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Things keep getting better for Mitchell Fox.
After winning the Alberta Junior Golf Championship in July, Fox won the Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship in August.
Fox is now in the running for a golf scholarship with a major American university.
The Canadian Junior Boys Championship is held by the Royal Canadian Golf Association and was open to male…
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Members of the Six Nations Arrows Express thought they had won a national title-twice. But in the end, the Ontario-based Junior A lacrosse team had to officially settle for being second best in the country this year.
The club participated in the four-team Minto Cup, the national Junior A championship that ran from Aug. 25 to Sept. 3 in Edmonton.
After posting a…
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Members of the Six Nations Arrows Express thought they had won a national title-twice. But in the end, the Ontario-based Junior A lacrosse team had to officially settle for being second best in the country this year.
The club participated in the four-team Minto Cup, the national Junior A championship that ran from Aug. 25 to Sept. 3 in Edmonton.
After posting a…
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The launch of two new documentary videos called Behind the Badge and Gang Aftermath premiered at the Royal Alberta Museum Theatre on Sept. 9. Behind the Badge examines the evolving relationship between the RCMP and Aboriginal communities. Gang Aftermath follows the lives of former gang members Rob Papin and Derek Powder and gang associates who have put their destructive pasts…
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The launch of two new documentary videos called Behind the Badge and Gang Aftermath premiered at the Royal Alberta Museum Theatre on Sept. 9. Behind the Badge examines the evolving relationship between the RCMP and Aboriginal communities. Gang Aftermath follows the lives of former gang members Rob Papin and Derek Powder and gang associates who have put their destructive pasts…
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On Aug. 26, the area known as Victoria Crossing officially became Metis Crossing with the opening of an interpretive centre that offers a place to learn about and celebrate Metis culture.
Located 12 km south of the town of Smokey Lake at the intersection of Highway 855 and Victoria Trail, the area has been a gathering place for Metis for more than 140 years.
The…
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On Aug. 26, the area known as Victoria Crossing officially became Metis Crossing with the opening of an interpretive centre that offers a place to learn about and celebrate Metis culture.
Located 12 km south of the town of Smokey Lake at the intersection of Highway 855 and Victoria Trail, the area has been a gathering place for Metis for more than 140 years.
The…
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An art exhibition at Harcourt House in Edmonton in November 2006 will feature Metis artist David Garneau, so the artist wants other Metis to exhibit along side him.
Garneau's exhibit is titled Cowboys and Indians (and Metis?), and it questions how Metis are to be considered in traditional cowboys and Indians or settler-Indian situations. The exhibit has shown across Canada…
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An art exhibition at Harcourt House in Edmonton in November 2006 will feature Metis artist David Garneau, so the artist wants other Metis to exhibit along side him.
Garneau's exhibit is titled Cowboys and Indians (and Metis?), and it questions how Metis are to be considered in traditional cowboys and Indians or settler-Indian situations. The exhibit has shown across Canada…
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Seniors and Elders are our most precious resource and an upcoming conference is designed to promote more community-based programs and services for these valued individuals.
The gathering, scheduled for Oct. 3 to 6 in Edmonton, will address issues such as housing, health, Elder abuse, traditional medicines and wellness, support programs and retaining values. Hosted by the…
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Seniors and Elders are our most precious resource and an upcoming conference is designed to promote more community-based programs and services for these valued individuals.
The gathering, scheduled for Oct. 3 to 6 in Edmonton, will address issues such as housing, health, Elder abuse, traditional medicines and wellness, support programs and retaining values. Hosted by the…
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Edmonton City Council formally approved and presented to the public what's being hailed as a historic agreement between Aboriginal peoples and the capital city.
The Aboriginal Declaration, approved by council on Aug. 30, is designed to strengthen relations between the groups. It is a public acknowledgement of Aboriginal people's contributions to the city's past, present…
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Edmonton City Council formally approved and presented to the public what's being hailed as a historic agreement between Aboriginal peoples and the capital city.
The Aboriginal Declaration, approved by council on Aug. 30, is designed to strengthen relations between the groups. It is a public acknowledgement of Aboriginal people's contributions to the city's past, present…
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A solemn procession made its way through the streets of Edmonton on Aug. 28, carrying eight small caskets containing the human remains of ancestors being returned to the traditional burial grounds at Fort Edmonton cemetery in Rossdale.
In the early 1800s, residents of Fort Edmonton created a cemetery outside the fort's walls near what is now the north end of the Walterdale…
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A solemn procession made its way through the streets of Edmonton on Aug. 28, carrying eight small caskets containing the human remains of ancestors being returned to the traditional burial grounds at Fort Edmonton cemetery in Rossdale.
In the early 1800s, residents of Fort Edmonton created a cemetery outside the fort's walls near what is now the north end of the Walterdale…