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On Feb. 21, Chief Thomas Alexis held a news conference to announce a moratorium on new mining activities in Tl'ast'en Nation traditional territory.

The move was in response to the Nov. 30th failure of a containment dam at a mining site owned by Teck Cominco located next to an area lake.

The Tl'ast'en are using the incident to re-energize their assertion the community's health has been affected by mining activity at Pinchi Lake since the 1940s. The mine has been inactive since 1975.

"We want to make them accountable," said Alexis.

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The Indigenous Media Arts Group held its annual IMAGeNation Film and Video Festival in Vancouver Feb. 17 to 20, providing an opportunity to Aboriginal film-makers to screen their work while offering the movie-going public a chance to see the world from an Aboriginal perspective.

It's the seventh year IMAG has held the event. President Zoe Hopkins said this year was a banner year for Aboriginal film-makers, with no shortage of work for the festival to choose from to screen.

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The prospect of an international tournament, albeit just a three-team event, was enough to convince Blair Atcheynum to start playing hockey again.

Atcheynum is Cree and was born in Estevan. He played 12 years of professional hockey before retiring following the 2000-01 season.

During his professional career he played in a total of 232 National Hockey League games, enjoying stints with the Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators and Chicago Blackhawks.

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The prospect of an international tournament, albeit just a three-team event, was enough to convince Blair Atcheynum to start playing hockey again.

Atcheynum is Cree and was born in Estevan. He played 12 years of professional hockey before retiring following the 2000-01 season.

During his professional career he played in a total of 232 National Hockey League games, enjoying stints with the Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators and Chicago Blackhawks.

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Hockey fans in and around North Battleford should be in their glory during the weekend of March 25 to 27, with two high calibre hockey tournaments being played in the area.

The North Battleford Civic Centre will play host to the Battleford's Indian Metis Friendship Centre's 41st annual All Native Hockey Tournament, which over the years has also become know as the Native Stanley Cup.

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Hockey fans in and around North Battleford should be in their glory during the weekend of March 25 to 27, with two high calibre hockey tournaments being played in the area.

The North Battleford Civic Centre will play host to the Battleford's Indian Metis Friendship Centre's 41st annual All Native Hockey Tournament, which over the years has also become know as the Native Stanley Cup.

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A unique opportunity exists for Aboriginal young people to enjoy a cultural exchange and share it with a television audience. Road Scholars Productions Inc. is accepting applications in its Toronto office from students in grades 9 to 12 who want to travel, take pictures, and participate in a television productiont hat will be broadcast on APTN in 2006.

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A unique opportunity exists for Aboriginal young people to enjoy a cultural exchange and share it with a television audience. Road Scholars Productions Inc. is accepting applications in its Toronto office from students in grades 9 to 12 who want to travel, take pictures, and participate in a television productiont hat will be broadcast on APTN in 2006.

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The Regina Police Service (RPS) would like to increase the number of Aboriginal people it employs, both as police officers and within its civilian workforce.

Sgt. Lance Dudar is a recruiting officer with the RPS. He said that, given all of the negative press police departments across the country have been getting with regard to their dealings with Aboriginal people, the time is ripe for young Aboriginal people to get into policing.

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The Regina Police Service (RPS) would like to increase the number of Aboriginal people it employs, both as police officers and within its civilian workforce.

Sgt. Lance Dudar is a recruiting officer with the RPS. He said that, given all of the negative press police departments across the country have been getting with regard to their dealings with Aboriginal people, the time is ripe for young Aboriginal people to get into policing.