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Native leaders, politicians, health experts and community service workers say the planned opening of an 11,000 square foot community centre in one of Saskatoon's poorest neighborhoods will provide a major boost for inner-city families who lack access to proper health care and recreational facilities.

"I'm very excited about this project," said Saskatchewan's Associate Health Minister Judy Junor, one of many dignitaries on hand to announce the project last month. "It's going to make a big difference in the lives of the children who live in this area."

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Native leaders, politicians, health experts and community service workers say the planned opening of an 11,000 square foot community centre in one of Saskatoon's poorest neighborhoods will provide a major boost for inner-city families who lack access to proper health care and recreational facilities.

"I'm very excited about this project," said Saskatchewan's Associate Health Minister Judy Junor, one of many dignitaries on hand to announce the project last month. "It's going to make a big difference in the lives of the children who live in this area."

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Nominations are now being accepted for the Saskatchewan Labour Force Development Board's (SLFDB) 6th annual Training for Excellence Awards, designed to recognize the best in workforce training within the province.

The awards will be given out in six categories: promotion of Aboriginal participation, promotion of equity participation, human resource planning, career laddering, basic skill development and educational partnerships.

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Nominations are now being accepted for the Saskatchewan Labour Force Development Board's (SLFDB) 6th annual Training for Excellence Awards, designed to recognize the best in workforce training within the province.

The awards will be given out in six categories: promotion of Aboriginal participation, promotion of equity participation, human resource planning, career laddering, basic skill development and educational partnerships.

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On Nov. 25, 1997, Isiah Halkett woke up to a morning that seemed to be much like any other.

Then his brother John called with an emergency. Some children had fallen through the river ice.

They ran down to the Montreal River at La Ronge and saw two young bodies floating in the water. Risking their lives, they and three other men - Stanley Ross, Roy Venne and Hubert Ross - went out on the ice, pulled the children in, and helped resuscitate them.

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On Nov. 25, 1997, Isiah Halkett woke up to a morning that seemed to be much like any other.

Then his brother John called with an emergency. Some children had fallen through the river ice.

They ran down to the Montreal River at La Ronge and saw two young bodies floating in the water. Risking their lives, they and three other men - Stanley Ross, Roy Venne and Hubert Ross - went out on the ice, pulled the children in, and helped resuscitate them.

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An RCMP inquiry into the deaths of two Native men on the outskirts of Saskatoon last month has convinced Saskatchewan's justice minister that more must be done to bridge the growing chasm between First Nations people and the province's police and justice systems.

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An RCMP inquiry into the deaths of two Native men on the outskirts of Saskatoon last month has convinced Saskatchewan's justice minister that more must be done to bridge the growing chasm between First Nations people and the province's police and justice systems.

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At an Assembly of First Nations confederacy meeting the first week of April, the chiefs called for a co-ordinated effort between themselves and the federal government to eradicate the social problems they say are imperiling the health of their people.

"Our people's health is in jeopardy. It is a national crisis that needs to be addressed now without further delay," said the assembly's vice chief for Quebec and Labrador, Ghislain Picard.

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At an Assembly of First Nations confederacy meeting the first week of April, the chiefs called for a co-ordinated effort between themselves and the federal government to eradicate the social problems they say are imperiling the health of their people.

"Our people's health is in jeopardy. It is a national crisis that needs to be addressed now without further delay," said the assembly's vice chief for Quebec and Labrador, Ghislain Picard.