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If you haven't been a tourist in Saskatchewan before, you will definitely want to visit after reading Discover Saskatchewan A Guide to Historic Sites.
Unlike a road map with point of interest indicators, this newly released text, edited by Dr. Ralph Nilson, Dean of the Faculty of Physical Activity Studies, University of Regina, is a walk through history.
The book…
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There will soon be a new way to view Canada from your feet on the Trans Canada Trail. Portions of the trail are being built all across the country by volunteers who want their communities on the map to showcase their home-town pride to the walking, hiking, skiing, jogging world.
In Crooked Lake, 150 km east of Regina, over 100 residents of the resort communities along the…
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There will soon be a new way to view Canada from your feet on the Trans Canada Trail. Portions of the trail are being built all across the country by volunteers who want their communities on the map to showcase their home-town pride to the walking, hiking, skiing, jogging world.
In Crooked Lake, 150 km east of Regina, over 100 residents of the resort communities along the…
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Sakatchewan's Back To Batoche celebrations have come and gone 28 times and appear destined for a major overhaul. If not, according to some, the festivity is "doomed to die."
A faint 3,000 if not fewer people turned up to the July 23-26 event at this tiny historic community where Riel and Dumont stood their final ground against overwhelming odds in 1885 when the Canadian…
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Sakatchewan's Back To Batoche celebrations have come and gone 28 times and appear destined for a major overhaul. If not, according to some, the festivity is "doomed to die."
A faint 3,000 if not fewer people turned up to the July 23-26 event at this tiny historic community where Riel and Dumont stood their final ground against overwhelming odds in 1885 when the Canadian…
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Saskatchewan's Social Services Department has come up with $158,000 to conduct a study of social programs in the province's northern regions.
Paul Wilkinson, director of community relations for the social services department, says community leaders in the north will be surveyed for their opinions on social programming.
The study will also ask for suggestions on how…
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Saskatchewan's Social Services Department has come up with $158,000 to conduct a study of social programs in the province's northern regions.
Paul Wilkinson, director of community relations for the social services department, says community leaders in the north will be surveyed for their opinions on social programming.
The study will also ask for suggestions on how…
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It's hard to beat big business, but Saskatchewan wild rice growers are holding their own against competition giants in the U.S.
Grown mainly north of Prince Albert, wild rice has been an economic resource for many Aboriginal communities.
The Lac La Ronge Band is one of many who have tapped into the market as risky as land farming.
La Ronge Band-owned Lac La…
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It's hard to beat big business, but Saskatchewan wild rice growers are holding their own against competition giants in the U.S.
Grown mainly north of Prince Albert, wild rice has been an economic resource for many Aboriginal communities.
The Lac La Ronge Band is one of many who have tapped into the market as risky as land farming.
La Ronge Band-owned Lac La…
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The Saskatoon Board of Education has renewed its commitment to a unique program aimed at getting more Native kids off city streets and back into the classroom.
School trustees have agreed to expand the board's involvement in the First Nations Children at Risk: Education and Healing Empowerment Program, which is run in conjunction with the Saskatoon Tribal Council and the…
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The Saskatoon Board of Education has renewed its commitment to a unique program aimed at getting more Native kids off city streets and back into the classroom.
School trustees have agreed to expand the board's involvement in the First Nations Children at Risk: Education and Healing Empowerment Program, which is run in conjunction with the Saskatoon Tribal Council and the…
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Another step towards Metis self-government and economic development was accomplished last month when a five year tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Saskatchewan Metis and the provincial and federal government.
The signing took place on July 24 at Back to Batoche celebrations with a $400,000 donation to the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan.
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Another step towards Metis self-government and economic development was accomplished last month when a five year tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Saskatchewan Metis and the provincial and federal government.
The signing took place on July 24 at Back to Batoche celebrations with a $400,000 donation to the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan.
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According to Lorna Arcand, the Chef de Mission for Team Saskatchewan, the work needed to be done to get Team Saskatchewan ready for the next North American Indigenous Games is 75 per cent done.
"There's lots of things going on," Arcand said.
The 2002 North American Indigenous Games will be held in Winnipeg from July 25 to Aug. 4.
One of the athletes already…
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The number of Aboriginal people attending universities and other post-secondary institutions has never been greater. While this growing participation in higher learning is expected to lead to more Aboriginal employment in a broader range of higher paying fields, for many Indigenous students, attending university is an intimidating and isolating experience.
The University…