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Feds committed to safe drinking water for First Nations, says MP Belanger
Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Buckley Belanger and the Liberal government remain committed to delivering clean drinking water to First Nations, despite concerns from the Assembly of First Nati...
Jun 27, 2026 Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Buckley Belanger says safe water for all people, including the Indigenous community, is very important to our government. (Buckley Belanger/Facebook)
'Pretty stellar': FNUniv graduates celebrate on Indigenous Peoples Day
National Indigenous Peoples Day came with an extra reason to celebrate for graduates of First Nations University of Canada. The university held convocation Saturday at the Queensbury Convention Centre...
Jun 21, 2026 Business administration graduates Tricia Caron (left) and Lindsay Lerat pose for a photo following First Nations University of Canada’s convocation ceremony in Regina on Saturday. The ceremony was held during the university’s 50th anniversary year and on the National Indigenous Peoples Day weekend. (Jacob Bamhour/980 CJME)
Communities across Canada celebrate National Indigenous Peoples' Day
Events were held across the country on Sunday to mark the 30th National Indigenous Peoples' Day, which honours the culture, histories and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Mtis people. Celebra...
Jun 21, 2026 Veterans pose for a photo after a ceremony at the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument marking the 25th anniversary of the monument's unveiling in Ottawa, Sunday, June 21, 2026. The bronze sculpture by artist Noel Lloyd Pinay, from Peepeekisis First Nation, features four warriors along with an elk, a bear, a buffalo and a wolf, overlooked by an eagle intended to represent the Creator. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle)
Regina community celebrates Indigenous culture in Victoria Park
Drums, dancing and hands-on learning filled Victoria Park Friday as thousands of students and community members gathered for Regina's National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration Friday. The event, hel...
Jun 19, 2026 Thousands of people gathered in Victoria Park on Friday for Regina’s National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration, which featured performances, cultural demonstrations, artisan vendors and hands-on learning activities. (Jacob Bamhour/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan Liberal MP Buckley Belanger has busy first year
Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River Liberal MP Buckley Belanger said it's been a very busy 12 months representing his riding and Saskatchewan as a whole in Ottawa. This week marks one year since Belang...
May 02, 2026 Federal Secretary of State for Rural Development Buckley Belanger (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
First Nations solar power partnership viewed as step towards reconciliation
Seen as a step towards reconciliation, four Treaty 4 First Nations in partnership with renewable energy company Neoen have signed a power purchase agreement with SaskPower. Together, Zagime Anishinabe...
Jan 14, 2026 A power purchase agreement is signed by (seated, L-R:) Chief Lynn Acoose, Zagime Anishinabek Nation; Emmanuel Pujol, Americas region CEO, Neoen; Rupen Pandya, CEO, SaskPower; and Guy Lonechild, CEO, First Nations Power Authority. Looking on are (standing, L-R:) Chief George Cote, Cote First Nation; Councillor Fernie O’Soup, Key First Nation; Chief Felix Thomas, Kinistin Saulteaux Nation; and Tribal Chief Isabel O’Soup, Yorkton Tribal Council (Geoff Smith/980 CJME)
James Smith Cree Nation, Canada reach $713.8M settlement
The federal government and James Smith Cree Nation reached a $713.8-million settlement agreement meant to resolve a package of long-standing land grievances that leaders said had weighed on their peop...
Dec 22, 2025 James Smith Cree Nation, which is made up of three individual bands, is located about 45 minutes southeast of Prince Albert. (Brent Bosker/650 CKOM files)
Chiefs vote to reject changes to B.C. coastal oil tanker ban
First Nations chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Columbia coast and withdraw an agreement signed last week that clears a pat...
Dec 02, 2025 Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, left, and Willie Moore Regional Chief for Manitoba, hold a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Indigenous Veteran's Day: How veterans faced battles at home and abroad
by Brieanna Charlebois VANCOUVER - John Moses says that when his father Russell Moses returned on leave from the Korean War, his battles weren't over. When the Indigenous residential school survivor c...
Nov 08, 2025 People listen during a ceremony held by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation to mark Indigenous Veterans Day, in North Vancouver, B.C., in 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
First Nations policing should be deemed essential, says national chief
by Alessia Passafiume OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations chided the federal government Monday for failing to deliver on its promise to introduce legislation to declare First ...
Oct 20, 2025 Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak speaks at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly in Winnipeg, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods)
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