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Plans to build a new casino in Swift Current have cleared another hurdle, thanks to two agreements signed by the City of Swift Current and Nekaneet First Nation.
The two parties signed a municipal services agreement and a casino lease approval on April 18.
The proposed casino will be the sixth in the province managed by the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Commission (SIGA). The…
The Regina Police Service (RPS) is scaling back its investigation into the disappearance of Tamra Keepness.
Keepness was five-years-old when she disappeared from her family home on July 2004, prompting one of the most intensive searches in Saskatchewan history, with people from across the country travelling to the Regina area to try to locate the little girl.
The RPS had a six-…
CORRECTION: The article Young people need to know their rights on the job that appeared in the April 2006 issue of Saskatchewan Sage contained inaccurate information. The article indicated that in 2004 there were 139,000 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the Sasktchewan labour force and that 90 per cent of them were Aboriginal youth. The article should have indicated that there…
Clean water is once again running through the taps on Canoe Lake Cree Nation.
The community's water supply was shut down on April 3 when the system operator noticed sewage from the sewage lift station was backing up into the water treatment plant.
According to Noreen Kotowich, senior communications officer with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's Saskatchewan region, the problem…
The residents of Red Earth First Nation who were forced to flee the rising waters of the Carrot River last month are back home, working to clean up the damage done to their community.
Close to 1,000 people were evacuated from Red Earth in mid-April after efforts to keep the river from flooding the community failed.
Residents began returning at the end of the month as flood waters…
The residents of Red Earth First Nation who were forced to flee the rising waters of the Carrot River last month are back home, working to clean up the damage done to their community.
Close to 1,000 people were evacuated from Red Earth in mid-April after efforts to keep the river from flooding the community failed.
Residents began returning at the end of the month as flood waters…
It must be deja vu all over again for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN).
On April 29, FSIN First Vice-chief Morley Watson issued a media release stating that Ralph Morin, president of the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre (SICC), has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an administrative and policy review of the organization's operations. Watson chairs the…
Saskatoon-Wanuskewin Member of Parliament Maurice Vellacott has been chosen to chair the Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, despite the concerns of many in the Aboriginal community who believe he is the wrong man for the job.
Vellacott was elected chair during the committee's meeting on May 1, but the news came as no surprise, thanks to an April 18…
There have been calls for Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS) President Dwayne Roth to resign ever since he first took office almost two years ago, but even more pressure has been brought to bear as of late, as Metis organizations in Alberta and B.C., and even Saskatchewan's Metis Elections Commission, demand that he step down.
Roth assumed the presidency after narrowly defeating fellow…
Hopes raised. Hopes dashed. That's the story of the Kelowna Accord as of federal budget day May 2.
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Phil Fontaine said he was disappointed with the Conservative budget presented to the House of Commons by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. He said the $5.1 billion deal made by the Liberal government at the first ministers meeting last November…
As tournament chairman, Milt Tootoosis always knew how much hard work was required to run the Lawrence Weenie Cup. Now, finally, he also knows what it feels like to win the Native masters (35 and over) hockey tournament.
This year's three-day tournament, which attracted 10 Saskatchewan-based clubs, concluded on April 2 in North Battleford.
Tootoosis, a goalie, led Team Indigenous…
Saskatchewan's own Alika LaFontaine is one of a dozen outstanding youth selected by the National Aboriginal Health Organization to be a National Aboriginal Role Model for 2006.
When he was in Grade 4, LaFontaine was labelled as being developmentally delayed, but soon proved how wrong that diagnosis had been.
His parents schooled him at home and by the age of 15 he had completed…
It's that time again-Saskatchewan's Workers' Compensation Act will get its regularly scheduled checkup.
A review of the act is conducted every four years by a committee of review to keep the act up to date, fair and responsive for both the employers and employees.
"The review process allows the legislation and the administration to be updated on a continual basis, which means it…
Every year in Saskatchewan, almost 8,000 young workers aged 15 to 24 are injured at work and, on average, five young workers die each year on the job. These accidental injuries and deaths are due to the lack of training by employers and the fact that youth are unaware of their rights and responsibilities in the workplace or they don't know what is hazardous to them.
"Young people don't…
Witchekan Lake First Nation and the Cartier Equine Centre have partnered to help at-risk youth maintain and build honesty, integrity, pride and dependability through a unique equine-assisted program called Healing Through Horses.
The horses in the program are used as tools for emotional growth and development. Participants seven years old and up learn how to process feelings and…