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Federal Fisheries Minister David Anderson finally said it: the recreational fishery takes priority over the commercial fishing industry.
Despite recent policies and decisions that alluded to the fact, Anderson has avoided adding his voice to department decisions favoring sports fishing.
At a meeting of the Regional Aquatic Management Society in Port Alberni in…
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The Musqueam lease-land rent increase has brought the issues of accountability, resource management and taxation without representation bubbling furiously to the surface.
This in itself may not be a bad thing, but it has added fuel to the fire of the opponents of the treaty-making process who say the problems between the band and the leaseholders are a sample of what the…
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A Tsimshian mother is grieving the loss of her daughter while investigators prepare to examine why seven-year-old Leslie-Ann Gamble died in Vancouver's B.C. Children's Hospital on Jan. 11.
Leslie-Ann and her four-year-old brother, Andrew, were seized by social workers on Nov. 2. Both children were born with a rare pituitary gland disorder which prevents their bodies from…
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Jones William Ignace, also known as Wolverine, was released from custody on Feb. 4 and is back home on his farm near Chase.
He was originally scheduled to walk out the front door of the Elbow Lake Correctional facility near Mission upon his release, but correctional officials decided at the last moment to release the 66-year-old in Kamloops.
Ignace has been in…
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A section of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms which is internationally lauded as especially enlightened in its treatment of minority groups is going to be put under the microscope when the Supreme Court of Canada hears a case about cross-cultural adoptions.
The two sides of a child custody case which originated in Vancouver will appear in Canada's court of last…
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COMMENTARY
Harold Cardinal is in his mid-fifties if I'm doing the math right. Thirty years ago, when he was one of the main protagonists in the fight against the 1969 White Paper, he was in many ways just a child. But he and his contemporaries stopped the Trudeau government in its tracks when that government tried to deliver a final blow to Canada's "Indian problem," even…
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Last month's column took a look at the second year in recovery and its emphasis on understanding learned behaviors and emotions. Year 3's major focus is on becoming comfortable with the new you and the transitions that come with changing attitudes and behaviors.
As I have mentioned a number of times in previous columns, as the recovery process takes place, in Year 2 the…
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Editor's Note: Ron Barbour, A Cree man originally from Norway House, Man. who now lives in Vancouver, found himself driven to tell of his encounter with a pioneer in the awakening of political activism among Aboriginal people in Canada, in the first person. This is not a common way for a journalist to write, but Barbour said he felt so honored to get the assignment to interview…
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Some of the faces that helped to establish North of 60 as one of Canada's most widely watched television series over its six year run, reunite on the screen in the upcoming In The Blue Ground: A North of 60 Movie, slated to air March 28 on CBC.
Based on the successful CBC series set in the fictional town of Lynx River, N.W.T, this two-hour television movie is something of…
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In a move designed to provide young Aboriginal athletes with an alternative to the on-again, off-again North American Indigenous Games, the Indigenous Sport Council of Alberta is planning to host a Western Canadian Indigenous Games this summer.
The 1999 North American Indigenous Games, originally scheduled for Fargo, North Dakota, have been cancelled.
The…
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An idea first reported in this newspaper in October of 1997 has come to the 'put up or shut up' point and the man behind the idea needs to know if people want him to continue.
Gregg Lindros' Breakaway Hockey Foundation is still hard at work pursuing funding support for an on-reserve alternative independent school that will offer educational and athletic opportunities for…
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For a young organization like the Khowutzun Development Corporation, recognition for successfully creating jobs in the community is encouraging. So when the group won the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers 1998 recognition award in late November, it was a boost to morale.
Unemployment on Vancouver Island is a problem and unemployment of Cowichan…
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In her younger years, Violet Sampere's life was filled with tragedy, hardship, and despair. In her later years, she is experiencing a sense of peace and fulfillment in her role as an Elder.
Violet was born in 1925 in the remote village of Kitseukla in northern British Columbia. Raised by a blind mother, Violet had to work hard in her early life. She did not attend school…
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Tina Keeper may appear to be keeping a low profile ever since North of 60 was cancelled last year, but nothing could be further than the truth.
Besides staying very active in the Winnipeg theatre scene, Keeper will soon be seen starring in the new television film In the Blue Ground: A North of 60 Movie. But the 36-year-old actor isn't limiting herself to just acting…
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According to Statistics Canada, one in every eight women will experience abuse, and that number is on the increase.
Domestic abuse affects all cultures, including the Aboriginal community.
A program called Change of Seasons, supported by the Attorney General Corrections Branch, First Nations Wellness Society, Ministry of Health (Aboriginal Health Policy Branch)…