Saskatchewan Sage

Registered dietician and Healthy Eating Coordinator at
the North West Company(NWC) main office in Winnipeg, Suzanne Hajto, said an idea of providing a healthy eating program is a way NWC actively supports health and nutrition within northern communities to promote a healthier environment.

By establishing initiatives in the store, the customers are at a benefit, she added.

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Parks Canada officials have decided to stop using the word ‘siege’ in describing their annual re-enactment of 1885 events at Fort Battleford.

“Parks Canada and I have made a mutual commitment to pursue a collaborative approach to retelling the events of 1885 at North Battleford,” stated Poundmaker band member Tyrone Tootoosis, who originally voiced protest against the term he deemed…

Either way you look at it, if you’re First Nations, live in Saskatchewan, and use tobacco, you are going to pay more.

According to the provincial government, they imposed
new restrictions on the amount of tax-free tobacco available to status Indians in an attempt to recover millions of dollars lost due to illegal smuggling and black marketing of tobacco.

The move came into…

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Chief Guy Lonechild is demanding First Nations people get a piece of Saskatchewan’s pink-gold.

“First Nations deserve a share in the revenue of potash,” he said. “The treaties are alive and well and natural resources need to be shared.”

Potash has made international headlines recently over BHP’s attempt at a hostile take-over of…

Northern First Nations agree to oil exploration

Four northern Saskatchewan First Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding in November that allows them to partake in new opportunities within the oil sector.

Chiefs of the Buffalo River Dene Nation, Canoe Lake Cree, Cold Lake First Nation, and Waterhen Lake First Nation have all agreed to a business venture that…

A grand opening on Nov. 5 celebrated the creation of a new 25,000 square foot facility by the Saskatoon airport that houses aircraft programs for the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies (SIIT) and Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Sciences and Technologies (SIAST).
“We feel we are standing in a new building that offers a promise for many young people in Saskatchewan,” said SIIT…

Jeff Ross eventually wants to return to the coaching ranks.

But before doing that the 25-year-old has resumed his own volleyball playing career.

Ross, who is of Dene ancestry from the English River First Nation, is in his first year of playing for the University of British Columbia men’s volleyball squad.
Though this is his first year with the UBC Thunderbirds, Ross, who grew…

It is unrealistic to expect a five-year mandate to deal with 150 years of stress and seven or eight generations of residential school, stated Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC) Chair Justice Murray Sinclair at a Sept. 28 address to a six-person senate.

Already in year two, Sinclair and Commissioners Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild said their findings are only the…

Students at the Saskatchewan Institute of Indian Technologies(SIIT) are happy to be settling into their new building in Regina.

“I don’t know how we managed in that small space,” said business administration student Maureen Jory, referring to the previous building their campus was housed in.
With growing enrollment, the Regina campus of the adult education institute moved from its…

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) announced ten new Aboriginal student scholarship awards for 2010 with recipients hailing from locations all across the country, including one from Saskatchewan.

“Training and education helps lay the groundwork for the future success of Aboriginal youth in the Canadian workforce,” said Phil Fontaine, Special Advisor to RBC. “The Aboriginal Student Awards…

Sasipenita held their annual fundraising luncheon October 1 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Saskatoon, with major sponsor being the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) and additional support coming from the Saskatoon Police Service, Saskatoon Community Youth Art Program, Eagle Feather News, and Ernie Scoles Fine Art and Framing.

Sasipenita (Cree for ‘never give up’) is working…

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Vice-Chief Lyle Whitefish is strongly opposed to the federal long gun registry which barely survived a vote in the House of Commons this past week.

He stated in an FSIN release that the registry would impose  “unjust criminal code violations against First Nations hunters.”

Along with other FSIN leaders, Whitefish calls on the…

The Métis Nation of Saskatchewan (MNS) has partnered with the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) and the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) to develop a research survey about Métis health and well-being.
“The research was community based using the oral aspect of Métis culture to develop the research,” said Dr. Vivian Ramsden, associate professor in the research department at the U…

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is travelling across the country to study how First Nations schools can improve educational outcomes so students achieve greater success rates.

At the Office of the Treaty Commissioner on October 4, committee chair and Senator Gerry St. Germain, along with Senator Lillian Dyck, met with reporters to field questions and share…

Métis regions target economic development
The Métis Nation-Saskatchewan announced on Oct. 1, they signed an agreement with Cameco and Areva to create a working group focussed on workforce and community development, community engagement and investment, and regulatory and government relations.
Specific areas included in the agreement are the Northern Regions I, II, and III…