By: Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) recently announced the addition of four new members to its Board of Directors. The following four are the new board of directors: Perry Bellegarde, former...
Northern Saskatchewan’s Member of Parliament is speaking out about the recent federal budget. Among the spending priorities laid out by the federal government in last week’s budget was a commitment to spend over $4 billion to help improve housing and infrastructure on...
The Saskatoon Tribal Council says they have identified a building as a possible location for a permanent homeless shelter in the city. The STC has been running a temporary wellness centre in the city’s downtown core since December. According to the organization,...
A northern Chief is taking issue with comments made by a Prince Albert City Councilor when trying to address crime in the city. Councilor Blake Edwards suggested that it is not okay for surrounding communities to ban their members, only to see them in Prince Albert...
A fourth person has now been charged in relation to the death of Cody Tait. Tait, who is from Saskatoon, was found dead on Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation this past March. In the weeks following his death the RCMP handed out second-degree murder charges to...
Krista’s Kilometres, a cross-Canada walk raising awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited individuals made its way through Saskatoon on Friday. The trek is organized by Indigenous grandmother Krista Fox whose grandson was...
A man from Big River First Nation is facing a total of 14 charges after an investigation by police which started after a pair of armed robberies early last month. Big River RCMP said on March 5 and 17 they were made aware of two vehicles being stolen at gun point. No...
A shortage of RCMP officers in the Town of La Ronge is frustrating municipal leaders who feel the community is not getting the level of service it is paying for. Mayor Colin Ratushniak said the Mounties are 12 staff short in that northern community to accommodate the...
Earlier this week, the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations called on the federal government to invest in First Nations housing during this year’s federal budget. The Liberal government announced their proposed budget on Thursday and among the proposed...
Elders could soon serve a pivotal role on municipal councils. Delegates at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association Convention this week, unanimously passed a resolution to advocate the provincial government to change needed legislation to allow for Elders to...
