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Aboriginal students from across Canada put forward their best in business planning and organization at the fifth annual E-Spirit Aboriginal Youth Business Plan Competition held May 11 in Edmonton.
This year's competition involved a total of 161 teams from 74 schools, for a total of 534 student participants.
The E-Spirit competition, sponsored by the Business…
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Aboriginal students from across Canada put forward their best in business planning and organization at the fifth annual E-Spirit Aboriginal Youth Business Plan Competition held May 11 in Edmonton.
This year's competition involved a total of 161 teams from 74 schools, for a total of 534 student participants.
The E-Spirit competition, sponsored by the Business…
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Two of the men charged in connection with the sexual assault of a 12-year-old Cree girl will be getting their day in court-again.
Jeffrey Kindrat and Jeffery Brown were charged in 2001, accused of picking up the girl near Tisdale, providing her with alcohol and then sexually assaulting her. The two went to trial on the charges in June 2003 and were acquitted, but those…
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Two of the men charged in connection with the sexual assault of a 12-year-old Cree girl will be getting their day in court-again.
Jeffrey Kindrat and Jeffery Brown were charged in 2001, accused of picking up the girl near Tisdale, providing her with alcohol and then sexually assaulting her. The two went to trial on the charges in June 2003 and were acquitted, but those…
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The Government of Canada has contributed nearly $100,000 to the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Women's Commission for a project called "Kikawimaw askiy: Bringing Back to Where We Once Were."
On May 19, Ralph Goodale, minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Wascana, announced that the Women's Commission would receive $98, 418 for the project, designed to…
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The Government of Canada has contributed nearly $100,000 to the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Women's Commission for a project called "Kikawimaw askiy: Bringing Back to Where We Once Were."
On May 19, Ralph Goodale, minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Wascana, announced that the Women's Commission would receive $98, 418 for the project, designed to…
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Howard Anderson said he didn't know why he was asked to come.
Organizers of the royal visit to the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) campus in Regina on May 17 had invited many Aboriginal military veterans to the campus as a sign of honour.
Instead, veterans such as Anderson and Tony Cote, said they felt more imposed on than honoured.
"Not a damn…
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Queen Elizabeth II spent much of the second day of her visit to Saskatchewan meeting Aboriginal people and being exposed to Aboriginal culture.
Her Royal Highness visited the provincial legislature, where she helped to unveil the Saskatchewan centennial mural painted by Metis artist Roger Jerome of La Ronge. Titled 'Northern Tradition and Transition,' the mural shows a…
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Queen Elizabeth II spent much of the second day of her visit to Saskatchewan meeting Aboriginal people and being exposed to Aboriginal culture.
Her Royal Highness visited the provincial legislature, where she helped to unveil the Saskatchewan centennial mural painted by Metis artist Roger Jerome of La Ronge. Titled 'Northern Tradition and Transition,' the mural shows a…
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The department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and the grassroots membership are helpless to press forward on demands for accountability on the Poundmaker Cree Nation.
Protesters have camped out near what passes for a band office on the reserve, located near North Battleford, for several weeks now. They claim the election last May was not conducted according…
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You could say the relationship between Saskatchewan's Aboriginal peoples and Great Britain's Royal Family has been cast in stone.
During her visit to the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) Regina campus on May 17 ,Queen Elizabeth II presented the university with a stone tablet on which her initials, as well as the initials of Queen Victoria, were carved.
The…
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This year's Lawrence Weenie Cup belonged to Lou Gardiner and the NorthWest Traders.
The team was undefeated throughout regular play at the three-day tournament for players 35-plus, held March 25 to 27 at the Moosomin Multi-Purpose Arena, and continued its winnings ways right through the finals to clinch this year's championship.
The team was lead by Lou Gardiner,…
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This year's Lawrence Weenie Cup belonged to Lou Gardiner and the NorthWest Traders.
The team was undefeated throughout regular play at the three-day tournament for players 35-plus, held March 25 to 27 at the Moosomin Multi-Purpose Arena, and continued its winnings ways right through the finals to clinch this year's championship.
The team was lead by Lou Gardiner,…
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With more than half of Saskatchewan's land mass covered in forest, the men and women whose job it is to fight forest fires in the province have a huge responsibility.
In the past when forest fires broke out in Northern Saskatchewan, it was members of the areas First Nation and Metis communities that took on the challenge of fighting the blazes. That is still the case…
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With more than half of Saskatchewan's land mass covered in forest, the men and women whose job it is to fight forest fires in the province have a huge responsibility.
In the past when forest fires broke out in Northern Saskatchewan, it was members of the areas First Nation and Metis communities that took on the challenge of fighting the blazes. That is still the case…