving

An experienced firefighter is recovering in a Saskatoon hospital from a collapsed lung and other ailments that arose while on the line of duty in Pelican Narrows. Brady Highway, who has been a firefig...

Jun 10, 2025

First wave of homebound evacuees includes Pelican Narrows and Weyakwin

Young adults and families boarding a charter bus in Prince Albert on Monday appeared happy and anxious to return home after being displaced by wildfires in northern Saskatchewan. Favourable conditions...

Jun 09, 2025

Third annual Fentanyl Awareness Walk proceeds to Regina

A near 400 kilometer journey has commenced for a group of people very concerned about the increasing number of overdoses and substance-related deaths occurring in Saskatchewan.The third annual Fentany...

Jun 09, 2025

‘I want to be able to contribute back’: Cree language keeper honoured with Sask. Order of Merit

Senapan Thunder didn't set out to win awards - she set out to honour those who came before her and to ensure that nhiyawwin, the Cree language, remains alive for future generations.Now, the longtime e...

Jun 07, 2025

Province continues MMIWG response and raising awareness

On June 3, 2019, the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was released. Since then, the province of Saskatchewan has been developing responses to a...

Jun 06, 2025

Chief Moosomin School named Sask.'s sole recipient of 2025 Indigo literacy grant

Chief Moosomin School in Cochin is receiving a $30,000 boost to support literacy. It's the only school in Saskatchewan to be awarded this year's Indigo Love of Reading Foundation (ILOR) grant.The fund...

Jun 04, 2025

Evacuees receive community support as local firefighters battle wildfires

As wildfires continue to rage in northern Saskatchewan, local firefighters and groups are doing their best to help the communities and residents affected. Firefighters from Wakaw and Cudworth were sen...

Jun 04, 2025