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Indigenous entrepreneurs hope to bridge their culture and Fort McMurray with trading network

A passion for sharing their culture has inspired two Indigenous entrepreneurs to create a trading network open to everyone in the Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo area.

Costs of climate change are soaring in Canada, yet still barely understood: report

10:14 Dec 03, 2020 LJI-BC-CLIMATE-COSTS-REPORT Costs of climate change are soaring in Canada, yet still barely understood: report By: Carl Meyer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Source: National Observer We don’t know nearly enough about what th

'Productive' pioneer

Edna Lenora Perry broke stained-glass ceilings. And in doing so, she sunk a church floor — at least, that’s what attendees at Edna’s ordination ceremony whispered to one another when the wood flooring gave way at St.
Sask. records 55th COVID-19 related death

Sask. records 55th COVID-19 related death

There are 283 new cases Friday, with 126 in hospital
National Indigenous health research leader honoured with SHRF Achievement Award

National Indigenous health research leader honoured with SHRF Achievement Award

SASKATOON – A prominent national leader, visionary and researcher in Indigenous health—Carrie Bourassa of the University of Saskatchewan (USask)—was honoured with an Achievement Award from the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) today.
Nurse texts dad, asking for ventilators, and a prototype is together in six days

Nurse texts dad, asking for ventilators, and a prototype is together in six days

Saskatoon– A few days after the global pandemic was declared, Jim Boire got a text from his daughter. Rebecca Erker, a Royal University Hospital intensive care unit nurse. She is working on her PhD with the respiratory research centre in Saskatoon.
First Nations group calls for resignation of Saskatchewan’s minister of corrections

First Nations group calls for resignation of Saskatchewan’s minister of corrections

The Congress of Aboriginals Peoples (CAP) is calling on the resignation of Saskatchewan’s Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Christine Tell. More than 100 inmates at Saskatoon Correctional Centre have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Saskatchewan RCMP Proactive Recruiting Team invites you to register

The Saskatchewan RCMP Proactive Recruiting Team invites you to register

For upcoming virtual recruiting events

GSSD notes from Nov. 19

Good Spirit School Division (GSSD) held their regular meeting of the board for November via Zoom on Thursday, November 19th.
Be safe - avoid thin ice

Be safe - avoid thin ice

With the arrival of colder temperatures, the Government of Saskatchewan reminds everyone to make sure that ice is safe and thick enough before walking or driving on it. Ice thickness depends on the particular waterbody and the local conditions.
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