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Saskatchewan Lends Helping Hand To Fire-Stricken Area In Manitoba |
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Written by Dave Sims
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:24 |
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Planes from Saskatchewan are being used to help fight fires in Manitoba.
For the past few days CV 580 airtankers have flown over a section of bush, north of Thompson, to release fire-retardant there.
Scott Wasylenchuk of Saskatchewan Environment says it's a fairly straight-forward plan of attack:
“We dispatch them out of here. They fly over, they get their instructions from the incident commander on that end. They drop their load and typically they return back to Saskatchewan.”
He explains recent rains in our province have dampened fire conditions here and freed up the aircraft for other uses.
At this point Manitoba has not asked for any ground crews.
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Female Duo Tours Canada Teaching Benefits Of "Decolonization" |
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Written by Fraser Needham
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013 16:50 |
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Tami Starlight and Vanessa Bui are traveling across Canada as part of the Decolonize and Anti-Oppression Workshop Tour, which stopped in Saskatoon on Monday night.
The tour began in late April, and the two have stopped in pretty much every major city between Vancouver and Halifax and are now on their way back home to the West coast.
Bui says when they discuss decolonization in the workshops, it requires unlearning past history.
“Decolonization is unlearning the history we’ve been taught and relearning the real history of Indigenous people in Canada and how that has affected them, but not just them, ourselves, every single person that lives in this colony,” she says.
Starlight adds the workshops have been gradually gathering support since they began hosting them.
“We’ve reached out to such a diverse amount of people in this colony called Canada and the workshops have been a tremendous success and we’re going to be continuing,” she says. “ The event took place at the Core Neighbourhood Co-op on 20th Street West. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 17:14 |
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New Brightwater Eco-Science and Indigenous Learning Centre Opens Its Doors |
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Written by Fraser Needham
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Monday, 10 June 2013 22:51 |
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A new Aboriginal learning centre got a little help from the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan on Monday morning.
Saskatoon Public Schools’ Brightwater Eco-Science and Indigenous Learning Centre officially opened its doors thanks to a $1 million dollar donation from PotashCorp.
Bruce Bradshaw, the superintendent of education for Saskatoon Public Schools, says the Brightwater site has significant Aboriginal history behind it.
“It was land that was part of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation,” he says. “I also know that Round Prairie Métis Village, as they were searching for a place to continue with their ways of living, they also set up their town site near this parcel of land.”
Bradshaw adds the PotashCorp grant covers the complete cost of the construction of the building with a little left over for programming.
The Brightwater site is located about 16 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon. |
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