Betty Ann Adam
TheStarPhoenix.com
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Bridges cover: Don Kossick works for social justice
Bridges cover story: Don Kossick makes links between people from Saskatoon to Mozambique in a life mission of social justice and community development → Read More
Metis song shows need for Treaty education, vice chief says
A First Nations leader says some of the lyrics in an upbeat song of Metis pride show a need for more Treaty education. The country song by Beauval musicians Derek Maurice and Dean Gauthier declares, “We’re Metis. → Read More
Metis Nation, Ottawa sign historic agreement to negotiate
"All the years that the Metis have been left on the sidelines, for the first time, the federal government and ourselves ... have come to the point where real progress is being made." → Read More
Ten years for driver of stolen vehicle that killed three near Maidstone
A Saskatchewan man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a crash in a stolen vehicle that killed three Edmonton women on Highway 16 last fall. → Read More
RCMP, government target of missing and murdered Indigenous women class-action lawsuit
The RCMP’s inadequate response to many missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls cases has led some people to believe they can get away with murder, says Regina lawyer Tony Merchant. → Read More
Southend evacuation order lifted
An emergency clean air shelter is being outfitted with “air scrubbers” and cots in case smoke becomes a problem. → Read More
New Saskatoon bridge named for Chief Mistawasis
The bridge name recognizes Chief Mistawasis, a northern plains leader known for his hunting in what is now the Saskatoon area and also for his role in the 1876 Treaty 6 negotiations. → Read More
Regret, respect and reconciliation: The struggle of Taiwan's Indigenous peoples
“A lot of our people build a lot of beautiful houses, but they don’t have their own.” — legislator Ying Chen. → Read More
Sanctum Survivor weekend illuminates challenges of homelessness
My 36-hour glimpse of what it’s like to be homeless while coping with a physical limitation showed me how quickly pride can go out the window when barriers to necessities pile up. → Read More
Holocaust, Indian residential school survivors share common experiences
Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger and Indian residential school survivor Eugene Arcand both know the degradation of having their humanities reduced to an identification number. → Read More
Sanctum helps HIV-positive homeless people
Sanctum 1.5 will be Canada's first HIV and high-risk prenatal house focusing on women who are HIV positive and pregnant or pregnant and at high risk of contracting HIV. → Read More
Jail should review methadone program, help staff access medical records, inquest jury says
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre should make it easier for its medical unit staff to access inmates' health records, a coroner's jury recommends. → Read More
Autopsy didn't reveal cause of Gerald Burnouf's death in jail
Addictions expert Dr. Peter Butt told a coroner's inquest Wednesday he sees Gerald Burnouf's death as a result of systemic bias against people addicted to drugs. → Read More
Saskatoon jail changed policies after 2016 death of Gerald Burnouf
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre has changed the way it monitors inmates with medical problems since the 2016 death of Gerald Burnouf. → Read More
FSIN supports redress for forced sterilization
First Nations chiefs in Saskatchewan have agreed to work with Indigenous women who were coerced into having tubal ligations as they pursue justice. → Read More
Sask appeal court overturns conviction of Treaty First Nations hunter
The Government of Saskatchewan should stop wasting time and money prosecuting Treaty First Nations hunters for exercising their right to hunt, an Indigenous leader says after the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal overturned a lower court conviction. → Read More
Michael Ryan inquest jury calls for mouth checks in police detention
A coroner's jury has recommended that prisoners' mouths, ears and noses be checked when they are booked into the Saskatoon city police detention unit. → Read More
Indigenization at U of S sees more aboriginal faculty, students
Three years into the University of Saskatchewan's Indigenization, leaders are proud of steps taken but students are impatient for change. → Read More
Attempted murder linked to anger from residential school sexual abuse
Dale Ahpay's anger from childhood sexual assault at residential school flared in a Saskatoon gang shootout where he shot a man in the face → Read More
Bridges cover: Troy Cooper mixes law enforcement and learning
Saskatoon’s new police chief, Troy Cooper, "has a good understanding of the community and strong relationships with community partners," says longtime friend and colleague Dale McFee → Read More