First Nations

MN-S election candidate hopes to amplify voices of Metis youth

The presidential election for the Metis Youth Council of Saskatchewan is just days away and one of the three candidates wants to ACT on her promises.Autumn LaRose-Smith is a proud queer, Metis, woman ...

Oct 27, 2021

Moosomin First Nation welcomes new mobile meat processing unit

A Battlefords area First Nation now has increased access to fresh wild game and meats by providing a new mobile meat processing unit for the community to use.Moosomin First Nation Chief Brad Swiftwolf...

Oct 20, 2021

FSIN says allegations are false, elections to continue

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) says it will go ahead with the organization's elections despite calls from within to postpone it.A number of candidate hopefuls claimed they were ...

Oct 13, 2021

City looks at renaming Railway Avenue West

Railway Avenue West may have a new Indigenous-inspired name in the future. At its meeting Tuesday, North Battleford council approved a resolution for a Street and Neighbourhood Naming Policy, and for ...

Oct 13, 2021

Little Pine First Nation school participates in Elder housing project

A new venture in Little Pine First Nation will serve both the young and the old of the community.Your Choice Homes, an organization that assists First Nations communities through housing and education...

Oct 12, 2021

Exhibit on Sixties Scoop shares survivors painful stories

A moving exhibition visited the North Battleford Library Friday focusing on the impact of the Sixties Scoop. The Sixties Scoop was a painful period in Canada's history when Indigenous children were ta...

Oct 08, 2021

Northern leaders questioning province's wildfire fighting response

The Chief of Red Earth Cree Nation fears fires burning in the region may continue for weeks or possibly months, and he has no idea when evacuated community members may get the green light to return ho...

Oct 05, 2021

Reconciliation Day celebrated with events at Friendship Centre, Orange Shirt Ride, and Fireworks show

It was a time for coming together Thursday as the Battlefords honoured Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - a new federal holiday.People gathered at the Battlefords Indian and Mt...

Sep 30, 2021

‘My family still lives with those impacts’: Voices being heard on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a day for listening and learning.The federal statutory holiday was created in response to one of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Act...

Sep 30, 2021

Canada marks first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, will mark the first time that Canada recognizes its newest stat holiday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.The new holiday was made official on June 3 when a Bill...

Sep 30, 2021