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P.A. welcomes back First Nations firefighting competition
For the first time since the pandemic, Saskatchewan First Nations Emergency Management (SFNEM) brought their annual First Nations Provincial Firefighting Competition back to Prince Albert in conjuncti...
Sep 01, 2024
Signs show Saskatchewan leads reconciliation efforts: Lt. Gov. Mirasty
The province of Saskatchewan is leading the way when it comes to reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, said Lieutenant Governor Russell Mirasty in Prince Albert on Tuesday. Mira...
Aug 27, 2024 Lt. Gov. Russell Mirasty (left) and MLA Jim Lemaigre (Athabasca) with one of multiple signs marking treaty boundaries in Sask. (Susan McNeil/paNOW Staff)
Make it flow: Makwa water operator nominated for national award
The water looked weird to Melanie Kytwayhat. About six years ago, she was about to give her baby, then a toddler, a bath but her community of Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation was under a boil water advi...
Aug 18, 2024 According to the Government of Canada’s website, since 2015, the progress on lifting long-term water advisories is now past 80 per cent. (Lisa Fotios/pexels.com)
First Nation slams public safety agency as Sandy Bay evacuated due to fire
A wildfire has forced the evacuation of the community of Sandy Bay, and leaders with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation say the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency should be doing more to help, calling th...
Aug 14, 2024
VIDEO: Setting the record straight: Fort Battleford adds Indigenous story
Battleford, Sask. - Eric Tootoosis marked National Indigenous People's Day this year by climbing into his truck and making the 65-kilometre drive from his home on Poundmaker First Nation to a site tha...
Aug 13, 2024
'Our youth are our future': Emergency safe home opens on Sask. First Nation
Kanaweyimik Child and Family Services has opened up a new emergency safe home on Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head Lean Man First Nation designed to shelter its residents from abusive and traumatic circums...
Aug 11, 2024
Q&A: Mirasty celebrates five years as Sask.'s lieutenant governor
Sixty years ago, Russ Mirasty was just like any other little boy growing up on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Today, he sits in the office of the lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan, occupying a role h...
Jul 17, 2024 Russ Mirasty was sworn in as Saskatchewan's 23rd lieutenant governor on July 17, 2019. He expects a replacement will be named soon, and plans to move home to La Ronge with his wife Donna once a new lieutenant governor is sworn in. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
SaskEnergy unveils Indigenous-led safety campaign with designs by local artist
SaskEnergy has unveiled its new Indigenous-led safety campaign, aiming to help teach Indigenous communities about the dangers of digging near a gas line and what to do if someone smells natural gas. T...
Jun 20, 2024
Indigenous-led policing study to explore options for Sask. First Nations
The provincial and federal governments have teamed up with the Prince Albert Grand Council to examine options for Indigenous-led policing in the grand council's member communities. The three groups ar...
May 03, 2024
Province works to break down barriers for Indigenous resource workers
The Government of Saskatchewan is working to identify and remove barriers for Indigenous people aiming to work in the natural resource sector. On Monday, the province announced a new partnership with ...
Apr 29, 2024
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