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A project that brings parents and students together to work on improving reading skills received a boost recently, with an announcement that it will receive $41,300 in federal funding.
The Herchmer community school Family Literacy Project will received the funds from the Urban Aboriginal component of the Supporting Communities Partnership Initiative, part of the federal…
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Warren Gervais doesn't think of himself as a hero, but that's what a lot of people are calling him these days.
On the morning of Jan. 9, Gervais was driving from his home on the Kawacatoose reserve to the Wascana campus of the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) where he teaches Native studies, when he came across the scene of a collision…
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The Commission on First Nations and Metis Peoples and Justice Reform released a 62-page interim report on January 17, and Saskatchewan's First Nations leaders received its comments and conclusions with interest and cautious optimism. The focus of this, the second interim report the commission has issued since it was established in November 2001, was primarily on the experiences…
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The number of Aboriginal students enrolled at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) is increasing, according to an annual report submitted by the institute to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.
In 2001-2002, almost 2,300 of the 12,000 students registered at SIAST's four campuses in Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon were…
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Jason Friday is the morning guy heard over Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) station CJLR in northern Saskatchewan. The music-sports-news-entertainment show is broadcast from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
"I arrive at the station before 5 to get everything ready. It's a well listened-to show and together with my co-host Dallas Hicks, who joins me around 8, we bring the first…
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If you're a high school student aged 16 or 17 and would like to spend your summer working in Quebec, or if you're a university student who will be continuing your studies in the fall of 2003 and are looking for summer employment, Lorna Standingready would like to hear from you.
Standingready is the regional director of the Summer Work/Student Exchange program, which is co…
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A unique livestock operation which began 10 years ago has become a profitable business venture for the Wahpeton Dakota First Nation.
And the Tatanka bison herd, which is 80 per cent band-owned, has created a culturally-significant activity for the 400 members as well.
"In 1993 the band was looking for business opportunities and the chief at the time, Cy Standing,…
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There are several reasons that people cite for not preparing a budget: it's tedious, it's time consuming, it's difficult, and it's unnecessary, to name only a few. Some of these reasons are valid, while some are little more than flimsy excuses, but taken together they do demonstrate a near universal truth-budgeting is an activity that no one really enjoys taking part in.
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As the New Year begins, many of us make resolutions to change our lives for the better. And as the post-Christmas bills start to roll in, one of those resolutions often is to dig our way out of debt, and to stay that way.
There are, thankfully, some simple, straightforward ways to take control of your personal finances. With only a little foresight, planning and expert…
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Excitement is building as the Border City Aboriginal Headstart (BCHS) program gears up for a unique and historical event-a five-year reunion of all former students, parents and community supporters.
"It will be the first reunion of it's kind to be celebrated for former Headstart students in Saskatchewan, Alberta or in all of Canada," explained executive director Lisa…
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One might wonder how a shy girl from the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation won the prestigious 2002 Lincoln M. Alexander Award. The award, handed out each year by the provincial government of Ontario, was created in 1993 to recognize youth who demonstrate leadership in promoting racial harmony and eliminating discrimination in their schools or community. Tamara McDonald, now a self-…
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A northern Saskatchewan Dene man has been chosen as the first Canadian patient to undergo a unique surgical procedure: having microchips implanted in his eyes.
Bob Piche, a 29-year-old man who has been legally blind since he was 17, is set to travel to Los Angeles, Calif. in mid-January for the surgery, which will involve the installation of a permanent "retinal…
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The worst kept secret in the Government of Saskatchewan isn't a secret any longer-Fort Qu'Appelle will be getting a new hospital.
Saskatchewan Health and the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council made the announcement Jan 10, ending years of negotiations for replacing the existing 69-year-old hospital.
Tendering for construction of the new $12.8 million facility is…
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Black toxic smoke steams up from a cereal bowl overfilled with dirty cigarette butts. The message states: "Toxic stew. With a recipe that includes more than 50 cancer-causing toxic chemicals in each puff . . . Why would you put it in your mouth?"
The brochure this message appears on is one of the elements of an anti-smoking campaign targeting Aboriginal audiences through…
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The Metis people of Canada will soon be able to turn on their televisions and see themselves, their history and their culture represented on the screen, when the Metis Michif Television Network (MMTN) hits the airwaves.
The new network was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on Nov. 6. Ken Schaffer, the main force behind the…