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Youth today face many obstacles and tough decisions in their day-to-day lives. On Dec. 16 a group of more than 250 students gathered in Yorkton to listen to the words of someone who has been exactly where they are today, and knows the price to be paid when the choices made are the wrong ones.
"I lived the life I talk to the kids about," said Lee Robert Mason, who is with…
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Sturgeon Lake First Nation is appealing a recent court judgement that struck down a provincial government policy requiring band approval before First Nations children in care can be put up for adoption.
The Dec. 10 ruling by Madame Justice Jacelyn Ann Ryan-Froslie of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench found that the province's policy contravened the Canadian Charter…
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For the past six years Glen McCallum has been using his own experience with addictions and healing to help other people come to terms with their pasts and their problems and to chart their own course toward wellness.
McCallum is president and counsellor associate at Building A Nation Inc., an organization that provides counselling services in the Saskatoon area. But…
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There's no shortabe of reasons why driving after you've had a few drinks is a bad idea. The main one, of course, is that any time you drive when your ability to do so is impaired, you're risking your own life and the lives of others.
There are also serious legal implications if you get caught drinking and driving.
In Saskatchewan, if you are found to be driving…
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With the holiday season fast approaching, festive spirits will no doubt be flowing. With that in mind, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has launched its Project Red Ribbon campaign, which will run from Nov. 1 to Jan. 3.
MADD is asking drivers to "Tie One on for Safety" by attaching a red ribbon onto a visible location on their vehicle to remind other drivers to drive…
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Drew Ross never forgets a voice. He's at the Prince Albert Wal-Mart store, helping the Salvation Army by ringing a set of bells and thanking people who drop a donation in the Christmas kettle. Many of the shoppers greet Drew by name and he responds in kind. The 23-year-old Lac La Ronge Indian Band member has a whole lot of names to keep track of, since his outgoing personality…
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A working life devoted to protecting and enhancing his community has garnered a Regina police officer a prestigious award from an Aboriginal organization.
At the end of October Women of the Dawn presented Regina Police Services (RPS) Cpl. Jim Pratt with an award honoring his service to Saskatchewan's Aboriginal community.
"I was very honoured to receive that," said…
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Members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) now have an opportunity to own their own homes, thanks to a unique housing program designed to tackle the problem of housing shortages on reserve.
Members of the LLRIB are spread out among six communities-La Ronge, Hall Lake, Sucker River, Grandmother's Bay, Stanley Mission and Little Red River reserve-with a total on-reserve…
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Following the lead of the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) the Saskatchewan government announced on Nov. 29 that 2005 will be the Year of First Nations and Metis Women.
The MLA for Kelvington-Wadina, June Draude, introduced the bill to the legislature with the support of members from the PAGC and FSIN who attended…
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Eleven-and-a-half years after the Saulteaux First Nation signed a Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement Agreement with the provincial government, the First Nation finally has an urban reserve.
"I'am proud to say our hard work has finally come to an end," Saulteaux Chief Brian Moccasin said when creation of the new reserve was officially announced on Nov. 19. "For over a…
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When Dwayne Roth walked from Saskatoon to Regina in November and declared the beginning of a modern day Metis rebellion, a number of Metis people apparently took what he said to heart.
Roth, the president of the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS), made his statements, and his 250-kilometre journey, to protest the provincial government's decision to suspend its funding of the…
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Five men and one woman have been charged in connection with the abduction and murder of a 44-year-old Regina man.
Wayne Gerald Friday was found dead in a wooded area on Muscowpetung First Nation on Nov. 20. Friday had been assaulted and abducted from his home in Regina earlier that day.
Charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping and first-degree murder are 21-year-…
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While classes have resumed at Payepot school, it will be a long time before school life returns to normal.
Two groups of protestors left the school on Nov. 10, ending a month-long sit-in that disrupted classes and divided the community.
One group, which originally started the protest, demanded an end to the school's modified learning curriculum, while another group…
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According to a recent poll, most Canadians do not consider improving the quality of life of Aboriginal Canadians to be a high priority for the federal government.
"It's a reflection of what the future holds," said Lorena Fontaine, professor of Indigenous studies at the First Nations University of Canada's Regina campus. "Unless the issues are definitely affecting the…
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Just under 16 per cent of Canadian children-more than one million-live in poverty. Among Aboriginal children living off-reserve, that percentage jumps to 40 per cent. These staggering figures are only part of the story told by a recent report by Campaign 2000, a non-partisan organization formed in 1991 to build public awareness and support in the fight to eliminate child poverty…