The provincial governments of the three prairie provinces and the federal government have wrapped up engagement with First Nations on growing First Nation participation in agriculture. In a media release sent out Tuesday it was announced that Saskatchewan, Manitoba,...
(Photo courtesy of the Canada Sports Hall of Fame.) By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com A pair of former elite athletes were among the panelists gathered at an event in Calgary last week to discuss the importance of Indigenous...
Saskatoon Police say it has identified two people suspected in a homicide earlier this month. Jayden Faith Morin and Tanya Faye Desjarlais are accused in the death of a woman June 10, in the 300 Block of Avenue H South. Morin is described as being 5’8” tall weighing...
A public inquest, which was to begin today in Prince Albert, has been adjourned. Jury selection was scheduled this morning into the inquest of Jordan Norfield. The inquest has been rescheduled for next year at the request of family counsel. Norfield died at Victoria...
Punnichy RCMP are seeking the public’s help in locating a truck and a man charged in a fatal collision. Yesterday at approximately 5:50 p.m., Punnichy RCMP received a report of a collision involving a small child on the George Gordon First Nation. An...
A public inquest will convene next month in the death of an Indigenous woman at the Battleford Union Hospital. Jilissa Nighttraveller (Napitchit) was found unresponsive in a bathroom on March 24, 2021. Staff attempted live-saving efforts, including resuscitation, but...
(Photo of Attorney General David Lametti.) By: Matteo Cimellaro, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer The federal government has released an action plan on how it will implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of...
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com With only three days left before the House of Commons broke for the summer, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller tabled implementation legislation for self-government for Métis Nations...
It’s being called a great moment for the Metis and Canada, as the federal government has tabled legislation to begin the creation of self-government for the Metis Nations of Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta. Bill C-53, An Act respecting the recognition of certain...
The First Nations University of Canada and the University of Regina are renewing their partnership. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today, which looks to enhance communication, strengthen collaboration and build on Indigenous ways of knowing. “The principles...
