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Things are definitely looking up for High Prairie youth looking for a place to hang out, become active in their community and have fun.
It was an evening the town's young people had long anticipated when the Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centre Grand Opening officially took place Feb. 15. The celebration took place in the High Prairie Native Friendship Centre.
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Five years of unstinting giving to the cause of youth and the sport of minor hockey has caught up with Irvin Willier. A few weeks ago, AATCO Gas presented Willier with its Volunteer Appreciation Award during the final games of Minor Hockey Week in the Agricom.
"I enjoy working with the kids," said Willier. "They show it on their faces that they're having fun, and it's all…
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Treaty 8 leaders and members were celebrating a court victory March 8, the day after the Federal Court of Canada's Mr. Justice Douglas Campbell handed down his decision in the Benoit case.
It's expected the decision will be appealed by the federal government, but Native leaders were elated by the judge's ruling that Treaty 8 members have a constitutionally protected treaty…
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Metis Youth have their own role model program, now in its second year.
Five role models for the 2002 National Metis Youth Role Model Program will be announced at a conference in Vancouver April 26 to 28.
The program is similar to the National Native Role Model Program for First Nations and Inuit.
"The Metis youth decided to have their own type of role model…
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Metis Nation of Alberta Zone 1 executive have met with a lawyer to discuss a land claim on part of the Lakeland Provincial Park.
The area of concern represents a Metis settlement the province opened in 1939; it encompasses Touchwood and Seibert Lakes, on the east side of the park.
In 1938, the province passed the Metis Population Betterment Act; one result of that…
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Issues of child development and foster care got particular attention at the Alberta Treaty Women's Gathering Feb. 12 to 14.
On the first day, participants were divided into groups that held breakaway sessions on suicide prevention, drug and alcohol, mental health, cultural awareness, fetal alcohol syndrome and effects, child care and development, and foster care.
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Supporters of Indigenous education came together for four hours the evening of Jan. 31 to celebrate Athabasca University's success in partnering with Aboriginal people in educational advancements and to announce bold expansion plans. They were there for the launch of a new, Aboriginal-driven initiative that will deliver superior post-secondary education in a cultural framework…
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It took 50 years, but the government of Canada finally took notice that Gordon Russell is doing a lot to help youth, especially youth without a lot of other supports.
On Jan. 14, Governor General Adrienne Clarkson appointed him a Member of the Order of Canada, to come in effect from last Oct. 18. The honor bestowed on this selfless promoter of young people and their…
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The concern that HIV and AIDS hold in the Aboriginal community is evidenced by two health conferences that will be held at the end of this month at both ends of the province.
Lethbridge will play host to its First Aboriginal Conference of Southern Alberta on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and Harm Reduction, Feb. 27 and 28, while the Eighth Annual Health and Healing Conference…
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Declaring the time for studies over and identifying a looming crisis, John Kim Bell, president and founder of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) brought 200 corporate, government and Aboriginal leaders together in Calgary on Feb. 6 to discuss ways of increasing Aboriginal employment.
Citing demographic trends including an aging mainstream population and…
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"Alberta's Most Enterprising Employee," is written on Eva Stang's Customer Service - External Award memento presented to her by Alberta Venture magazine in Calgary.
Stang, Aboriginal liaison co-ordinator at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, received the recognition for her phenomenal work of three years on Jan. 31.
The E-Awards is a province-wide employee…
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Ben Cardinal and the other 11 members of the Northern Cree Drum Group will be rubbing elbows with the music world's biggest names on Feb. 26. Twenty-four hours later, they'll find out if they are this year's winners of the Grammy award for best Native American music album.
Northern Cree, based out of the northern Alberta Saddle Lake First Nation, is the only group from the…
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Major energy company TransCanada PipeLines Limited has received an award from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology that recognizes 14 years of support for Aboriginal education at NAIT and an annual $3,500 scholarship.
On Feb. 8, members of the Aboriginal Student Club presented the third annual Senator Chalifoux Award to TransCanada during the college's celebration…
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Metis Nation of Alberta (MNA) Zone 1 is actively pursuing framework agreements with the municipal governments within its boundaries.
Those agreements would cover issues such as housing, employment, education, and economic development.
"The Metis people do not settle in the communities to depend on social assistance," said Zone 1 Vice-President Rick Boucher. "This…
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Changes to Early Intervention funding could leave dozens of children and teens at the Kikino Metis Settlement and in Lac la Biche without a place to call their own.
Alberta's Child Services department announced late last year that the province has altered its focus on where early intervention dollars will be spent. The funds will now be directed toward helping children who…