Metis Author Reflects On Popularity Of Book Of Short Stories

by | Jun 6, 2014

It’s been a pretty good year so far for Lisa Bird-Wilson. The Saskatoon Métis author is the recipient of four Saskatchewan book awards for her collection of short fiction stories, Just Pretending. Bird-Wilson was also given a YWCA women of distinction award last...

UPDATED-Sask MP Relates To Moncton Police Shooting

by | Jun 5, 2014

A police shooting in New Brunswick is bringing back painful memories for one Saskatchewan MP. Moncton RCMP concluded a 30-hour manhunt for 24-year-old Justin Bourque with his arrest early Friday morning after three officers were shot and killed and two injured...

Ten Per Cent Of U Of S Spring Graduates Aboriginal

by | Jun 5, 2014

Leighanne Gardipy is one of 358 Aboriginal students graduating from the University of Saskatchewan this week. Gardipy is receiving a degree in law and is also a recipient of the DIVA Foundation scholarship and the Canadian Bar Association’s Saskatchewan Branch award...

Police Rule Out Foul Play In Death Of Ochapawace Teen

by | Jun 4, 2014

The RCMP have ruled out foul play in the death of a teenager from the Ochapawace First Nation. The body of 17-year-old Kelly Allary was discovered by his sister in Round Lake on the weekend, not far from where he disappeared. He had been reported missing last month...

Last World War Two Navajo “Code Talker” Passes Away

by | Jun 4, 2014

The last of the 29 Navajos who developed an unbreakable code that helped win World War Two has died. Chester Nez, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died this morning of kidney failure. He was 93. Judy Avila, who helped Nez write his memoirs, says Nez’s death came...