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The leader of the Dene Nation will not comply with Canada's new gun control legislation as proposed by Justice Minister Allan Rock and adopted in the House of Commons June 13.
"I will not register my gun," said Bill Erasmus.
Canada did not 'meet the test' of consulting with the country's Native people as is required for any legislation that will impact Aboriginal…
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The leader of the Dene Nation will not comply with Canada's new gun control legislation as proposed by Justice Minister Allan Rock and adopted in the House of Commons June 13.
"I will not register my gun," said Bill Erasmus.
Canada did not 'meet the test' of consulting with the country's Native people as is required for any legislation that will impact Aboriginal…
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Making a difference in the community of Cranberry Portage is what the Child/Family Resource Centre is all about.
Executive Director Wendy Trylinski said the centre's programs and services are open to everyone in the community.
Trylinski added before funding from Health and Welfare Canada was approved through the Community Action Program for Children, the committee…
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Making a difference in the community of Cranberry Portage is what the Child/Family Resource Centre is all about.
Executive Director Wendy Trylinski said the centre's programs and services are open to everyone in the community.
Trylinski added before funding from Health and Welfare Canada was approved through the Community Action Program for Children, the committee…
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Two Brandon University professors have been awarded a $45,500 grant to research Metis political organizations.
Over three years, Gerard Ens of the history department and Joe Sawchuk of the Native studies department will collect and analyze 20th century materials related to Metis political organizations. The research will focus on organizations which were instrumental in…
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Two Brandon University professors have been awarded a $45,500 grant to research Metis political organizations.
Over three years, Gerard Ens of the history department and Joe Sawchuk of the Native studies department will collect and analyze 20th century materials related to Metis political organizations. The research will focus on organizations which were instrumental in…
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There is a new sense of urgency in Bill Sanderson's voice when he talks about the necessity for a provincial Aboriginal school division in Winnipeg.
"We've got a whole new generation of kids that are going to be lost if we don't get this school division up and running by this fall."
Sanderson, who is one of only two Aboriginal school trustees in Winnipeg, was…
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There is a new sense of urgency in Bill Sanderson's voice when he talks about the necessity for a provincial Aboriginal school division in Winnipeg.
"We've got a whole new generation of kids that are going to be lost if we don't get this school division up and running by this fall."
Sanderson, who is one of only two Aboriginal school trustees in Winnipeg, was…
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Native and business leaders held a conference in April to open lines of communication between the two groups. It's been a long time coming but there are some big changes in the works for resource development.
The Focusing our Resources conference in Calgary united 450 people, both from bands across the country and from oil and gas companies hoping to make some money on…
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Native and business leaders held a conference in April to open lines of communication between the two groups. It's been a long time coming but there are some big changes in the works for resource development.
The Focusing our Resources conference in Calgary united 450 people, both from bands across the country and from oil and gas companies hoping to make some money on…
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Embrace technology as a way to create work independent of the large corporate studios, innovative recording star Buffy Sainte-Marie told about 100 potential converts as a high-tech workshop during this month's Dreamspeakers Festival in Edmonton.
"(A computer) makes it possible for you to be a recording artist or film-maker at home, which is really about blowing people's…
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Embrace technology as a way to create work independent of the large corporate studios, innovative recording star Buffy Sainte-Marie told about 100 potential converts as a high-tech workshop during this month's Dreamspeakers Festival in Edmonton.
"(A computer) makes it possible for you to be a recording artist or film-maker at home, which is really about blowing people's…
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Sports
Everybody except Freddy Kreuger dreads Friday the 13the. Chief Denton George, the Ochapowace First Nation and some Regina hockey fans probably don't think much of Friday the 16th.
By a 16 to 1 conference call vote on that day in June, the Western Hockey League board of governors rejected the $1.7-million sale of the major junior Pats club from three Regina…
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Sports
Everybody except Freddy Kreuger dreads Friday the 13the. Chief Denton George, the Ochapowace First Nation and some Regina hockey fans probably don't think much of Friday the 16th.
By a 16 to 1 conference call vote on that day in June, the Western Hockey League board of governors rejected the $1.7-million sale of the major junior Pats club from three Regina…
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Sharon Paul has some advice for people who want to further their education.
"Go for it!" she says. "If you are going to do it, there are people there to help. There is always support, more than enough if you ask, but it's not going to come to you if you don't ask.
The 42-year-old grandmother speaks from experience. Last May she graduated from the University…