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Thanks to some key performances from Native players, the Buffalo
Bandits are once again the Major Indoor Lacrosse League champions. The
Bandits won the championship final in the U.S. based league with a 15-10
triumph on home turf over the Philadelphia Wings on April 12.
Buffalo had previously won back-to-back league crowns in 1992 and '93.
The…
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She emerged from Oka as a 14-year-old Mohawk with a bloodied body, a
wounded spirit, and a battered soul. Today, six years later, a scar
marks the spot where a soldier stabbed her in the chest with a bayonet
as she left the Oka barricades. But deeper scars, the emotional ones
inside her heart, have healed.
With the help of family, friends and…
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She emerged from Oka as a 14-year-old Mohawk with a bloodied body, a
wounded spirit, and a battered soul. Today, six years later, a scar
marks the spot where a soldier stabbed her in the chest with a bayonet
as she left the Oka barricades. But deeper scars, the emotional ones
inside her heart, have healed.
With the help of family, friends and…
Page 16
She emerged from Oka as a 14-year-old Mohawk with a bloodied body, a
wounded spirit, and a battered soul. Today, six years later, a scar
marks the spot where a soldier stabbed her in the chest with a bayonet
as she left the Oka barricades. But deeper scars, the emotional ones
inside her heart, have healed.
With the help of family, friends and…
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Even though Los Angels is home for now, home is where the heart is and
for 15-year-old Crystle Lightning, that is the Enoch First Nation in
Alberta. When Crystle left the reserve eight years ago, one could say
she was already a seasoned traveller. At the ripe old age of four,
Crystle started as a model doing catalogue work out of Edmonton. By the…
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Even though Los Angels is home for now, home is where the heart is and
for 15-year-old Crystle Lightning, that is the Enoch First Nation in
Alberta. When Crystle left the reserve eight years ago, one could say
she was already a seasoned traveller. At the ripe old age of four,
Crystle started as a model doing catalogue work out of Edmonton. By the…
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Even though Los Angels is home for now, home is where the heart is and
for 15-year-old Crystle Lightning, that is the Enoch First Nation in
Alberta. When Crystle left the reserve eight years ago, one could say
she was already a seasoned traveller. At the ripe old age of four,
Crystle started as a model doing catalogue work out of Edmonton. By the…
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Dead Issue
by Breach of Trust
Rockin' Rod Records.
Saskatoon's Breach of Trust delivers a thorough thrashing of bass-laced
grunge-metal that pummels your speakers until they collapse from
exhaustion. Breach's playing and song writing abilities sem second
nature but are influenced by a variety of rock and heavy-metal mentors.
Their…
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Dead Issue
by Breach of Trust
Rockin' Rod Records.
Saskatoon's Breach of Trust delivers a thorough thrashing of bass-laced
grunge-metal that pummels your speakers until they collapse from
exhaustion. Breach's playing and song writing abilities sem second
nature but are influenced by a variety of rock and heavy-metal mentors.
Their…
Page 13
Dead Issue
by Breach of Trust
Rockin' Rod Records.
Saskatoon's Breach of Trust delivers a thorough thrashing of bass-laced
grunge-metal that pummels your speakers until they collapse from
exhaustion. Breach's playing and song writing abilities sem second
nature but are influenced by a variety of rock and heavy-metal mentors.
Their…
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On March 31, the National Film Board cancelled funding for its
Aboriginal film making body, Studio One.
Studio One was headquartered in Edmonton, and had been set up to enable
Aboriginal film makers to tell their own stories. It helped train film
makers and funded the production of some films.
Gravdon McRae, Executive Producer for the film…
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On March 31, the National Film Board cancelled funding for its
Aboriginal film making body, Studio One.
Studio One was headquartered in Edmonton, and had been set up to enable
Aboriginal film makers to tell their own stories. It helped train film
makers and funded the production of some films.
Gravdon McRae, Executive Producer for the film…
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On March 31, the National Film Board cancelled funding for its
Aboriginal film making body, Studio One.
Studio One was headquartered in Edmonton, and had been set up to enable
Aboriginal film makers to tell their own stories. It helped train film
makers and funded the production of some films.
Gravdon McRae, Executive Producer for the film…
Review
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Peyote
by Raindance Sunshine Records
Including the pre-production phase, it was two years in the making, but
Peyote, Raindance's debut album of 11 original songs, has finally hit
the stands.
Raindance is a four-piece-group from (presumably, although it's not
totally clear) Georgina Island, Ont. and their line-up is Mardy…
Review
Page 11
Peyote
by Raindance Sunshine Records
Including the pre-production phase, it was two years in the making, but
Peyote, Raindance's debut album of 11 original songs, has finally hit
the stands.
Raindance is a four-piece-group from (presumably, although it's not
totally clear) Georgina Island, Ont. and their line-up is Mardy…