Some communities in Northern Saskatchewan are exercising their right to vote in Monday’s federal election, while others are not so motivated to hit the polls. “Indigenous people are the majority in this constituency,” said Modeste McKenzie, President of the Indigenous New Democrats of Saskatchewan and Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River NDP, “whichever candidate or whichever party manages to...
A third gas station is being planned for the town of Raymore years after the owners closed their business at the same location. Kawacatoose First Nation is partnering with Four Horse Development to construct a gas station which will also include another business. Kawacatoose, Raymore and Four Horse Development are in the planning stage. “We...
The trees are in the shape of an arbour over the road. As I drove down this road, I pictured myself as a young girl being taken to a residential school, like thousands of young Indigenous children did. The road comes to an end and a beautiful school presents itself. The building stands...
A Regina artist and student is using skateboard design to spark conversations about Canada’s dark past. Michael Langan started the Regina-based company Colonialism Skateboards in 2015. It was a way to educate people on Canada’s history with Indigenous peoples, including residential schools and people needing passes to leave reserves, in hopes to educate about decolonization....
The evening opened with Minister Cameron Fraser introducing the audience with a recognition of the territory where Knox Metropolitan United Church is situated. “In terms of Treaty 4 Territory, particularly in the United Church of Canada we recognize that we have not had a history of walking well upon these lands and with the people,”...
The Aboriginal Student’s Centre at the U of R is taking submissions from the community to rename the centre in order to better identify with Indigenous students and break away from Canada’s colonial history. Jamin Mike, a fourth-year English student at the U of R, wants the centre to indigenize their name. “With the move...
Vancouver-based Indigenous artists Dakota Bear and Casey Desjarlais have begun a campaign to stop human trafficking following an alleged incident in Prince Albert. According to the Prince Albert Daily Herald, a man claims he took a taxi and woke up in a locked room where he heard little girls screaming, but he was able to...
When Bradyn Parisian first quit his well-paying corporate job to become an entrepreneur with no guaranteed income, his parents thought he was crazy. But looking back, he believes he was always destined to start his own business even though it took him some time to work up the courage to do it. “I tried kidding...
Alicia Morrow’s table is covered with papers; everything from bills, ideas, notes and the next scholarship application. A side table has a number of sweaters, t-shirts and hats all laid out and ready to be picked up. Her self-designed street-wear clothing brand The Comeback Society officially launched near the end of 2018.
Some, like the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, call it a “suicide crisis.” Others, like Taylar Bèlanger, call it life. Bèlanger has lost five friends to suicide; more, she said, if she counts friends of friends. “The first time that myself and my friend group had to face somebody who committed, it was very hard,”...