Book Aims To Teach Youth About Culture, Traditions

Book Aims To Teach Youth About Culture, Traditions Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 12:16     Collaborators for a new book from the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre hope it will educate young First Nations people about their cultures and traditions.   The book,...

Sask. Liberals To Seek Aboriginal Input

Sask. Liberals To Seek Aboriginal Input Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 12:11     Aboriginal people will be invited to help develop Saskatchewan Liberal Party policies early next year, according to party leader Ryan Bater.   Bater says he’ll be visiting reserves...

AEDP Agreement Signed In The Battlefords

AEDP Agreement Signed In The Battlefords Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 12:10     A deal signed yesterday is designed to improve the job prospects for First Nations and Metis students in the Battlefords area.   Representatives of 12 groups signed an Aboriginal...

Northern Sask. Could Be Tourist Draw For Chinese

Northern Sask. Could Be Tourist Draw For Chinese Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 12:06     A Saskatchewan entrepreneur says he thinks the northern part of the province could someday become a frequent vacation spot for Chinese tourists.   Claude-Jean Harel of Great...

Northerners Prepped For Emergencies

Northerners Prepped For Emergencies Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 12:03     Northern communities have received more training on emergency preparedness.   A number of northern Saskatchewan emergency coordinators and community leaders got together in Prince Albert...

Northern Leaders Upset By Cabinet’s No-Show

Northern Leaders Upset By Cabinet’s No-Show Monday, December 07, 2009 at 12:21     A northern Saskatchewan leader says she’s disappointed no one from the provincial government is attending this week’s annual New North gathering in Prince Albert.  ...

Concerns About FNUC Finances Will Be Reviewed

Concerns About FNUC Finances Will Be Reviewed Monday, December 07, 2009 at 12:10     Concerns raised by a senior First Nations University of Canada’s financial official who left the institution this past week will be reviewed by an external auditor.   Clarence...

Court Hearing Begins For Former FNUC V-P

Court Hearing Begins For Former FNUC V-P Monday, December 07, 2009 at 12:06     The preliminary hearing of a former administrator with the First Nations University of Canada begins today in Regina.   Last year, former vice-president Wes Stevenson was charged with...

MLTC Gets Information Technology Funding Boost

MLTC Gets Information Technology Funding Boost Monday, December 07, 2009 at 12:04     The Meadow Lake Tribal Council has been given $2.2-million from the federal government to create jobs in the information technology sector.   The government says the funds will not...

FNUC Financial Official Not Fired: Pratt

FNUC Financial Official Not Fired: Pratt Friday, December 04, 2009 at 17:11     The president of the First Nations University of Canada maintains the latest official to leave the institution was not fired.   Charles Pratt says Murray Westerlund was also not an...