By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Windspeaker.com The Saskatchewan government is investing more than $1 million into a new program that will help train Indigenous pilots in the province. Details of the initiative, called the Dziret’ái Pilot Training Program, were announced in the northern Saskatchewan hamlet of Stony Rapids on Aug. 1. A total of 10 applicants will be chosen to enter the professional pilot training program, which will start this coming January. Students who complete all requirements in the two-year program will be offered jobs as First Officers, allowing them to navigate and operate flights, with Rise Air. Rise Air is a First Nations owned airline that has its headquarters in Saskatoon. Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth, a Rise Air director, is rather excited with the new project. “Together we created…
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