Canoe Lake youth walk promotes healthy, drug-free lifestyles
A group of youth in the Canoe Lake Cree Nation is looking to take their community back from the ravages of drugs and alcohol.
The local “Reclaiming our Community” walk was held earlier this week to promote positive, healthy and drug-free lifestyles.
“There’s been people smoking weed and there’s been older people getting into drugs like meth and crack and coke,” 17-year-old Kahley Iron, one of the teens who took part in the walk, said.
She said COVID-19 checkpoints in Canoe Lake are monitoring for alcohol but are not always catching some of the drugs coming into the community.
PRINCE ALBERT The Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) is hoping to inspire Indigenous businesses through its future bioenergy centre. The centre, located near the MLTC’s NorSask Sawmill, has been under construction for one year. It will create carbon-neutral green power using waste wood. It’s expected to create 6.6 megawatts of baseload electricity to power about 5,000 homes in MLTC communities. All of the proceeds will go to recreation and youth centres. “I see it as a sense of ownership for our community members right now and also showing the province and also Canada that we’re economic drivers,” said MLTC Chief Richard Ben.
Gov. says Iron arrested on outstanding warrants, no comment on racial comments allegations towards CO
The Environment Ministry is shedding new light on accusations of racial comments made by a Sask. Conservation Officer towards a First Nations hunter.
Ministry officials confirm that a CO encountered Darcy Iron of the Canoe Lake Cree Nation on Dec. 30, while he was hunting with two children.
“As part of a normal field check, the officer learned that Mr. Iron had outstanding warrants, and that he was prohibited from possessing firearms,” said the Ministry in a statement. “Mr. Iron was subsequently arrested and the firearms were seized, as required by law.”
A Canoe Lake Cree Nation hunter is alleging that a Conservation Officer was racially biased against him following a recent hunt.
Darcy Iron said he was hunting near Humboldt with his two children ages 11 and 9 when he was approached by a CO, who checked his firearms and left without further incident.
While returning to Humboldt, he was stopped by the same officer. Iron claims his guns were seized and he was physically detained in the back of the CO’s vehicle for over an hour, while his young children were left alone in his vehicle.
“While I was in his car, the CO said ‘You guys are always driving around shooting out your windows and ruining things for everyone,’”
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.