BTC Buys Naming Rights For New Boys and Girls Club Building

A new facility for the Boys and Girls Club in the Battlefords could soon be named after the Battlefords Tribal Council. BTC has paid $250,000 to get the naming rights for the $1.4-million building. The club, which serves an average of 102 kids a day, provides a safe...

Man Charged With Murder Following Suspicious Death Of Toddler

A 32-year-old Regina man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl. Shortly before 9 a.m. yesterday, police received a call about a possibly dead child at a house in the 600 block of Garnet Street. The child, identified...

Group Uses National Aboriginal Day To Draw Attention To Racism

The head of the Saskatchewan Coalition Against Racism says Canada’s Aboriginal people have much to be proud of and much to celebrate — but he says there is still too much tragedy, shame, and marginalization of First Nations people. Bob Hughes used the...

Healing Powers Of Aboriginal Medicine Focus Of Study

Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan will partner with Aboriginal leaders to explore the power of culture to heal addictions. A team has been awarded $1.2 million to examine the practice of traditional First Nations culture as a healing force within...

Police Chief Responds To Complaints Of Racial Profiling

The chief of the Saskatoon Police Service says being questioned by an officer doesn’t mean you are being racially profiled. On Saturday, Clive Weighill attended an Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan meeting in Saskatoon where the thorny subject of...

New App Allows People To Text In Their Aboriginal Language

A new texting app for Facebook Chat and Google Talk is now available for Aboriginal people wanting to communicate in their original language. FirstVoices Chat has been released after about ten years of preparation by the First People’s Cultural Council in...