U of R Freshmen To Get Helping Hand

U of R Freshmen To Get Helping Hand Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 13:41     Aboriginal students going to the University of Regina will have help in their first year.   The Aboriginal Student Centre (ASC) is holding orientation sessions this week to help pave the way...

Tourist Dies While Swimming At Otter Rapids

Tourist Dies While Swimming At Otter Rapids Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 12:05     A Regina man has drowned in northern Saskatchewan.   A 23-year-old man was out swimming in the bay near Otter Rapids yesterday afternoon when he and several friends decided to try to...

Ochapowace Loses Long-Time Chief

Ochapowace Loses Long-Time Chief Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 12:03     A wake has been scheduled for tomorrow on the Ochapowace First Nation after the sudden passing of Chief Denton George.   The long-time leader died suddenly on Sunday.   The band says his position...

Landless Band Feels Ignored By Ottawa

Landless Band Feels Ignored By Ottawa Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 12:00     The chief of the John Cochrane First Nation says he’s unhappy his band hasn’t been given any funding to help map out its traditional territory.   John Dorion says Ottawa is...

High Schoolers Learn How To Be Entrepreneurs

High Schoolers Learn How To Be Entrepreneurs Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 11:57     Ten Aboriginal high school students from across the province are at the First Nations University in Regina this week.   They’re participating in the first Aboriginal Youth...

Flu Forces Cancellation of Northern Water Event

Flu Forces Cancellation of Northern Water Event Monday, August 17, 2009 at 14:22     A major conference on preserving the waters of the Athabasca Basin has been postponed at the last minute, due to a confirmed case of the H1N1 flu in the host community of Hatchet...