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Posted: Jan 31, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 31
KDM Constructors now employs more than 70 people on construction sites across Saskatchewan. The company is jointly owned by three First Nations and another construction company.(Supplied by KDM Constructors)
Pat Laliberte starts work at 4 a.m., climbing into the truck and driving the water wherever it s needed.
His company, KDM Constructors, is contracted to haul water and help with construction at the BHP Jansen potash mine east of Saskatoon.
KDM Constructors is a unique partnership that s creating jobs and wealth for First Nations people. Laliberte has worked on job sites across Saskatchewan and Alberta, but the Canoe Lake Cree Nation band member said working for a First Nations-controlled company means a lot to him.
Posted: Jan 20, 2021 6:13 AM CT | Last Updated: January 20
Rachel Smith and her husband (not pictured) have five children of their own. But when her sister died on Christmas Eve, Smith took in six of her nieces and nephews. An online fundraising campaign has raised nearly $5,000 for the funeral and children s expenses.(Submitted by Rachel Smith)
A Saskatoon woman says she s honouring her sister s dying wish.
Regina mom Cheryl Kay was admitted to a Regina hospital in December following a series of seizures related to low electrolytes. She was eventually placed on life support, and died Christmas Eve.
In the days before she fell into the coma, she asked her sister Rachel Smith to care for her children if she didn t survive.