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  • Paul Barnsley, Sweetgrass Staff Writer, Calgary

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A legal action that has been called the most important Native rights lawsuit in Canada will soon move into its second phase now that basic information has been put into the court record.

Close to 100 days of trial hearings and more than 400 days of examinations of witnesses have been conducted so far in the case of Victor Buffalo v. the Queen. The trial, begun May 1, 2000…

  • Paul Barnsley, Sweetgrass Staff Writer, Calgary

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A legal action that has been called the most important Native rights lawsuit in Canada will soon move into its second phase now that basic information has been put into the court record.

Close to 100 days of trial hearings and more than 400 days of examinations of witnesses have been conducted so far in the case of Victor Buffalo v. the Queen. The trial, begun May 1, 2000…

  • Curtis J. Phillips, Sweetgrass Writer, Fort McMurray

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Mickey Demers was presented with a key to the city from Fort McMurray's mayor Doug Faulkner on Oct. 22.

But for Demers, the door to opportunity had already been opened in 1996.

It was on this date that he took the big step into the world of business by creating Demers Contracting Services Ltd.

Five years later, the success of his hard work and dedication was…

  • Curtis J. Phillips, Sweetgrass Writer, Fort McMurray

Page 3

Mickey Demers was presented with a key to the city from Fort McMurray's mayor Doug Faulkner on Oct. 22.

But for Demers, the door to opportunity had already been opened in 1996.

It was on this date that he took the big step into the world of business by creating Demers Contracting Services Ltd.

Five years later, the success of his hard work and dedication was…

  • Curtis J. Phillips, Sweetgrass Writer, Fort McMurray

Page 3

Mickey Demers was presented with a key to the city from Fort McMurray's mayor Doug Faulkner on Oct. 22.

But for Demers, the door to opportunity had already been opened in 1996.

It was on this date that he took the big step into the world of business by creating Demers Contracting Services Ltd.

Five years later, the success of his hard work and dedication was…

  • Curtis J. Phillips, Sweetgrass Writer, Fort McMurray

Page 3

Mickey Demers was presented with a key to the city from Fort McMurray's mayor Doug Faulkner on Oct. 22.

But for Demers, the door to opportunity had already been opened in 1996.

It was on this date that he took the big step into the world of business by creating Demers Contracting Services Ltd.

Five years later, the success of his hard work and dedication was…

  • Kenton Friesen, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 3

Unity, respect and dignity were the hunted, while Canada's Aboriginal youth were the hunters at the first-ever Canadian National Aboriginal Youth Conference.

Held in Edmonton's Sheraton Hotel from Oct. 26 to 28, the conference saw Aboriginal young people gather from every corner of the nation to propose and discuss solutions to problems faced in their communities.

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  • Kenton Friesen, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

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Unity, respect and dignity were the hunted, while Canada's Aboriginal youth were the hunters at the first-ever Canadian National Aboriginal Youth Conference.

Held in Edmonton's Sheraton Hotel from Oct. 26 to 28, the conference saw Aboriginal young people gather from every corner of the nation to propose and discuss solutions to problems faced in their communities.

"…

  • Kenton Friesen, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 3

Unity, respect and dignity were the hunted, while Canada's Aboriginal youth were the hunters at the first-ever Canadian National Aboriginal Youth Conference.

Held in Edmonton's Sheraton Hotel from Oct. 26 to 28, the conference saw Aboriginal young people gather from every corner of the nation to propose and discuss solutions to problems faced in their communities.

"…

  • Kenton Friesen, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 3

Unity, respect and dignity were the hunted, while Canada's Aboriginal youth were the hunters at the first-ever Canadian National Aboriginal Youth Conference.

Held in Edmonton's Sheraton Hotel from Oct. 26 to 28, the conference saw Aboriginal young people gather from every corner of the nation to propose and discuss solutions to problems faced in their communities.

"…

  • Sweetgrass Staff

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The Native Awareness Committee at Portage College is holding a round dance to honor the college's founding Elders on Nov. 17. The evening begins at 5 p.m. at the Jubilee Hall in Lac La Biche. Gordon McGilvrey will be master of ceremonies.

The committee's job is to promote Aboriginal culture and to help non-Natives understand it. It sponsors weekly Elder visits, visits to a…

  • Sweetgrass Staff

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The Native Awareness Committee at Portage College is holding a round dance to honor the college's founding Elders on Nov. 17. The evening begins at 5 p.m. at the Jubilee Hall in Lac La Biche. Gordon McGilvrey will be master of ceremonies.

The committee's job is to promote Aboriginal culture and to help non-Natives understand it. It sponsors weekly Elder visits, visits to a…

  • Sweetgrass Staff

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The Native Awareness Committee at Portage College is holding a round dance to honor the college's founding Elders on Nov. 17. The evening begins at 5 p.m. at the Jubilee Hall in Lac La Biche. Gordon McGilvrey will be master of ceremonies.

The committee's job is to promote Aboriginal culture and to help non-Natives understand it. It sponsors weekly Elder visits, visits to a…

  • Sweetgrass Staff

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The Native Awareness Committee at Portage College is holding a round dance to honor the college's founding Elders on Nov. 17. The evening begins at 5 p.m. at the Jubilee Hall in Lac La Biche. Gordon McGilvrey will be master of ceremonies.

The committee's job is to promote Aboriginal culture and to help non-Natives understand it. It sponsors weekly Elder visits, visits to a…

  • Sweetgrass Staff

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The Enbridge company has teamed up with the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) to provide two new initiatives that will directly benefit students.

On Nov. 1, they announced that as part of a quarter million dollar gift to the college, Enbridge is contributing$100,000 to student awards to "attract and support students of Indigenous ancestry from Yukon,…