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Actor and recording artist Tom Jackson has just returned from Hollywood. He wasn't adding another film to his long list of accomplishments. He was actually trying to rope in several production ideas all at once for his own movie studio.
Jackson went to 11 major film studios in California trying to find support for his own soon-to-be-constructed studio in Calgary.
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Actor and recording artist Tom Jackson has just returned from Hollywood. He wasn't adding another film to his long list of accomplishments. He was actually trying to rope in several production ideas all at once for his own movie studio.
Jackson went to 11 major film studios in California trying to find support for his own soon-to-be-constructed studio in Calgary.
"…
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The latest album for Native recording artist Tom Jackson is literally designed to be food for thought.
That Side of the Window is an album about homeless people and all proceeds from the album are going to the Canadian Association of Food Banks.
"It was going to be purely a commercial ventrue for me, but I spoke to my wife and realized I didn't feel comfortable…
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The latest album for Native recording artist Tom Jackson is literally designed to be food for thought.
That Side of the Window is an album about homeless people and all proceeds from the album are going to the Canadian Association of Food Banks.
"It was going to be purely a commercial ventrue for me, but I spoke to my wife and realized I didn't feel comfortable…
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The latest album for Native recording artist Tom Jackson is literally designed to be food for thought.
That Side of the Window is an album about homeless people and all proceeds from the album are going to the Canadian Association of Food Banks.
"It was going to be purely a commercial ventrue for me, but I spoke to my wife and realized I didn't feel comfortable…
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North of 60 star Dakota House is listed in stable condition in Edmonton's University Hospital after he was found in a hallway of a river front apartment building.
Early Sunday, Oct. 19, Edmonton police report they were called by ambulance officials to the Riverside Tower apartments, north of downtown Edmonton, after ambulance attendants picked up a badly beaten man from…
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North of 60 star Dakota House is listed in stable condition in Edmonton's University Hospital after he was found in a hallway of a river front apartment building.
Early Sunday, Oct. 19, Edmonton police report they were called by ambulance officials to the Riverside Tower apartments, north of downtown Edmonton, after ambulance attendants picked up a badly beaten man from…
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North of 60 star Dakota House is listed in stable condition in Edmonton's University Hospital after he was found in a hallway of a river front apartment building.
Early Sunday, Oct. 19, Edmonton police report they were called by ambulance officials to the Riverside Tower apartments, north of downtown Edmonton, after ambulance attendants picked up a badly beaten man from…
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REVIEW
Norval Morrisseau: Travels to the House of Invention
By Norval Morrisseau and Donald Robinson
Key Porter Books
$39.95 (hc)
I remember when I first saw a Norval Morrisseau painting up close. I was in an art gallery in Edmonton, casually looking over the paintings and sculptures, when I rounded this little corner and saw his painting. It…
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REVIEW
Norval Morrisseau: Travels to the House of Invention
By Norval Morrisseau and Donald Robinson
Key Porter Books
$39.95 (hc)
I remember when I first saw a Norval Morrisseau painting up close. I was in an art gallery in Edmonton, casually looking over the paintings and sculptures, when I rounded this little corner and saw his painting. It…
Page 12
REVIEW
Norval Morrisseau: Travels to the House of Invention
By Norval Morrisseau and Donald Robinson
Key Porter Books
$39.95 (hc)
I remember when I first saw a Norval Morrisseau painting up close. I was in an art gallery in Edmonton, casually looking over the paintings and sculptures, when I rounded this little corner and saw his painting. It…
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On Sept 2, the RCMP welcomed four Aboriginal men onto the force. Darrell Stranger, David Aglukart, Brian Harris and Chris Rothecker were also participants in the Aboriginal Cadet Development Program.
The program is aimed at assisting Aboriginal people who may not meet the RCMP minimum requirements. Disadvantages in various aspects include: driver training, education and/…
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On Sept 2, the RCMP welcomed four Aboriginal men onto the force. Darrell Stranger, David Aglukart, Brian Harris and Chris Rothecker were also participants in the Aboriginal Cadet Development Program.
The program is aimed at assisting Aboriginal people who may not meet the RCMP minimum requirements. Disadvantages in various aspects include: driver training, education and/…
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On Sept 2, the RCMP welcomed four Aboriginal men onto the force. Darrell Stranger, David Aglukart, Brian Harris and Chris Rothecker were also participants in the Aboriginal Cadet Development Program.
The program is aimed at assisting Aboriginal people who may not meet the RCMP minimum requirements. Disadvantages in various aspects include: driver training, education and/…
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Extinguishment will be at the top of the agenda when Indian Affairs Minister Jane Stewart sits down face-to-face with representatives of the First Nations Summit in a meeting scheduled for early November.
The Summit is the organization that is made up of chiefs of First Nations who are participating in the British Columbia Treaty Commission negotiation process. Those…