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LaRonge based Kitsaki Meats Limited Partnership was one of 10 businesses from across Canada recognized for their exporting achievements with a 2001 Canada Export Award.
The awards are given out each year to companies that have proven themselves in the quality of the goods and services they export. More than 200 Canadian companies have received a Canada Export Award since…
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For someone with no formal training in information technology, Keith Muzyka is spending a lot of time on business ventures in cyberspace.
Muzyka is owner of Coffee Dot Com, an Internet cafe in Saskatoon, which he's been operating for three years.
And for almost as long, he's been running Canada's Aboriginal Directory Services, a company in the process of putting…
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For someone with no formal training in information technology, Keith Muzyka is spending a lot of time on business ventures in cyberspace.
Muzyka is owner of Coffee Dot Com, an Internet cafe in Saskatoon, which he's been operating for three years.
And for almost as long, he's been running Canada's Aboriginal Directory Services, a company in the process of putting…
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There are more than 3,000 Saskatchewan children in the care of the Department of Social Services. Roughly 70 per cent of these children are of Aboriginal descent. There are some 850 approved foster homes in the province. Only a small fraction of these homes contains at least one Aboriginal caregiver.
Such are the facts on foster care in Saskatchewan, as laid out in a…
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There are more than 3,000 Saskatchewan children in the care of the Department of Social Services. Roughly 70 per cent of these children are of Aboriginal descent. There are some 850 approved foster homes in the province. Only a small fraction of these homes contains at least one Aboriginal caregiver.
Such are the facts on foster care in Saskatchewan, as laid out in a…
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If James Smith Cree Nation gets its way, the number of First Nations in Saskatchewan will be increasing by two.
The First Nation has existed in its current form since 1902, when the federal government combined James Smith with the neighboring Chakastaypasin First Nation and Peter Chapman Cree Nation, amalgamating the three into one nation. James Smith Cree Nation is trying…
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If James Smith Cree Nation gets its way, the number of First Nations in Saskatchewan will be increasing by two.
The First Nation has existed in its current form since 1902, when the federal government combined James Smith with the neighboring Chakastaypasin First Nation and Peter Chapman Cree Nation, amalgamating the three into one nation. James Smith Cree Nation is trying…
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It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
A private communion with the ancestors and the viewing of sacred bundles unopened for 125 years, a time for tears, reflection and giving of offerings by men, women and children from the Treaty 6 nations in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
It was a solemn occasion, in which the voices of the Elders and grandfathers were heard once…
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It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
A private communion with the ancestors and the viewing of sacred bundles unopened for 125 years, a time for tears, reflection and giving of offerings by men, women and children from the Treaty 6 nations in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
It was a solemn occasion, in which the voices of the Elders and grandfathers were heard once…
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The aftershocks of the terrorist attacks against the United States were felt as far away as Fort Qu'Appelle.
More than 1,800 Elders, veterans and other participants at the Treaty 4 commemorations in Fort Qu'Appelle held a solemn candlelight vigil Friday, Sept. 14 at the powwow arbor, three days after terrorist hijacked airliners over the eastern U.S. and smashed them into…
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The aftershocks of the terrorist attacks against the United States were felt as far away as Fort Qu'Appelle.
More than 1,800 Elders, veterans and other participants at the Treaty 4 commemorations in Fort Qu'Appelle held a solemn candlelight vigil Friday, Sept. 14 at the powwow arbor, three days after terrorist hijacked airliners over the eastern U.S. and smashed them into…
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On Sept. 8, Dr. Howard Adams passed away at his Vancouver home.
Born and raised in St. Louis, Adams was a highly respected Metis leader, academic, writer and activist.
Following are excerpts from a story on Dr. Adams we originally published in 1999, when his contributions and achievements were recognized with a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the Education…
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While serious doubts have been raised about the validity of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan (MNS) election results, the Saskatchewan government says it is not assuming the lead role in alleviating grassroots concerns about alleged election irregularities.
Concerns about irregularities have led, however, to a review of Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election procedures in…
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While serious doubts have been raised about the validity of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan (MNS) election results, the Saskatchewan government says it is not assuming the lead role in alleviating grassroots concerns about alleged election irregularities.
Concerns about irregularities have led, however, to a review of Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election procedures in…
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More than 10 years after Leo LaChance was shot to death by white supremacist Carney Nerland, a sculpture of LaChance has been unveiled near the site where he fell.
The sculpture was unveiled Sept. 27 on the grounds of the new provincial courthouse on River Street in Prince Albert, on the same block where LaChance was killed.
LaChance, a Native trapper, died Jan. 28…