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It was a great night for Susan Aglukark on April 3. The Inuit singer won best Aboriginal recording of the year at the Juno celebration held in Edmonton April 2 to 4.
Aglukark's album Big Feeling was selected from a stellar group of nominees in the category-Sandy Scofield's Ketwam, Burnt's Burnt Project 1-The Avenue, Eagle & Hawk's Mother Earth and Whitefish Jrs.' In…
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One is a talented lacrosse player who has made his mark on the world scene. The other is a teenaged track star who has shone nationally and is hoping for glory outside of Canada some day.
Both share one thing in common. They were named the 2003 winners of the Tom Longboat Award.
Delby Powless and Deanna Sullivan were presented with their awards as the country's top…
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The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation set up shop in Calgary April 4 to pay tribute to 14 accomplished members of the Native community in Canada.
The foundation's annual achievement awards gala was a lavish affair, bringing together a who's who of the Aboriginal elite and the corporate connected.
Playing host to the foundation's guests were legendary…
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More than 200 people gathered in the foyer at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) on Feb. 6 for its 5th annual Aboriginal Cultural Day celebrations, which included presentation of the annual Thelma Chalifoux Award.
Aboriginal liaison co-ordinator Eva Stang said five years have really made a difference at the school in regard to community participation in…
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Valentine's Day had come and gone, but romance was still in the air in Beaver Lake when they held their Sweetheart Jamboree on Feb. 21.
The event was a fundraiser for the Amisk Community School and it showcased local talent. Actor Dakota House of North of 60 fame and Cree entertainer Carl Quinn were also on hand.
People lined up to buy tickets for a chance to win…
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Since my last column in January, I have been up to Fort Chipewyan for a role model dinner, in Beaver Lake First Nation for a school fundraiser and in Fort McMurray for the closing ceremonies of the Arctic Winter Games.
It was good to be home for the role model dinner and this time is was special because my grandmother Louise Cardinal was recognized that night. Thank you…
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Team Gold Silver Bronze Sum
Alberta North 50 51 37 138
Alaska 47 44 45 136
Yukon 38 33 37 108
N.W.T. 29 35 43 107
Greenland 13 16 19 48
Nunavut 9 13 24 46
Magadan 10 11 10 31
Yamal 16 9 4 29
Sami 6 10 7 23
Nunavik, Que. 8 4 4 16
(Top left and clockwise) David Thomas of Palmer, Alaska won the gold medal…
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The Arctic Winter Games 2004 are now but a memory, but what wonderful memories were made during competition held in the Wood Buffalo area of Northern Alberta from Feb. 28 to March 6.
Athletes from the circumpolar region came to this province to test their skills and endurance, make a few friends and trade a few pins. What participants got was much more than a week's worth…
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It's not what you make but what you leave, the pool players say.
They mean you can't just focus on this shot; you must give some thought to getting yourself in good shape for the next one.
That's how Joe Big Plume lived his life-with or without a cue stick in his hands.
The legendary pool player from the Tsuu T'ina First Nation passed away on March 2 after…
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Remember that March 1 deadline for signing a government consent form or doing without non-insured health care?
Forget about it. The deadline is history. The government has changed its mind.
The government has scrapped the universal, national consent form after facing an aggressive lobby against it by First Nations and Inuit leaders and much suspicion from people…
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A conference called A Personal Fight, A Nation's Plight, hosted by the Metis Nation of Alberta's health committee will focus on issues surrounding diabetes in Metis communities.
Project manager Fran Hyndman said the theme of the three-day conference, which takes place in Edmonton from March 17 to 19, has particular meaning.
"We just thought that this was really…
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Eric Shirt and Associates, a consulting firm in the area of health and nutrition, is hosting a conference entitled Nutritional Pathways to Health & Healing: Canadian National Conference. It will take place in this city from April 27 to 30.
"This is our first conference ever. We are going to have a Doctor Bannock, who will be speaking on cellular nutrition. He is going…
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Ed Lavallee is the co-ordinator of the newly formed Cree Speaking Club at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre.
When he realized he was slowly losing his language, he started the club that meets every Monday from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
The idea for the club began to percolate when many of his fellow Cree-speaking friends complained they were losing their…
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The Alberta Aboriginal Networking Forum on Tobacco will be held March 29 to 31 at the Amiskwaciy Academy in Edmonton. Forum co-ordinator Jessica Daniels said she is expecting 120 people to attend the three-day forum presented by the Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotions Institute in partnership with the Metis Nation of Alberta, the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse…
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Former prime minister Jean Chretien, looking fit, tanned and rested, arrived in the Federal Court of Canada Feb. 23 to testify in the Samson Cree Nation trust monies case.
He sat quietly near the Crown lawyers until he was summoned to the witness stand, exchanging waves and silent greetings with many of the observers in the crowded public gallery.
It was day 282 of…