indigenous relations

Information session held as permanent shelter issue heads to council

Information session held as permanent shelter issue heads to council

Sep 25, 2024 | 5:57am
A community information session on the proposed new permanent shelter in Regina’s Heritage area took place Tuesday, right on the eve of going to council for potential final approval. Property owners and adjacent businesses were invited to the meeting, which took place at the Mitakuyé Owâs’ā Centre located not far from the proposed shelter location on 1600 […]
Residential school records released day before archbishop testifies at Senate

Residential school records released day before archbishop testifies at Senate

Nov 8, 2023 | 8:59am
A Catholic archdiocese that operated four Indigenous residential schools in Manitoba and Saskatchewan has finally surrendered a long-awaited trove of records that may hold clues about their tragic history. The Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas gave the documents to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday — just one day before Archbishop Murray Chatlain’s appearance before […]

‘If all else fails, we will blockade’: Chiefs call for Sask. bill to be scrapped

Dec 16, 2022 | 3:55pm

Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades. “Political avenues, legal avenues are in place,” Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said. “If all else fails, we will blockade.” The Saskatchewan First Act passed its second reading in […]

Saskatchewan First Nation signs land settlement agreement

Jul 7, 2022 | 10:28am

A northern Saskatchewan First Nation has signed a land settlement agreement with the federal and provincial governments after it was shorted more than 1,700 hectares of land. Under Treaty 6 in 1876, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak was promised about 52 hectares acres of land for every member, but 34 people were left out. Saskatchewan says the First […]

Cowessess FN Chief Cadmus Delorme offers advice on first Truth and Reconciliation Day

Sep 30, 2021 | 6:19am

Several events are being held across Regina today  in honour of Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme is glad to see this day come around and has some advice for people who want to learn and be educated on the mistreatment of indigenous peoples. “People should come with […]

Moe hopes Canada Day 2021 can be a learning experience

Jul 1, 2021 | 9:52am

Canada Day will not look the way it normally does in our province as many communities are passing up on festivities in the wake of last month’s discovery of 751 unmarked graves on the Cowessess First Nation at the site of a former residential school. Premier Scott Moe has no problem with communities doing what […]

Document stats remorse a factor in no hate speech charges after shooting of Colten Boushie

Feb 9, 2021 | 11:39am

A newly released document shows prosecutors in Saskatchewan weighed backlash and remorse felt by people accused of posting hateful online messages after the high-profile shooting death of a young Cree man. Tuesday marks the three-year anniversary of the acquittal of Gerald Stanley in the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie of Red Pheasant First Nation, after […]

City wants your input on future of John A MacDonald statue

Jul 2, 2020 | 7:55am

It will be up to you to determine what happens to a statue of Canada’s first Prime Minister that is standing in Victoria Park. The City of Regina says it wants public feedback on the statue and what should be done with it and has added a plaque at the statue’s base indicating this. A […]

Morgan hopes indigenous person can be new chair of Public Complaints Commission

Jun 29, 2020 | 6:59pm

The province’s justice minister says if all goes well, he would like an indigenous person to replace Brent Cotter as the chair of the Public Complaints Commission. Cotter, who is now a Senator, has said he will stay as chair until a replacement is found with Morgan saying talks are underway to find that replacement […]

AFN chief Perry Bellegarde vows to influence party platforms in advance of federal election

Jul 23, 2019 | 2:31pm

the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on members to lobby all parties in an effort to influence political platforms ahead of the federal election in October. “With the federal election coming, I want to say now the importance of voting and the importance of influencing all party platforms,” Perry Bellegarde […]

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