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The Office of the Saskatchewan Police Complaints Investigator has dismissed a complaint by Toronto-based actor Gregory Odjig.
Odjig had accused two members of the Saskatoon Police Service of targeting him because he is Aboriginal.
Odjig held a news conference on Nov. 9, 2005 during which he made allegation so misconduct against the members.
On the morning of…
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The provincial government will be consulting people in the north about whether a law that exempts northern employees from earning overtime pay for extra hours worked needs to be changed.
The Northern Exemption law, enacted in 1955, exempts employees working north of Township 62 from the hours of work and overtime provisions of the Labour Standards Act. The communities of…
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The teenager charged in a triple murder that took place on Montreal Lake Cree Nation on March 2, 2005 has pleaded guilty.
The identity of the 18-year-old, who was 17 when the crime was committed, is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The accused had orginally been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder in…
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Quinton Lloyd Bitternose is facing life in prison after being found guilty for the murder of Wayne Friday.
The 12-person jury in the case found Bitternose guilty on May 16. The first-degree murder charge brings with it an automatic sentence of life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 25 years.
Friday was abducted from a home in Regina on Nov. 20, 2004.…
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Residential school survivors are one step closer to receiving their share of a $1.9 billion compensation package now that the federal cabinet has put its stamp of approval on plans for the pay out.
That approval finalizes the agreement-in-principle announced in November 2005 but the plan must be approved in nine provincial courts and a five-month opt-out period must pass…
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Despite having commissioned a report on "the pros and cons of membership" in the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) on April 27, the board of directors of the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) decided they will not go it alone.
The decision was revealed during the spring legislative assembly of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (…
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The trouble-plagued Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS) has suffered another blow with the announcement that the federal government won't be renewing its contract with Metis Employment and Training of Saskatchewan Inc. (METSI), the MNS organization responsible for providing education and training opportunities to Metis people.
Since 1999, METSI had been operating as an…
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High school students in northern Saskatchewan have a new tool at their disposal to help them make plans for their post-secondary education.
Relevance is a 32-page magazine filled with information to help students choose a career path and determine what education and training they need to reach their goals. A detailed career planning guide lists a variety of jobs,…
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The Saskatchewan Centennial Canoe Quest was the big winner when the 17th annual Saskatchewan Tourism Awards of Excellence were handed out in Saskatoon on April 6.
The centennial project, which saw 30 teams of modern-day voyageurs retrace an historic trade route along the Churchill and Sturgeon-Weir Rivers, took home two awards-best promotional marketing campaign for an…
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Hockey players from across western Canada gathered in Meadow Lake for two recent tournaments, one a Metis Local 31 event held April 7 to 9 and the other a western regional tournament held April 14 to 16.
It was the 17th year for both tournaments, said Dwayne King, one of the tournament organizers.
This year, five teams played in the Local 31 event, vying for cash…
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The 2006 First Nations Winter Games took place in Regina from April 16 to 21, giving young athletes from across the province a chance to meet and compete.
The games were hosted by Gordon First Nation but were held in nearby Regina to take advantage of the state-of-the-art sporting facilities in the city.
Athletes competed in hockey, volleyball, broomball and…
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When many people hear the words "mining" and "Saskatchewan" they tend to think of uranium. And that makes sense. After all, Saskatchewan is the world's largest producer of uranium, responsible for about 30 per cent of the world supply.
But mining in Saskatchewan is about so much more than just uranium.
According to information on the Web site of the Saskatchewan…
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The 13th annual report on Aboriginal participation in mining in Canada was released on April 19. The document, prepared by the Intergovernmental Working Group Sub-committee on Aboriginal Participation in Mining, focuses on ways in which Aboriginal communities benefit from mining and on what the mining industry can do to help maximize those benefits.
The report, entitled…
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Since she first burst upon Saskatchewan's entertainment scene, Andrea Menard has proven herself to be a woman of many talents. But whether she's singing, acting on stage, in movies or for television, or writing songs or plays, she is first and foremost a storyteller.
Menard has appeared in a number of movies and has spent the last three seasons portraying Const. Amanda…
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Ever since he was a young child of three or four, Phil Lafreniere has had an interest in art. Now in his fifties, he uses his artistic talents to create paintings and carvings that allow him to express his creativity and his connections to his culture and his family. But the images he creates in paint and wood also reflect the life he's lived during those intervening years-a life…