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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
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Entrepreneur- Gisele Martin, 27, Partner-Douglas Wright, Business-Tla-ook Cultural Adventures
Launched-National Aboriginal Day, June 21, 2002. Location-Tofino, B.C.
Tla-ook Cultural Adventures offers guided cultural tours of Clayoquot Sound in traditional Nuu-Chah-Nulth dugout canoes.
Windspeaker: Why did you start your own business?
Gisele Martin:…
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Entrepreneur-Jason Bru, 32,
Business-The General Nutrition Centre (GNC),
Launched-July 2002
Location-The Mall at Lawson Heights in Saskatoon
Jason Bru managed a corporate-owned GNC for four-and-a-half years before branching out to open a franchise of the health-food store on his own.
Windspeaker: Why did you start your own business?
…
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Entrepreneur-Jason Bru, 32,
Business-The General Nutrition Centre (GNC),
Launched-July 2002
Location-The Mall at Lawson Heights in Saskatoon
Jason Bru managed a corporate-owned GNC for four-and-a-half years before branching out to open a franchise of the health-food store on his own.
Windspeaker: Why did you start your own business?
…
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Visiting the museum and art gallery at the Woodland Cultural Centre is like going on a journey through time.
Your journey begins at a prehistoric village of the Neutral people, the name given by 17th century explorers to the independent tribes of Iroquoian people who weren't involved in disputes between the Huron and Five Nations Iroquois. From there, you travel through…
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Claiming to represent a citizen's group on the Stoney/Nakota reserve in southern Alberta, Greg Twoyoungmen has gone public with accusations of racial profiling by Cochrane RCMP.
Twoyoungmen said he was approached to join a group of Elders and others on the reserve that was discussing the persistent RCMP presence in the community.
After hearing about the group's…
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Claiming to represent a citizen's group on the Stoney/Nakota reserve in southern Alberta, Greg Twoyoungmen has gone public with accusations of racial profiling by Cochrane RCMP.
Twoyoungmen said he was approached to join a group of Elders and others on the reserve that was discussing the persistent RCMP presence in the community.
After hearing about the group's…
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NASIVVIK
Aging, nature's great irreversible wonder, doesn't require any help to move it along. In the aging timeline, some milestones are notable for being perceived by the aging person. At the age of 54, my journey into elder-hood marches quickly forward, and some recent events confirm thresholds I've crossed toward the inevitable.
Last March, two of my sons…
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NASIVVIK
Aging, nature's great irreversible wonder, doesn't require any help to move it along. In the aging timeline, some milestones are notable for being perceived by the aging person. At the age of 54, my journey into elder-hood marches quickly forward, and some recent events confirm thresholds I've crossed toward the inevitable.
Last March, two of my sons…
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PRO BONO
Dear Tuma:
I am having concerns regarding one of my parents who is ill with a life threatening disease. This parent refuses to go to the hospital and take regular treatments. I'd tried to call the ambulance at times and he would refuse to get in the ambulance. I was wondering how I could get a power of attorney so I can force him to go to the hospital.…
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PRO BONO
Dear Tuma:
I am having concerns regarding one of my parents who is ill with a life threatening disease. This parent refuses to go to the hospital and take regular treatments. I'd tried to call the ambulance at times and he would refuse to get in the ambulance. I was wondering how I could get a power of attorney so I can force him to go to the hospital.…
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THE URBANE INDIAN
With the growing complexity of everyday life in this world, the once solid world of the North American First Nation's member has had to bend to evolve. Over the years, Aboriginal Nations have had to find ways of translating words like AIDS, Internet and satellites, just to name a few, into their own unique tongues. In order to preserve their language,…
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THE URBANE INDIAN
With the growing complexity of everyday life in this world, the once solid world of the North American First Nation's member has had to bend to evolve. Over the years, Aboriginal Nations have had to find ways of translating words like AIDS, Internet and satellites, just to name a few, into their own unique tongues. In order to preserve their language,…
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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Tamara Bell: The desire to do the right thing.
W: What is it that really makes you mad?
T.B.: To watch within our community some of the strife and struggle of our Aboriginal children and women... I wish, you know, that our leaders were able to address those issues in a more tangible way, but it…
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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Tamara Bell: The desire to do the right thing.
W: What is it that really makes you mad?
T.B.: To watch within our community some of the strife and struggle of our Aboriginal children and women... I wish, you know, that our leaders were able to address those issues in a more tangible way, but it…
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It's been a dozen years since Paul LaRoche discovered his birth family and his Native roots. LaRoche, who was born on the Lower Brule Sioux reserve in South Dakota, was adopted by non-Native parents and didn't learn of his heritage until 1993.
LaRoche began performing in his teens and spent more than two decades working in the music business. He left the industry in 1989…