First Nations

Saulteaux Powwow celebrates heritage and healing through dance

Generations of Indigenous community members gathered at the 2024 Saulteaux Powwow on Saturday to celebrate their heritage and to find healing through dancing to the beat of the traditional Thunder Dru...

Sep 23, 2024

PBCN to search for unmarked graves at Sturgeon Landing former residential school site

Like others residential schools, the one at Sturgeon Landing saw outbreaks of illness during its operation between 1926 and 1952. The names of 43 students are listed on the National Centre for Truth a...

Sep 23, 2024

FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron seeking re-election for fourth term

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Chief Bobby Cameron says if he is re-elected he will "continue to uphold, promote, and protect inherited treaty rights."Cameron announced on Friday he...

Sep 20, 2024

NDP promises to apologize to survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse and Timber Bay residential schools

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has committed that an NDP government would apologize and take ownership for the damage caused to First Nations and Mtis people at the le--la-Crosse and Timber Bay re...

Sep 20, 2024

Increased wood supply ups odds of success for new mill

One of the biggest benefits of oriented strand board mills is their ability to take remnant wood from other operations and turn what might be something considered defective and make a building product...

Sep 18, 2024

Historic partnership with Woodland Cree Nations to help fund P.A.Convention and Cultural Centre

The hot button issue at Monday night's Prince Albert city council meeting was the proposed partnership between the City of Prince Albert and the Woodland Cree Nations, a group of three smaller First N...

Sep 16, 2024

RCMP Major Crimes investigating suspicious death on Big Island Lake Cree Nation

A situation is unfolding in Big Island Lake Cree Nation, just north of Pierceland, SK.Just before 3 p.m. on Thursday, Pierceland RCMP received a report that someone had been seriously injured at a hom...

Sep 13, 2024

OSB mill construction set to begin in P.A. in 2025; One Sky Forest Products timber allocation increased

The stage has been set for an oriented strand board (OSB) mill to begin construction in Prince Albert.Premier Scott Moe announced Thursday afternoon that the province has allocated nearly 1.2 million ...

Sep 12, 2024

Annual Métis celebration was all about having fun and sharing culture

During the 7th Annual CUMFI Mtis Cultural Days, the focus was on celebrating diversity while also recognizing the common threads between cultures.Mtis performers shared the stage with a Ukrainian danc...

Sep 12, 2024

Evacuation order lifted, Sandy Bay residents returning home

Almost a month after being told to grab their belongings and leave their community, residents of Sandy Bay will soon be returning home.At 8a.m. this morning, the evacuation order that was issued on Au...

Sep 10, 2024