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Youthful aboriginal population vital to success
Statistics Canada's release this week of the results of the 2006 census related to aboriginal people made news headlines, but for us the numbers were what we expected. In fact, the statistics were greeted with a collective yawn because we know we are a young and rapidly growing population in the midst of a transition to urban life.
According to the census, aboriginal people are the fastest growing group in Canada. Our population has topped one million nationally and increased 28 per cent provincially in the past decade, compared to a decrease of six per cent for the rest of Saskatchewan.
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Legion commander urges members to spread the word
At a time when some veterans organizations are struggling with declining interest and membership, the American Legion has held fast and is even growing in many parts of the country. Its national commander thinks he knows why. “We are doing the right things, at the right time, to fill vets' needs," Martin “Marty" Conatser told about 60 Legion and Legion Auxiliary members who greeted him during a lunch visit to Hutchinson Post 96 on Wednesday.
Prior to speaking in Hutchinson, Conatser visited posts in Olivia and Stewart. His visit to Hutchinson was arranged by Post 96's Roger Olson, who served as Minnesota's Legion commander in 1997-98, the same year Conatser was Illinois state commander.
The Legion has several programs that directly benefit veterans and their families, but many veterans are not aware of them. More>>
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TRAI proposes 74 p.c. FDI in Mobile TV
NEW DELHI, INDIA: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed 74 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in mobile television services in its recommendation submitted to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The regulator projected bidding process for allocation of license for offering Mobile TV service. On the issue of license fees to be paid by the operators, TRAI suggested that the license for mobile television service should be granted through a closed tender system on the basis of one-time entry fees quoted by the bidders. "The reserve entry fee for a particular license area should be 50 per cent of the highest financial bid submitted for that particular license area. The license fee should be charged at four per cent of the gross revenue for each year or at 10 per cent of the entry fee limit for the concerned license area, whichever is higher," according to a TRAI statement. More>>
