Police Chief Responds To Complaints Of Racial Profiling

by | Jun 20, 2012

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

by | Jun 20, 2012

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...

Two Saskatchewan Women Named NAHO Role Models

by | Jun 20, 2012

A woman from the Thunderchild First Nation has been named one of 12 national Aboriginal role models for 2012. Audrey Armstrong is taking the role very seriously.  She has already visited several First Nations in Saskatchewan telling students how education has changed...

University of Saskatchewan And GDI Renew SUNTEP Agreement

by | Jun 19, 2012

The Gabriel Dumont Institute is renewing ties with the University of Saskatchewan. Officials from GDI and the university’s College of Education have signed a five-year agreement. GDI executive director Jordy McCaffrey says the school’s training program for...

Health Summit Hosted By Tribal Council To Focus On HIV/AIDS

by | Jun 19, 2012

The File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council is concerned about the rising number of HIV/AIDS cases — a subject that will get a lot of attention over the next two days at a health summit it is hosting. Executive director Gail Boehme says her region recorded 25...

Northern Dene Youth Preparing To Canoe On Unfamiliar Waters

by | Jun 19, 2012

Sixteen youth from the Clearwater River Dene Nation are preparing for a major trek through an Alberta river system. Chief Roy Cheecham says they are taking the kids from Rocky Mountain House up to Edmonton. Ten canoes and a safety boat will be used to make the 320-km...