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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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Cross-country skiing has been a big part of Gary Bailie's life for as long as he can remember. Ever since he started skiing in the territorial experimental ski program in Whitehorse with coach Father Jean-Marie Mouchet 36 years ago, Bailie has loved the sport and excelled at it. As a member of the Yukon Ski Team in the decade 1971-1981, Bailie won a gold medal for racing at the…
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Friday the 13th was a little scary for Russell Gamble-but in a good way.
Gamble admitted to being "a little nervous" about accepting Basketball B.C.'s highest honour Feb. 13 at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre in Prince Rupert, and looked overwhelmed as he was ushered into the gym with traditional drumming and fellow members of the Gitxaala Nation at his side.
Gamble…
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It was an all-Haida evening on the final day of the 2004 All Native Basketball Tournament (ANT) in Prince Rupert, as Canadian Haidas met their American counterparts in two of the four division finals.
The 45th annual All Native wrapped up Feb. 15 at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre, with the marquee matchups featuring Haida Gwaii teams going against teams from Hydaburg, Alaska…
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A building on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has been renovated to provide a safe and positive learning environment for urban Aboriginal people wanting a place to meet, study, share ideas and grow.
An open house was held March 4 at 1726 East Hastings Street to launch a resource centre offering socializing, cultural and health workshops and e-learning classes. The centre is…
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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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Established and emerging Aboriginal artists strutted their stuff at the 2004 Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver from Feb. 29 to March 7.
Covering storytelling to feminist theatre, film-making to political stand-up comedy, mixed-media art to live music, Talking Stick showcased the cream of the crop of Aboriginal talent and filled Vancouver with pre-spring artistic vigour…
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Traditional Coast Salish drumbeats mixed with pirouettes and pixie dust in Ballet Victoria's production of Peter Pan.
For the first time on the West Coast, First Nations were a part of a major ballet production. Combining traditional First Nations dance movements with classical ballet, jazz dance, hiphop, Chinese contemporary, and rhythmic gymnastics, Ballet Victoria…
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The Adams Lake Band may soon have a Wal-Mart store on reserve. They are aiming for April 2005.
Actually the band has seven reserves, two of which are within the boundaries of the Municipal District of Salmon Arm where plans for a shopping mall are percolating.
Joyce Kenoras, who holds the economic develoment portfolio for Adams Lake Band, explained their plans and…
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The significance of the demonstration occurring on St. Valentine's Day wasn't lost on the participants who took to the streets in Vancouver's downtown eastside. They were there to remember loved ones gone missing or who have been found murdered.
"Many women (today) will be sharing their love and affection because they are important to someone," said Donna Dickson, a…
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Without Reservation: Indigenous Erotica
Edited by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Kegedonce Press
213 pages (sc)
$24.50
Without Reservation is a collection of poetry and prose by Aboriginal writers from around the world.
The subtitle promises "erotica." What the book actually delivers is love, loss, longing, and desire-with some humour and a…
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A two-year initiative launched by the Construction Sector Council (CSC) and the Aboriginal Human Resource Development Council of Canada (AHRDCC) will provide job opportunities for Aboriginal youth in British Columbia and elsewhere.
Roy Mussell, director of the AHRDCC and manager of the Sto:lo Nation Human Resources Development Council in British Columbia, is ecstatic…
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A partnership between the University College of the Cariboo, the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society (SCES) and Aboriginal communities in the Kamloops area has resulted in an Aboriginal nursing project aimed at recruiting Aboriginal students into the nursing profession. The Native and Inuit Nurses Association of British Columbia (NAINA) described the project, funded by the…
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Zoe Leigh Hopkins loves being a filmmaker.
"This is the only thing I know how to do" exclaimed the 29-year-old Vancouverite who directed A Prayer for a Good Day. The short film was featured at the Native forum during the Sundance Film Festival held in Park City, Utah from Jan. 15 to 24.
Hopkins was among 40,000 people at the industry event that promotes the work of…
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The KU-UUS Crisis Line Society in Port Alberni celebrated its tenth anniversary last summer-10 years of providing a confidential crisis line for adults and teens seeking support. In response to the success of the society's more recent outreach services program, they are expanding that program to include Tofino and Ucluelet.
In 1993, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council-…