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Beginning in 1992, the month of October has been set aside to commemorate the role women have played and continue to play in the development of Canada and Canadian society. This year, Women's History Month is being dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the contributions of Aboriginal women in Canada's past and present.

In keeping with this year's Women's History Month theme -…

The budget cuts announced by the federal government at the end of September are having a negative impact on various agencies that serve the Aboriginal community. Literacy organizations are some of the most drastically affected.

Carol Vandale, executive director of the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network, said that, thanks to the federal government's plans to cut $17.7 million from…

Wearing white and pale blue ribbons and clutching balloons bearing the names of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, 36 men and women walked through downtown Yorkton, taking part in a mourning vigil.

The Sisters in Spirit Walk held the morning of Oct. 4, was hosted by the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Women's Circle Corporation (SAWCC). The walk was part of the Sisters in Spirit national…

Economic development will be the topic of discussion in Saskatoon from Oct. 2 to 5 when the city plays host to the 13th annual conference of the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO).

Celebrating Our Success is the theme of the conference, which will feature a trade show and presentations as well as CANDO's annual general meeting.

"The high calibre of…

Clarence Logan has been intrigued by opera music since a very young age. When he was growing up in Biggar, his friends would listen to rock or pop while he would be listening to opera and classical music. At the age of 12 he began to learn to play the organ and to study voice.

After graduating from Biggar Composite high school, Logan went on to attain his bachelor's degree in music from…

Ron Horsefall believes that overcoming fear and denial is the key to tackling the growing AIDS epidemic among Canada's Aboriginal population. Fear and denial, he said, are what prevents people from getting the facts about HIV and AIDS-about what it is and how it is transmitted. Fear and denial keep people from being tested when they think they may have contracted the virus. And fear and denial…

Through determination and honesty, Saskatchewan film-maker Rueben Martell is trying to bring to the screen a film about the realities of Native people as they live today.

Martell began filming A Life Less Empty last year but had to halt production when funding for the project ran out. Martell describes the film as a Native love story with a legacy of abuse, love and survival.

"It…

An important and tragic piece of Canadian history is being recreated this summer in the Qu'Appelle Valley, as cast and crew work on a miniseries based on Saskatchewan author Guy Vanderhaeghe's award-winning novel, The Englishman's Boy.

Set in the early 1870s, the story follows a young American boy venturing west with his English employer. When the Englishman dies unexpectedly in the…

The Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan (CIC) has announced a financial commitment of more than $400,000 to help increase education opportunities for Aboriginal students.

On Aug. 17, the Crown corporation announced funding of close to $103,000 for the Aboriginal Success in Trades and Technologies program, a one-year pilot project to be run by the Saskatchewan Institute of…

Metis people living in Saskatchewan will continue to have access to education and training services despite the government's decision to sever its ties with the Metis Employment and Training of Saskatchewan Inc. (METSI), Diane Finley, the minister of Human Resources and Social Development announced.

Up until March 31, METSI, the employment and training arm of the Metis Nation-…

The government is looking for young people interested in becoming members of the Provincial Youth Advisory Committee.

Since its creation in 2003, the committee has advised the government on issues such as youth attraction and retention, education, leadership, employment and training.

Youth between the ages of 14 and 29 are encouraged to apply to join the advisory committee.…

Thirty years have passed since the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College first opened its doors.

In the intervening years it's grown from a insitution with nine students to one with an average annual enrolment of more than 1,200. It's also expanded to take in three campuses, located in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert, and to offer a wide variety of programs through its 10 academic…

It's hard for Dennis Bear not to feel completely alone at times.

The Flying Dust First Nation man has a two-and-a-half-year-old daughter named Summer Angel with a very rare disease -one so rare that only 42 people on earth have it.

Since being diagnosed with Hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinemia,,better known as Triple H Syndrome, Summer has had to undergo several…

When most people think of forests and economic opportunities, their thoughts turn to trees and all the items they are transformed into, from lumber for construction to pulp used to make paper products. But for one couple in Green Lake, wood products are just one part of what can be harvested from Saskatchewan's northern woods.

"We've been looking at the trees and now it's time to see…

On Aug. 17, a dozen youth from Sturgeon Lake First Nation and James Smith Cree Nation became the first graduates from Saskatchewan's fledgling Junior Forest Ranger program.

Kelsie Bighead, Mervin Bosdi, Katie Burns, Ryan Ironchild, Regan Lambert, Shannon Sanderson and Clarence Turner Jr. from Sturgeon Lake and Trevor Head, Adam Sanderson, Chantal Sanderson and Lacy Whitehead from James…