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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)
Indigenous artists asked to contribute to MMIWG2S+ commemorative site in Regina
The City of Regina is looking for Indigenous artists to contribute to a commemorative site within Mmowimwyitamwin Park. The city said it is looking for Indigenous artists, designers and teams to submi...
Sep 07, 2025 The city said the site in Māmowimīwēyitamōwin Park, dubbed “The Legacy of Treaty 4: A Tribute to MMIWG2S+ Commemoration Project,” will include a central fire pit surrounded by 13 boulders and a steel retaining wall. (City of Regina/Submitted)
Canadian actor Graham Greene dead at 73
Oscar-nominated Canadian actor Graham Greene, who broke through with memorable roles across several genres at a time when the entertainment industry shunned Indigenous talent, has died at age 73 Green...
Sep 02, 2025 Governor General Mary Simon presents actor Graham Greene with the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award during the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards ceremony at a Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Friday June13, 2025. (The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle)
Meadow Lake Tribal Council calling for more access to health care
Calls for better health care in Saskatchewan are nothing new - whether it's talk about overcrowded hospitals in Regina and Saskatoon, or a lack of doctors in the rural south - and now northern Saskatc...
May 03, 2025 Meadow Lake Tribal Council Tribal Chief Jeremy Norman says some people in his communities have to drive three to five hours each way for dialysis treatment multiple times a week. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
FSIN calls for resignations after teen dies while in organization's care
Warning: This story contains references to suicide. Find support links at the end of this file. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for resignations after they say a teen ...
Mar 30, 2025 David Severight holds up a picture of his 17-year-old daughter Serenity at a Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations event at the First Nations University of Canada this week. (Roman Hayter/980 CJME)
Indigenous students visit Regina to learn about science, energy
Indigenous high school students from the Northern Village of Pinehouse were invited to spend three days in Regina this week to learn about science and energy, and experience life on campus. For some o...
Mar 16, 2025 Madison Fettig and Frank McCallum are both Grade 10 students from Pinehouse. Lynette Natomagan is the community education manager with Kineepik Metis Local. Both students enjoy learning about science. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
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