The first cohort of northern students in the Dziret’Ai Pilot Training Program have successfully completed Ground School and have now advanced to flight training. Last summer, 105 people applied for the program with 15 chosen from among those applications. Now...
Educators from the Prince Albert Grand Council are looking at ways to Indigenize the provincial school curriculum for students. The work they are doing is to take the curriculum from the provincial government and redesign it to better fit Indigenous ways of knowing....
The now annual Indigenous Business Gathering in the province is seeing year over year growth. The event, organized by the Government of Saskatchewan, aims to create more opportunities for Indigenous businesses in the province by bringing together business from across...
“Delivering for you” – that is what the Government of Saskatchewan has chosen to call the 2025-26 Provincial Budget. Jim Reiter, Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, delivered the budget Wednesday afternoon at the Saskatchewan Legislature and says the budget...
The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan entered two new agreements on Friday afternoon to improve firearm safety for citizens. The MN-S has signed memorandums of understanding with both the Saskatchewan Government and the Saskatoon Wildlife Federation. “Firearms safety...
The federal government has agreed to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars for damage caused at Indian hospitals. There were considered to be 33 Indian hospitals in the country running between 1936 and 1981. According to reports, many of the patients sent to these...
The Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision Friday in favour of the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan. The MN-S had been embroiled in a legal battle with the Government of Saskatchewan over a land consultation dispute about mineral exploration permits in northwest...
A new northern municipality lobby group may be on the horizon. Several northern mayors and councilors are in agreement that a new organization to represent northern interests needs to be established. The northern municipal leaders recently met in Prince Albert where...
Bill C40, also known as David and Joyce Milgard’s law recently passed royal assent in Ottawa. The new law will see the formation of an independent, publicly funded, body to review wrongful conviction applications. Ron Dalton, the co-President of Innocence Canada...
Just a week after the SJHL approved the relocation of the Notre Dame Hounds to Warman, the La Ronge Ice Wolves have a new home as well. Fortunately for Ice Wolves fans the team will still stay in the tri-community area. The team announced Wednesday night that they...
