Beef on a bun kickoff beats last year’s total cont’d
“We always just thank the community for coming out to these events. Today the weather was great but they also come out when it’s been pretty cold. And the support that we get, a lot of people are putting in more than just the cost of the beef and the bun today.”

When asked what his favourite part of this event was, Hall said that, “I think my favourite part is just the turnout that we get. We see the same people, the same friends every year, and certainly that everyone gets together and works together, and everyone is just out there chatting and having a good time so that’s great.”

Aboriginal youth need to learn how to flirt: conference organizer
By Doug Collie, Editor

Aboriginal youth need to learn how to properly flirt with each other, says the organizer of a women’s conference in North Battleford.

Celine Pewapsconias says today’s Aboriginal youth don’t have as much contact with elders as previous generations did, and today’s parents don’t always take the time to teach kids the proper way to behave socially. As a result, young boys tend to be too rough with the girls they like and the girls don’t know how to tell the boys how they want to be treated.

Speaking Thursday during the first day of the two-day conference, Pewapsconias gave the example of a young boy and girl she saw interacting at a local school.

She said it was obvious they both were attracted to each other.

“He made his move, and his move was to grab her around the head and bring her down as if he was wrestling her, Pewapsconias said during an interview with the Daily News. “And there she is, hanging on his arm, and he’s kind of like swishing her around, and she’s going, swish, swish, swish, and she’s telling him to stop and he’s laughing and thinking he’s having fun and meanwhile she doesn’t like it.”

That’s an issue that Pewapsconias would like to see addressed during the conference. She says that inability to flirt properly is part of a wider problem. She says women in general – and Aboriginal women in particular – don’t get the respect they should.

Pewapsconias says that’s reflected in the fact that more than 500 Aboriginal women are missing in Canada.

She says one simple question needs to be asked.

“What small thing, as an every-day woman within my community, what can I do that could reflect positive attitudes toward women,” she asked.

The conference ends tomorrow.