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Students at St. Mary's middle and high schools are being taught to say "no" to drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
And helping them gain the strength to make that decision is Const. Betty Spear Chief, of the Blood Tribe Police.
Spear Chief is the main resource teacher for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program or DARE, which is a joint effort of the school board and…
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Dan McFeeters spent 15 years as a driller, but says his brushes with danger in the oil patch will never compare to the horrific predicament he faced last December.
McFeeters was headed for home on foot during the late morning of Dec. 17 when he chanced upon a moose trail along the edge of French Bay on Cold Lake.
With temperatures hovering around the minus-20s,…
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Dan McFeeters spent 15 years as a driller, but says his brushes with danger in the oil patch will never compare to the horrific predicament he faced last December.
McFeeters was headed for home on foot during the late morning of Dec. 17 when he chanced upon a moose trail along the edge of French Bay on Cold Lake.
With temperatures hovering around the minus-20s,…
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Caring for First Nations children and families will be the topic of discussions at the Coast Terrace Inn in Edmonton May 22 to 25,as the Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency hosts "Caring For Our Children In The New Millennium", a national First Nations child and family services conference.
The conference is aimed at anyone involved in providing care and support for First…
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Caring for First Nations children and families will be the topic of discussions at the Coast Terrace Inn in Edmonton May 22 to 25,as the Yellowhead Tribal Services Agency hosts "Caring For Our Children In The New Millennium", a national First Nations child and family services conference.
The conference is aimed at anyone involved in providing care and support for First…
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The newly built health centre that forms an integral part of the Morning Sky Health and Wellness Centre on Frog Lake First Nation is designed with present and future health care needs of the reserve's 2,000 residents in mind.
The brand new health facility was joined to an existing wellness centre at the north end of the reserve, to provide people with an impressive and…
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The newly built health centre that forms an integral part of the Morning Sky Health and Wellness Centre on Frog Lake First Nation is designed with present and future health care needs of the reserve's 2,000 residents in mind.
The brand new health facility was joined to an existing wellness centre at the north end of the reserve, to provide people with an impressive and…
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The deadline is fast approaching for Aboriginal students wanting to apply for the Alberta Blue Cross 50th Anniversary Scholarships for Aboriginal Students. The closing date is June 1.
This is the second year the scholarships will be awarded. Two go to Aboriginal students each year, with the amount varying depending on the size of the institution the applicant will be…
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The deadline is fast approaching for Aboriginal students wanting to apply for the Alberta Blue Cross 50th Anniversary Scholarships for Aboriginal Students. The closing date is June 1.
This is the second year the scholarships will be awarded. Two go to Aboriginal students each year, with the amount varying depending on the size of the institution the applicant will be…
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Improvements to Aboriginal programming are underway within Edmonton Catholic schools, as staff begin implementing recommendations coming from a recent three-month review.
The report, "Edmonton Catholic Schools: Review of Aboriginal Programming At The Secondary Level" was completed in January.
It was conducted "to determine programming strengths, needs, and future…
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Improvements to Aboriginal programming are underway within Edmonton Catholic schools, as staff begin implementing recommendations coming from a recent three-month review.
The report, "Edmonton Catholic Schools: Review of Aboriginal Programming At The Secondary Level" was completed in January.
It was conducted "to determine programming strengths, needs, and future…
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It's the "biggest national gathering of white ideas around stewardship ever," is how one organizer describes a gathering of land trusts representatives who will meet at the University of Guelph in June to discuss protecting species at risk. Even so, an Elder from Six Nations in Ontario, a representative of the Haida Gwaii Marine Resources Group, a member of the Qikiqtaaluk…
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It's the "biggest national gathering of white ideas around stewardship ever," is how one organizer describes a gathering of land trusts representatives who will meet at the University of Guelph in June to discuss protecting species at risk. Even so, an Elder from Six Nations in Ontario, a representative of the Haida Gwaii Marine Resources Group, a member of the Qikiqtaaluk…
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St. Mary's high school and middle school were the sites of some fast-paced volleyball action April 14 to16.
Five men's teams, including one from Lethbridge, and six women's teams, including one each from Fernie, B.C., and Onion Lake-Saddle Lake on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, competed for $2,000 in prize money.
"The weekend went really well," said co-organizer…
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St. Mary's high school and middle school were the sites of some fast-paced volleyball action April 14 to16.
Five men's teams, including one from Lethbridge, and six women's teams, including one each from Fernie, B.C., and Onion Lake-Saddle Lake on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, competed for $2,000 in prize money.
"The weekend went really well," said co-organizer…