Organizations with the aim to advance violence prevention efforts and foster safety for Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people now have access to $800,000 in funding. The provinces’ Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Community Response Fund...
Peter Arthur Beatty is the new Chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. In an election held Tuesday, Beatty defeated nine other candidates, including incumbent Karen Bird, by taking 969 votes. Bird, who placed fifth, received 434 votes. Councillor elections were...
By Amber Bear The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has approved a research project that is studying First Nations children and youth, and their home environments to see how it affects their health, in La Ronge on-reserve homes. The research study, “Food, Environment, Health,...
As warmer spring weather approaches, concern is growing to a potentially devastating 2024 wildfire season. This concern comes as warmer than normal temperatures and below normal precipitation and snowpack at winter freeze-up have created dryer conditions. Air and...
A formal offer has been given to the Lac La Ronge Indian Band for its cows and plows settlement. According to an update sent out to members of the band on Friday, a committee has now been set up to determine the best use of the funds. The settlement committee will...
A former Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations has been appointed board chair of the First Nations Bank of Canada. The First Nations Bank announced Friday morning that Perry Bellegarde has been appointed chairperson of it’s board of directors....
Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation will be heading to the polls in the next week to vote on Treaty 8 benefits. Members of the First Nation will be voting if they approve of the Treaty 8 benefits trustee election regulations. Members are currently able to vote on the...
By Amber Bear. The Indigenous language podcast project, “pîkiskwêwin: Sharing Indigenous Languages On Radio and Online” is renewed for one more year and is expanding the podcast languages to include all of Canada’s Indigenous languages. pîkiskwêwin is an Indigenous...
Michael Oleksyn/ Daily Herald. A Grand Entry kicked of the Our Legacy Youth Conference at Plaza 88 on Tuesday. The Conference concludes with a Gala on Thursday evening. Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Students from across northern and...
A La Ronge man is facing a second-degree murder charge in a death last month. RCMP reported to a home on Far Reserve Road early on March 31. Officers located an injured Sharon Brown, who was later pronounced deceased at the scene. Brad Ratt is remanded into custody...
