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Saskatchewan is facing a severe shortage of qualified truck drivers. The situation is so bad, in fact, that a pilot project has been launched to bring 180 long-haul truck drivers over from England to work in Saskatchewan.
While this shortage is a problem for the province's trucking industry, it's an opportunity for people wanting to train to become drivers.
Hank…
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Saskatchewan is facing a severe shortage of qualified truck drivers. The situation is so bad, in fact, that a pilot project has been launched to bring 180 long-haul truck drivers over from England to work in Saskatchewan.
While this shortage is a problem for the province's trucking industry, it's an opportunity for people wanting to train to become drivers.
Hank…
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Will it be the 'Y' dialect or the 'TH' dialect? Which school would host it?
These and other questions were bounced around as educators, parents and Elders met to shape the future of a Cree Language program being proposed by the Saskatoon School Board aimed at children in kindergarten to Grade 3.
About 25 people, including representatives from the school board,…
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Will it be the 'Y' dialect or the 'TH' dialect? Which school would host it?
These and other questions were bounced around as educators, parents and Elders met to shape the future of a Cree Language program being proposed by the Saskatoon School Board aimed at children in kindergarten to Grade 3.
About 25 people, including representatives from the school board,…
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Ted Nolan has a favourite story about the Buffalo Sabres's Alexi Zhitnik asking Nolan, his coach, if he'd ever seen the movie Dances With Wolves. Nolan, an Ojibway from Ontario, said he had.
Do you know any medicine men, asked Zhitnik? Other teams have gurus and Buddhas and such to help them, so maybe the Sabres could get some help from Aboriginal spirits, suggested the…
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Ted Nolan has a favourite story about the Buffalo Sabres's Alexi Zhitnik asking Nolan, his coach, if he'd ever seen the movie Dances With Wolves. Nolan, an Ojibway from Ontario, said he had.
Do you know any medicine men, asked Zhitnik? Other teams have gurus and Buddhas and such to help them, so maybe the Sabres could get some help from Aboriginal spirits, suggested the…
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A diverse group of presenters and participants gathered at St. Mary's high school in Prince Albert to take part in an interagency conference designed to give those involved in youth development an opportunity to come together to learn, share and develop relationships.
Our Youth: Their Future was the theme of the conference organized by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC…
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A diverse group of presenters and participants gathered at St. Mary's high school in Prince Albert to take part in an interagency conference designed to give those involved in youth development an opportunity to come together to learn, share and develop relationships.
Our Youth: Their Future was the theme of the conference organized by the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC…
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Saskatchewan's first substance abuse treatment centre for Aboriginal people is closing its doors, but will re-open within a year as a treatment centre for Aboriginal youth.
The New Dawn Valley Centre accepted its last patient for treatment in mid-February, and is now in the process of winding down its operations, said Dean Bellegarde, the chairman of the centre's board of…
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Saskatchewan's first substance abuse treatment centre for Aboriginal people is closing its doors, but will re-open within a year as a treatment centre for Aboriginal youth.
The New Dawn Valley Centre accepted its last patient for treatment in mid-February, and is now in the process of winding down its operations, said Dean Bellegarde, the chairman of the centre's board of…
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March is National Nutrition Month, and dieticians across Canada are trying to get the word out to go the healthy route-eat well, live well and feel great. It's nothing new, but remains the best health advice out there.
Gail Marchessault, assistant professor at the department of Human Nutritional Sciences at the University of Manitoba, believes this message is especially…
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March is National Nutrition Month, and dieticians across Canada are trying to get the word out to go the healthy route-eat well, live well and feel great. It's nothing new, but remains the best health advice out there.
Gail Marchessault, assistant professor at the department of Human Nutritional Sciences at the University of Manitoba, believes this message is especially…
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People young and old from across the province joined in celebrating the tradition of storytelling during Aboriginal Storytelling Week, held from Feb. 7 to 14.
This year's festivities were officially launched Feb. 7 at the Willow Cree Education Complex on Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation.
Students from kindergarten to Grade 12 were treated to the sounds of drummers…
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People young and old from across the province joined in celebrating the tradition of storytelling during Aboriginal Storytelling Week, held from Feb. 7 to 14.
This year's festivities were officially launched Feb. 7 at the Willow Cree Education Complex on Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation.
Students from kindergarten to Grade 12 were treated to the sounds of drummers…
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Montreal Lake Cree Nation Chief Ritchie Bird said the community is "saddened and shocked" by the shooting deaths of three community members in the early morning hours of March 2.
The victims-one woman and two men-have been identified as 19-year-old Farro Bird, 27-year-old Greg Naytowhow and 19-year-old Kerry Naytowhow. Their bodies were found at three separate locations…