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Andy Scott picked the coldest day of the winter so far to pay his first visit to Alberta as minister of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Though the temperature in Calgary was the equivalent of minus 40 Celsius with the windchill, Scott got a fairly warm reception from Alberta chiefs during a press conference on Jan. 12 because he was there to announce more than $7 million in…
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NAIT in Motion mobile education units are coming to a community near you.
To provide access to technical education to those living in the more remote parts of the province, NAIT built-at a cost of $1.4 million-two tractor-trailer units to function as classrooms on wheels. They are outfitted for programs ranging from business to trade-related programs, such as electrical…
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Sheila Fraser and her staff released a report on Indian education that says the department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) is not making the grade. The auditor general (A-G) said INAC does not know whether funding to First Nations is sufficient to meet the education standards it has set or whether the results achieved are in line with the resources provided. The…
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Just under 16 per cent of Canadian children-more than one million-live in poverty. Among Aboriginal children living off-reserve, that percentage jumps to 40 per cent.
These staggering figures are only part of the story told by a recent report by Campaign 2000, a non-partisan organization formed in 1991 to build public awareness and support in the fight to eliminate child…
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It may have been the rock groups that scooped up the lion's share of the awards going at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards show Nov. 26 in Toronto, but it was the traditional group performances that rocked the audience that evening.
Alberta's own Grammy-award winning Northern Cree Singers blew the roof off the John Bassett Theatre with a brilliant performance of two…
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While ruling that a lawsuit launched by former Ontario residential school students could proceed as a class action, a panel of three Ontario appellate court judges vehemently discarded arguments that the federal government's alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process would be a better way to settle the dispute.
Justice Stephen Goudge, a former lecturer in both labor law…
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A pair of Native former minor hockey teammates are now leaders at the junior level with their Western Hockey League squads.
Wacey Rabbit is a third-year centre with the Saskatoon Blades. And Colton Yellow Horn, a left winger, is in his second season with the Lethbridge Hurricanes.
Both Rabbit and Yellow Horn played together for two years in Fort McLeod. They also…
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For 10 years, Whiley Eagle Speaker struggled to find his own peace. Five days before World AIDS Day (Dec. 1), YMCA Calgary honored Eagle Speaker as a peacemaker for his work in raising HIV/AIDS awareness in the Aboriginal community.
Presented with a Community Initiatives Award for his work with the Canadian Red Cross Society, Eagle Speaker is the first Aboriginal person…
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Stuck for ideas of what you should be putting under the tree this Christmas? Why not consider a book or CD? For the music lover on your list, why not pick up Hometown, the latest CD from Burnt Project 1.
Recipient of the Galaxie Rising Stars Award at this year's Canadian Aboriginal Music Award, this band is definitely one to watch and, more importantly, listen to.…
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Aboriginal women and girls are encouraged to enter Canada Pageants Corporation competitions, including Miss Pre-Teen (age seven to 12), Miss Teen (age 13 to 19), Miss Canada (age 20 to 26), Ms. Canada (age 27 and up) and Mrs. Canada (age 21 to 56). Community service and hard work are the criteria for winning.
The competitions exist to provide personal and professional…
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Dan McGinnis has a dream. If he can make it come true, a lot of other Native people will benefit.
McGinnis, 40, and his wife, Karren Shouting and three other southern Alberta Blood reserve residents make up the total current membership of the Aboriginal Homeowners Association, a not-for-profit group dedicated to creating an industry that will produce low cost, high quality…
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In a second announcement by Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott, the National Aboriginal Veterans Association will receive $100,000.
Of the funding, $50,000 will go towards the completion of the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Ottawa. Four bronze panels depicting the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and peacekeeping will be set into the monument's…
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Korean War veteran Bob Ducharme, 71, thinks back to 1955 and the first time he entered a veterans' legion. The Metis man had just returned home, the war still ringing in his damaged ear.
"I went to a Canadian veterans' club and they asked me to leave. They said I wasn't Canadian ... Why? There was a stigma attached to being a Metis; [that] the Indian and sort of half-…
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If you know of an Aboriginal youth or two who have accomplished amazing things, then you can nominate them for an Alberta Aboriginal Youth Achievement Award.
"We want to recognize all Aboriginal youth in the province for any outstanding achievements that they have," said Kim Mueller, the youth awards co-ordinator. She wants people to nominate young Aboriginal people who…
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According to a recent poll, most Canadians do not consider improving the quality of life of Aboriginal Canadians to be a high priority for the federal government.
The poll, conducted by the Centre for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC), suggests almost one in two Canadians (49 per cent) believe that Aboriginal Canadians are on an equal footing with, or better off…