Michael Joel-hansen

A walk to honour First Nations people who have gone missing or been lost to violence is set to go in Prince Albert Wednesday. The 18 annual Honouring our Sisters and Brothers Memorial Walk will be departing from the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Memorial on River Street before wrap…

The member of parliament for northern Saskatchewan is going to have some different duties in future parliaments. Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal will now be serving as the Conservative Party’s shadow minister of Indigenous Services, previously Vidal’s shadow cabinet duties were for…

The Prince Albert Historical Society is getting ready to debut a new exhibit at their museum. The new exhibit, which is called Kistapinânihk/Omaniciye Makoca/Tł’ogh tëlë/, that translates to The Gathering Place is set to open to the public on October 28. Michelle Taylor the manager and curator for t…

The University of Saskatchewan College of Law will be hosting a lecture talking about decolonizing Canada’s justice system. The talk is set to go Jan. 30 at the College of Law in Saskatoon and will feature lawyer David Nahwegahbow, who will be talking about some of the progress which has been made on this front […]

The Bernice Sayese Centre in Prince Albert is now home to a book vending machine which distributes books by Indigenous authors and illustrators. The machine was officially unveiled Wednesday morning at the Bernie Sayese Centre. Anna Stene, the program director for the Prince Albert Indian Métis Friendship Centre, which worked to acquire the machine, said […]

The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is marking Indigenous Storytelling Month. To celebrate the museum has teamed up with the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation (STF) to produce a video series featuring elder Hazel Dixon. Sarah Schafer, visitor experience supervisor with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum explained they are happy to be able to make the videos available to a […]

The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) Women’s Commission is talking about their work. The commission was established last year and advises PAPS Police Chief Jonathan Bergen on a range of issues. PAPS Chaplain Nora Vedress is the commission’s co-chair along with Elder Liz Settee. Vedress explained at a media conference Friday morning at PAPS headquarters […]

The member of parliament for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River is speaking on drinking water problems on First Nations in Canada. Gary Vidal, who also serves as the Conservative Party’s shadow minister and critic for Indigenous Services Canada told MBC Radio News the federal government likes to talk about the number of drinking water advisories which have been lifted, however he […]

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is speaking out in support of some recently introduced federal legislation. The federal Liberal government has announced plans to put forward legislation which will create an independent commission that will review potential cases where someone has been wrongfully convicted of a crime. CAP National Vice Chief Kim Beaudin said […]

The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is getting ready to host a two day conference in Prince Albert. The Know Your Status Conference (KYS) will be running from March 1 to 2 at the Prince Albert Inn. NITHA Medical Health Officer Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka said the conference will be featuring a range of different […]