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My wife, Trisha, has been in a bit of a twist for a few days now. Tonight, she is speaking in Saskatoon at the first annual Aboriginal Commerce Graduation. Several of the graduating students have been teasing her about how emotional she can get. She's always telling me that those tears are her strength, but she's worried enough about getting too emotional tonight that she has sat and written down her words. After reading them, I asked to borrow them for my column. These are her words:

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My wife, Trisha, has been in a bit of a twist for a few days now. Tonight, she is speaking in Saskatoon at the first annual Aboriginal Commerce Graduation. Several of the graduating students have been teasing her about how emotional she can get. She's always telling me that those tears are her strength, but she's worried enough about getting too emotional tonight that she has sat and written down her words. After reading them, I asked to borrow them for my column. These are her words:

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Dear Editor:

This viewpoint is in response to recent incidents that highlight why Americans refer to Saskatchewan as the "Mississippi of the North."

The primary incident occurred on Jan. 28 in Saskatoon. An Aboriginal man was picked up by police, deprived of his jacket and abandoned in sub-zero temperature at an isolated location outside the city. Around the same time, the frozen corpses of two other Aboriginal men were found in the same area.

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Dear Editor:

This viewpoint is in response to recent incidents that highlight why Americans refer to Saskatchewan as the "Mississippi of the North."

The primary incident occurred on Jan. 28 in Saskatoon. An Aboriginal man was picked up by police, deprived of his jacket and abandoned in sub-zero temperature at an isolated location outside the city. Around the same time, the frozen corpses of two other Aboriginal men were found in the same area.

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Organizations are waking up to the large population of Aboriginal youth and are realizing their untapped potential.

Aboriginal youth came informed and ready to step into their future at the Leadership: Choices 2000+ Youth Career Symposium held in Saskatoon at the Prairieland Exhibition on May 10 and 11. Overwhelming support from more than 80 businesses offered displays and workshops to 2,500 youth throughout the symposium.

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Organizations are waking up to the large population of Aboriginal youth and are realizing their untapped potential.

Aboriginal youth came informed and ready to step into their future at the Leadership: Choices 2000+ Youth Career Symposium held in Saskatoon at the Prairieland Exhibition on May 10 and 11. Overwhelming support from more than 80 businesses offered displays and workshops to 2,500 youth throughout the symposium.

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Have you ever watched a six-year-old wrestle with a grilled cheese sandwich? He'll eat out the middle, get cheese on each cheek - then gradually work outward to the crust. Between bites, there's time to spoon in a scoop of hot vegetable soup, slurp some milk, dribbling a little on the chin. He finishes up with some slippery orange jello, wipes his sleeve across his face, beams a big toothless grin, slides off the chair, out the door and back to school . . . belly full.

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Have you ever watched a six-year-old wrestle with a grilled cheese sandwich? He'll eat out the middle, get cheese on each cheek - then gradually work outward to the crust. Between bites, there's time to spoon in a scoop of hot vegetable soup, slurp some milk, dribbling a little on the chin. He finishes up with some slippery orange jello, wipes his sleeve across his face, beams a big toothless grin, slides off the chair, out the door and back to school . . . belly full.

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A member of the Okanese First Nation is one of eight young Canadians to receive a prestigious journalism scholarship from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Connie Walker, a student at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, will receive one of eight Joan Donaldson Newsworld Scholarships offered by CBC Newsworld.

Walker gets a four-month summer job working at CBC Halifax, which started May 1, along with a $2,000 award.

"Journalism is a really exciting field," Walker said. "It's very important to have more Aboriginal people in journalism."

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A member of the Okanese First Nation is one of eight young Canadians to receive a prestigious journalism scholarship from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Connie Walker, a student at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, will receive one of eight Joan Donaldson Newsworld Scholarships offered by CBC Newsworld.

Walker gets a four-month summer job working at CBC Halifax, which started May 1, along with a $2,000 award.

"Journalism is a really exciting field," Walker said. "It's very important to have more Aboriginal people in journalism."