Photo courtesy metisnationsk.com. A long-awaited Metis Nation Legislative Assembly will happen in Yorkton next month — because a majority of the Provincial Metis Council voted to pass that resolution. That’s the word from Ernst & Young, which has been...
While the province has committed to improving the aboriginal high school graduation rate to 50% by 2020, one First Nation school has managed to improve it to 90% in one year. The success story comes from the Nakoda Oyade school on the Carry the Kettle First Nation,...
Photo courtesy Facebook It was quite a birthday surprise for a La Ronge businesswoman. Anne Calladine, the owner of Northwinds Bus Lines learned she had been named Indigenous businesswoman of the year by a national organization on the same day she celebrated her 40th...
Fines totaling nearly $10,000 were recently handed out to an outfitter and two American hunters. The outfitter, 31 year old George Keewatin of Kamsack was fined $7,000 and the hunters were fined $1,400 each. The guide was only authorized to provide guiding services on...
The First Nations University of Canada is hosting a three-day national conference involving top researchers and community members who are sharing knowledge about urban aboriginals. The goal is to find better programs and better ways to serve a growing segment of the...
Several thousand people in Saskatoon joined together Wednesday morning for a walk for reconciliation. Over the past month the Reconciliation Saskatoon Committee has organized and planned several events devoted to reconciliation in the community. Organizers say the...
Hatchet Lake Dene First Nation has joined six other Athabasca Basin communities in signing a partnership agreement with Cameco and Areva. Geographically, Hatchet Lake is right across the lake from the uranium mining operations. The initial agreements between the...
**UPDATE – Saskatoon police report Deanna Blueeyes was found safe and sound on June 23. A Loon Lake woman’s family is concerned about her safety after she’s been uncharacteristically out of touch with them for the past week. Deanna Blueeyes was last seen...
Alex Fallon, the president and CEO of the Saskatoon and Region Economic Development Authority. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski A new report says Saskatoon is better-poised to include Aboriginal people in the economy than anywhere else. The “City of Bridges: First...
Jeff Ward, CEO and found of animikii.com A software tech company specializing in Aboriginal business is pushing to have National Aboriginal Day declared a statutory holiday. The CEO of the company Animikii.com, Jeff Ward, was recently published in the Globe and Mail...
