Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Back to Batoche Festival is local near the historic site of the Battle of Batoche, a key event in Métis history. (Campbell ...

Kids at Fairhaven School in Saskatoon had the chance to see a piece of history Thursday. There is controversy over the bell's exact origin. It's either from Batoche, Sask., or Frog Lake, Alta., ...

On Saturday the Bell of Batoche was unveiled and formally restored to the Métis people of western Canada at the 128th gathering of the ‘Back to Batoche’ festival in Batoche, Saskatchewan. “When I came ...

Batoche, Saskatchewan, July 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- President Caron of the Métis National Council spent the morning in ceremony with hundreds of Métis from across the Homeland at the Batoche ...

City council’s newly proposed policy on naming and renaming places and historical markers is one vote away from becoming a reality. On Tuesday, council’s executive policy committee voted in favour of ...

The transfer of nearly 700 hectares of land at Batoche to the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is part of a “tangible” step towards reconciliation, Metis Nation-Saskatchewan’s president says. The land, ...

BATOCHE — The transfer of nearly 700 hectares of land at Batoche to the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan is part of a “tangible” step towards reconciliation, Metis Nation-Saskatchewan’s president says. The ...

The Bell of Batoche, stolen and hidden for a number of years, was on display at the St. Vital Museum Saturday. The bell was taken in 1991 by a Manitoba Métis man from its long-time Ontario home.

Who was Louis Riel?” asked my daughter’s American boyfriend. “A famous Canadian explorer!” she replied cheerfully. I groaned. How could she not have known Riel was a Metis resistance leader hanged for ...