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A partnership between First Nations, government, business and other forest stakeholders is providing an integrated approach to sustainable forestry development in Saskatchewan.

The Prince Albert Model Forest (PAMF) is comprised of 367 hectares of forest, located 70 km north of Prince Albert. Included in the model forest area are lands licenced to Weyerhaeuser Canada, as well as lands of the Montreal Lake and Lac La Ronge Indian Bands, and lands included within Prince Albert National Park and Candle Lake Provincial Park.

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A partnership between First Nations, government, business and other forest stakeholders is providing an integrated approach to sustainable forestry development in Saskatchewan.

The Prince Albert Model Forest (PAMF) is comprised of 367 hectares of forest, located 70 km north of Prince Albert. Included in the model forest area are lands licenced to Weyerhaeuser Canada, as well as lands of the Montreal Lake and Lac La Ronge Indian Bands, and lands included within Prince Albert National Park and Candle Lake Provincial Park.

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More than 32,000 people were injured at work in Saskatchewan in 1999 and approximately 25 per cent of those injuries were suffered by workers under the age of 25 years, Saskatchewan Labour reports.

Workplace injuries are no small matter - 800,000 people across Canada are killed or injured on the job each year. As part of the fight against this dangerous, painful and expensive state of affairs, the provincial government has designated April 28 as the Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job.

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A conference designed to help Aboriginal communities in Saskatchewan develop injury prevention programs will be held in Saskatoon May 17 to 19 at the Ramada Hotel & Golf Dome.

The "Taking on your own Injury Prevention" conference is being co-ordinated by the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Injury Prevention Program (SAIPP), a new organization still in its formative stages.

Barb Ahenakew is chairperson of SAIPP, and coordinator for the conference.

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A conference designed to help Aboriginal communities in Saskatchewan develop injury prevention programs will be held in Saskatoon May 17 to 19 at the Ramada Hotel & Golf Dome.

The "Taking on your own Injury Prevention" conference is being co-ordinated by the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Injury Prevention Program (SAIPP), a new organization still in its formative stages.

Barb Ahenakew is chairperson of SAIPP, and coordinator for the conference.

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Rinks led by Marshall Bear of Little Pine and Lena Dubray of Beauval ended the four-day National Aboriginal Curling Championships with victories on April 24, outlasting competition from across Canada to claim their respective titles at Saskatoon's Granite Club.

Bear's foursome knocked off the home town Maynard Whitehead rink 8-6 to claim the men's championship. Dubray's team edged a Winnipeg foursome led by skip Loretta Meade 8-7 to earn the women's title.

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Rinks led by Marshall Bear of Little Pine and Lena Dubray of Beauval ended the four-day National Aboriginal Curling Championships with victories on April 24, outlasting competition from across Canada to claim their respective titles at Saskatoon's Granite Club.

Bear's foursome knocked off the home town Maynard Whitehead rink 8-6 to claim the men's championship. Dubray's team edged a Winnipeg foursome led by skip Loretta Meade 8-7 to earn the women's title.

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Meadow Lake Tribal Council athletes piled up the points to give their team its third straight overall title at the 2000 Saskatchewan First Nation Winter Games, held this year in Saskatoon.

Eugene Arcand, the games manager, had little trouble describing how he felt the games turned out.

"An overwhelming success," said Arcand on the final day. "In all ways. Organizationally, culturally, in terms of emotionally . . . it's just been a great event."

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Meadow Lake Tribal Council athletes piled up the points to give their team its third straight overall title at the 2000 Saskatchewan First Nation Winter Games, held this year in Saskatoon.

Eugene Arcand, the games manager, had little trouble describing how he felt the games turned out.

"An overwhelming success," said Arcand on the final day. "In all ways. Organizationally, culturally, in terms of emotionally . . . it's just been a great event."

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When the Thunderchild First Nation was moved from Delmas, the community was given land on the water at Turtle Lake so the people could fish. The lake is in the shape of a turtle but there are no turtles in it (at least we haven't seen any).