Conference inspires future leaders

Former NHL coach and pro hockey player Ted Nolan was in Yellowknife last week as a special guest at The Right Choice, a sport leadership youth conference organized by the Aboriginal Sport Circle of the Western Arctic (ASCWA).
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Province boosts funding for Aboriginal ActNow

The Province is almost doubling funding for the Honour Your Health Challenge to $1.4 million this year, supporting Aboriginal leaders to establish and lead healthy living initiatives in their communities, announced Mary Polak, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport.
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VANOC campaign promotes aboriginal athletes

A Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee poster campaign promoting talented young aboriginal athletes has been so successful that a second edition is in the works - but the chances are slim that any of those featured will reach the podium by 2010.
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Tri-sport tourney to benefit First Nations children

When we think of low income towns and cities in the more southerly parts of Ontario there are at least some programs and or means of obtaining access to recreation programs for children. This is not the case in Kasabonik.

This has prompted me to organize an initiative that I have called P. L. a. A. Y. O. N (Promoting Leisure among Aboriginal Youth in Ontario's North) that will be used to develop recreational activities on reserves in Ontario.

The first event, from which P. L. a. A. Y. O. N. will benefit is a tri-sport tournament that will be held on Sept. 21 beginning at 9 a. m. at Fellowes High School.

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Challenging a nation to hit the gym

Phil Fontaine, 63, is the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. At the AFN's annual general assembly in mid-July, he challenged first nation chiefs across Canada to commit to three months of daily physical activity. "One of the reasons for the challenge is to promote the idea of good health," he said. "We know that first nations experience diabetes at three times the rate of the general Canadian population, and so I'm hoping leadership will set an example through their participation in this challenge."
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New Brunswick should be proud of its success: MLA Ed Doherty

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An example off the field, too

Josh Sacobie knows all about scrambling to get out of trouble on the football field. As a counsellor to aboriginal youth, he attempted to tutor others this summer on how to avoid trouble.
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