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Organizers of the Canadian National Powwow in Edmonton will host an April 15 fundraising banquet and gala that will feature actor/singer Tom Jackson, emcee Dale Auger, Mayor Bill Smith and comedians Don Burnstick and Howie Miller. Proceeds from the gala will offset the costs of the powwow, estimated at $250,000.
The gala will be held at Edmonton's Northlands Agricom with…
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Organizers of the Canadian National Powwow in Edmonton will host an April 15 fundraising banquet and gala that will feature actor/singer Tom Jackson, emcee Dale Auger, Mayor Bill Smith and comedians Don Burnstick and Howie Miller. Proceeds from the gala will offset the costs of the powwow, estimated at $250,000.
The gala will be held at Edmonton's Northlands Agricom with…
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Who: Dean Boucher, 27-year-old Metis from Lac La Biche
What: Launch of his new CD, Sweet Memories.
Boucher: "I started singing at the age of seven years old and was inspired by my father and his music, fiddling and playing guitar with his friends. I decided to take it upon myself to learn how to play music. . . ."
Interviewer: "So you've performed a lot in…
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Who: Dean Boucher, 27-year-old Metis from Lac La Biche
What: Launch of his new CD, Sweet Memories.
Boucher: "I started singing at the age of seven years old and was inspired by my father and his music, fiddling and playing guitar with his friends. I decided to take it upon myself to learn how to play music. . . ."
Interviewer: "So you've performed a lot in…
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BONNYVILLE - Louise Dumais from the friendship centre reports that, along with Family Community Social Services, the centre will host its annual King and Queen Trappers Day on Feb. 21 at the Bonnyville Parent Child Centre. Trophies and cash awards will be up for grabs in snowshoe racing, nail pounding, tea making, flour packing, trapping, Swede saw, bannock-making,…
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RICHMOND HILL - Do you have an inspirational, true story to share? It can be about love, parenting, achieving goals, facing adversity, overcoming loss, or other similar themes of the heart. You can be published in the upcoming Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul.
If your story is chosen, you'll be paid $200. Length should be one to five double-spaced pages. For guidelines…
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RICHMOND HILL - Do you have an inspirational, true story to share? It can be about love, parenting, achieving goals, facing adversity, overcoming loss, or other similar themes of the heart. You can be published in the upcoming Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul.
If your story is chosen, you'll be paid $200. Length should be one to five double-spaced pages. For guidelines…
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TORONTO - Of the 14 recipients of this year's National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, six are from British Columbia and two are Yukon-based. The award show is scheduled for March 10 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Only one Alberta-based winner will be honored.
Tsuu T'ina Chief Roy Whitney, chairman of Industry Canada's Aboriginal Business Canada, wins in the…
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The return of 251 sacred objects from Calgary's Glenbow Museum to the Blackfoot Confederacy marks both an end and a beginning. It is the end of 10 years of negotiations regarding the repatriation of objects vital to Blackfoot communities in Southern Alberta and the beginning of a new relationship between the museum and First Nations people.
The hand-over, which took place…
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The return of 251 sacred objects from Calgary's Glenbow Museum to the Blackfoot Confederacy marks both an end and a beginning. It is the end of 10 years of negotiations regarding the repatriation of objects vital to Blackfoot communities in Southern Alberta and the beginning of a new relationship between the museum and First Nations people.
The hand-over, which took place…
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ALBERTA - It has been a long time since Canada's First Nations had an Indian princess to represent them on the national stage. That is about to change.
Grab up a pen and block out June 16 to 18 when we'll see the introduction of a Miss Indian Canada competition as a highlight of the Canadian National Powwow, said Janet Trottier, the princess pageant co-ordinator. The…
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ALBERTA - It has been a long time since Canada's First Nations had an Indian princess to represent them on the national stage. That is about to change.
Grab up a pen and block out June 16 to 18 when we'll see the introduction of a Miss Indian Canada competition as a highlight of the Canadian National Powwow, said Janet Trottier, the princess pageant co-ordinator. The…
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LETHBRIDGE - A video project involving Elders and youth will be one step taken by the former residential school students from the Blood and Peigan reserves to begin their healing process.
The Four Worlds International Institute is in the process of securing funding from private sources to start videotaping and recording the experiences of people who attended residential…
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LETHBRIDGE - A video project involving Elders and youth will be one step taken by the former residential school students from the Blood and Peigan reserves to begin their healing process.
The Four Worlds International Institute is in the process of securing funding from private sources to start videotaping and recording the experiences of people who attended residential…
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EDMONTON - An idea that formed three years ago is slowly getting off of the ground. The Guardian Angel program focuses on training women to be advocates and mediators for women who are experiencing personal, financial or family difficulties.
The Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW) is currently seeking funds to help start up the program that will use…