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The Saskatchewan government unveiled new forestry regulations on March 31 that will make it easier for everyone to have a say in how the province's forests are used.
The regulations - under development since the Forest Management Act was passed in 1996 - outline how the province wants to do business in the forest and formalize the process that gives the public a say in…
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The history books may have gotten the events surrounding the death of Cree warrior Ah-see-we-yin wrong, but Harry Michael is keeping his story safe.
The 84-year-old former chief of the Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation learned from his grandfather, J.B. Bighead, the story of how one of the first victims of the 1885 North West Rebellion was gunned down. He has passed it on…
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It's after eight. The stars are out and so are the kids. Do you know where your children are?
Is help and support for young people on your reserve just a phone call away? Or have you been left in the dark?
Since the start-up of a new youth centre last fall, these are questions that are a lot easier to answer now for parents and caregivers at Onion Lake First Nation…
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An organization that provides help to women and children in times of crisis is itself seeking help from the town of Fort Qu'Appelle.
At a recent town council meeting, the board that oversees the operation of the Qu'Appelle Haven women's shelter in Fort Qu'Appelle, asked the town to consider a break on its taxes.
The Qu'Appelle Haven pays about $7,000 a year in…
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A warm, sunny afternoon of midwinter sunshine can wreak more havoc on a finely carved ice sculpture than the worst barbs of the nastiest art critic.
Fortunately for the sculptors of a large male head, one of the creations currently on display at the Sapp Gallery in North Battleford, Mother Nature decided to lend a helping hand this year, keeping the skies clear, the air…
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My dad's a veteran of the Canadian army. My wife's father was in the air force. My first daughter's late grandfather was also in the army. We are really proud of our fathers, our other relatives and the other Indian men and women who put their lives on the line to defend this country. But we also recognize the fact that they put their lives on the line for lands that had been…
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"Keep it real and bout it, bout it" - is a phrase most people over the age of 30 might not understand, but in the magazine called Generation X it's a message that reaches the young people.
Chris Ross, the chief editor and publisher, intends to reach them and that's what is making Generation X the fastest growing publication of its kind in Saskatchewan.
The young…
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Generation X How it all started
For those of you who are still unfamiliar with the magazine Generation X . . . where the heck have you been?
It's the biggest thing to hit high schools since the cancellation of the Flintstones. It's the first magazine geared towards Aboriginal youth in Saskatchewan. As the chief editor and publisher of Generation X, I have…
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They call him a natural, an athlete born with talent to spare and the drive to succeed beyond anyone's dreams or expectations.
From the first time he put on the gloves in 1996, 16-year-old Bryan Whitstone knew he had found his sport.
After only three weeks of intensive training at the Lloydminster Boxing Club, Whitstone was in the ring for his first amateur fight.…
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Ten years past retirement, Metis educator Howard Adams still defines his views as "radical." Whatever the political stripe, Adams' conversation and writing reveal the passion of a man who has made a career out of combating the systemic racism he says holds Aboriginal people back.
His is a lifetime of daring and innovative support of unpopular Metis and Indian social…
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Sixteen-year-old Alika LaFontaine seems to have it all together for his age: a close and loving family, a solid record of academic achievement, a career goal, community and peer support for just about everything he does, and to top it all off, he is recognized this year as the Youth recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award.
You might think the first-year,…
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"It's good to have goals, but try to be realistic; if the job market isn't there, you may have to try other things." Dr. Lillian Eva Dyck, this year's National Aboriginal Achievement Award winner in the field of Science and Technology, says that although people need to plan their future, they should remain flexible in a rapidly changing society.
The same advice applies if…
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Theresa Stevenson, this year's recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Community Development, is best known for the hot lunch program called "Chili for Children," which she established in 1979 in a low-income neighborhood in Regina for Aboriginal school children. That program is still going strong and has expanded to three locations with new people at the helm…
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Some things about Allen Sapp you should know. He has stayed true to his vision, all his life it seems like, becoming materially successful on his own terms. The other things you should know is that he is proud to be an Indian and he is proud of what he has accomplished as an artist, but he never fell into the trap of producing knock-off 'Native art' to make a buck. In fact, he…
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You mention somebody is in a black mood, or perhaps a friend of yours has a red- hot temper, and you can immediately get a grasp of the attitude or temperament of the individual you are talking about. Color, for the longest time, has often been used as an element in describing the emotional and moral fibre of people, places and things. But, oddly enough, it seems the darker the…