Tag Archives: First Nations

The Waterhen First Nation north of Meadow Lake had their claim for compensation for the loss of hunting at the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range denied after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear...

Whether it's a large auditorium of people, or a small group, Elaine Sutherland and the Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC) are striving to change minds."We know we're not going to change everyone'...

Artifacts missing for more than a century have made their way home.What was returned to the Whitecap Dakota First Nation (WDFN) shocked even those who were working to repatriate the items."I thought i...

The 2025 Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards were held last Saturday at Prince Albert's EA Rawlinson Centre, and a number of well-known artists from Northern Saskatchewan came away with some shiny ha...

Students from across Saskatchewan will gather in Melfort next week for the 5th annual Youth Symposium. The event is organized by Youth Matter Canada, and founder Laura Lawrence told northeastNOW hundr...

New tariffs on softwood lumber imports implemented by the U.S. this week are adding another concern for the industry in Saskatchewan, which was already concerned about its future after this year's mas...

Indigenous communities in northern Saskatchewan are another step closer to self-administered policing.During a gathering that began on Oct. 15, the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) presented its reg...

Every shot counts.The province's Fall Immunization Program officially kicked off Tuesday morning and health-care professionals, like Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab, rolled up their slee...

WINNIPEG - Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year's wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths o...

Saskatchewan RCMP are confirming a two-vehicle crash just outside of Melfort that claimed three lives - two men from James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) and another man from Kinistino.Emergency crews were ...