As the days continue to warm with a rapid snow melt, Provincial Fire Commissioner Duane McKay is reminding residents to be extremely cautious when outdoors not to inadvertently start a wildfire. McKay says the quick change in weather over the past few weeks makes...
Indigenizing the academy was the focus of a conference that took place at the University of Saskatchewan May 1-2. The Teaching and Learning Conference included about 180 educators from across Canada. U of S Vice-Provost Patti McDougall says the conference provides an...
Reconciliation and economic partnerships are the key themes of a Saskatoon conference that runs May 2-3. The Intersections for Growth Conference brings a number of stakeholders together to discuss ways to better engage Indigenous people in the provincial economy....
The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is asking the federal government to delay the implementation of Bill C-45 the legalization of cannabis for up to one year to allow for continued consultation with First Nations groups and the possible negotiation of...
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron says he is pleased that the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has overturned a hunting conviction of a Treaty 5 First Nations hunter from Manitoba for hunting a moose on private land near Swift Current....
A federal NDP motion calling on Pope Francis to formally apologize for the responsibility the Catholic Church played in the residential school legacy has passed in the House of Commons 269 to 10 Tuesday. The 10 nay votes came from the Conservative caucus. The motion...
The family of Colten Boushie is calling on the United Nations to investigate racism and systemic bias in Canada’s justice system. The Boushie family is putting forward a special resolution at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Gatineau, Quebec...
The widow of a La Ronge restaurateur killed following a robbery last April vows to advocate for better funding for victims of crime. Cora Laich’s husband Simon Grant died of his injuries after an attack at his business Louisiana’s Bar-B-Que. Three people have entered...
A report of the use of administrative segregation in Saskatchewan’s correctional facilities shows that over eight-in-ten inmates are Aboriginal. The 2016 audit says 82 per cent of the 542 incidents of administrative placements over a three-month period were...
Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger is demanding the Saskatchewan Party government immediately restore the rental housing supplement, calling the decision to change the subsidy not well thought out. New North is looking for families who use the program to share their...
