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Legal council for Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council says Alberta's draft consultation policy on land management and resource development was developed in a high-handed and arrogant manner and is entirely unconstitutional.
Jeff Rath says the draft policy doesn't meet the standards set out in the recent Supreme Court of Canada Haida and Taku decisions.
The…
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Alberta Learning and Edmonton Public Schools (EPS) have joined forces to ensure that Aboriginal content and perspectives are reflected in the provincial curriculum across all core subject areas.
The school board began work developing what's being called an "infused curriculum" in the spring of 2003 after being awarded a contract by Alberta Learning. The first step in the…
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Though she's only a Grade 10 student, Taryne Boudreau has already represented Canada in international competition.
Boudreau was a member of the Canadian national girls' under-15 side that played three exhibition contests against Germany's under-15 squad in September 2004.
Boudreau, Metis on her father's side, and her Canadian teammates won two of the matches, all…
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Can you tickle people's funny bones? FunnyFest, the second largest comedy festival in Canada, is looking for Aboriginal stand-up comics.
The Calgary-based festival, which runs from April 28 to May 14, is holding a talent search every Saturday from Feb. 5 to March 26 at the Sheraton Suites Eau Claire. The festival, in its fifth year, draws comedians from around the world…
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The 2005 FASD National Conference, held in Victoria from Feb. 24 to Feb. 26, will focus on equality of access to health care, education, social services and justice for those people afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, caused in the fetus by exposure to alcohol before birth.
Since 1996, the bi-annual conference, sponsored by Interprofessional Continuing…
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Susie misbehaves so often at school that she's had 15 suspensions already this year. Skye has a pointed chin, misshapen ears and is small for his age. The kids tease him and he responds by shouting and hitting. Phoenix frequently asks the teacher to repeat her solutions of math problems, causing the other kids to call him a dummy.
These unhappy and frustrated children are…
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Injecting herself with insulin was the hardest thing Chrissy Landry needed to deal with after learning she had diabetes.
At 13, Landry faced the challenge of the disease with a little fear and a lot of support from her mother, but it still didn't prepare her for the total lifestyle change she would need to make. It took her more than a year to feel confident enough to…
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The latest figures from the Regional Longitudinal Health Survey show that smoking rates among First Nations people in Canada is dropping, but we'll have to wait until the end of 2005 for researchers to tell us why.
Statistics from the 2002-03 survey put the rate of smoking among First Nations people age 20 and over at 57.6 per cent, down 4.4 per cent from survey figures…
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James Whitford of Goodfish Lake couldn't have had a life that had dealt him a more cruel hand. His father died from cancer when he was a boy and his mother committed suicide before his eyes. His brother hanged himself at age 17, and another froze to death just three years ago after a night of drinking.
But Whitford wants people to know that he embraces the life he's been…
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Problem gamblers now have another option for treatment in northern Alberta. The Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC) opened a residential treatment program at the Northern Addictions Centre in Grande Prairie on Jan. 3.
Most adult Albertans gamble responsibly as a social activity and do not develop problems, but about five per cent of adult Albertans…
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Alberta's much loved Lt. Gov. Lois Hole passed away on Jan. 6 leaving a legacy of caring and compassion in the province and some large shoes to fill for the next person appointed to the position by Prime Minister Paul Martin.
Hole was known as much for the hugs she gave as she was for the work she did to promote libraries and literacy. She was a great friend to the…
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The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has received a submission from the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) in an appeal involving the sexual assault of a 12-year-old Cree girl.
The judge granted the organization intervenor status in November. The women's association argued on behalf of gender equality rights under Section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.…
BANGKOK, Thailand-A village of 181 people was saved from the Asian tsunami because of an ancient lesson passed along the generations. The Elders of a community known as the Morgan sea gypsies say if the water recedes fast it will reappear in the same quantity. When the sea drained from some of the beaches along the southern coast, some Thais went out to pick up the fish left behind, but not…
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The Horse Lake Thunder must keep winning some playoff games if they have any hopes of seeing former National Hockey League star Theo Fleury in their lineup this season.
The Thunder, a senior team in Alberta's North Peace Hockey League, signed Fleury, a Metis, in early January.
But just hours before he was set to play his first game with the Thunder versus the host…
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Alberta instituted a smoking ban in all provincial jails on Sept. 30, 2004. At the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Institution, located on the northeast edge of Edmonton, that ban has been extended to include the burning of Sweetgrass.
Andrew Reid says that decision means freedom of religion is now something reserved for only the non-Aboriginal people in Alberta's…