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The mother of Helen Betty Osborne wants intervener status at the upcoming parole hearing of the man convicted of her daughter's brutal murder. But it is unlikely that the National Parole Board will allow this to happen.
Justine Osborne, 70, of Norway House First Nation, and members of a women's wellness circle completed an 800 km Walk For Justice from their northern…
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A $14 million pilot program promising employment to 90 First Nations and Metis individuals in Alberta has been formalized with an official signing between local and federal officials.
Richard Arcand, chairman of the Western Aboriginal Development Alliance, (WADA), and Lloyd Axworthy, federal minister of Human Resources Development, announced the Stronger Together program…
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A $14 million pilot program promising employment to 90 First Nations and Metis individuals in Alberta has been formalized with an official signing between local and federal officials.
Richard Arcand, chairman of the Western Aboriginal Development Alliance, (WADA), and Lloyd Axworthy, federal minister of Human Resources Development, announced the Stronger Together program…
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Ben Louis wrapped up his novice season as a professional saddle bronc rider by tying on points for first place at the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton. The championship, however, was awarded to Jonathan Blackmore of Cardston, Alta., because he had won three go rounds to Louis's one.
At the CFR, Louis, an 18-year-old member of the Okanagan First Nation near Vernon, B.C.,…
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Ben Louis wrapped up his novice season as a professional saddle bronc rider by tying on points for first place at the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Edmonton. The championship, however, was awarded to Jonathan Blackmore of Cardston, Alta., because he had won three go rounds to Louis's one.
At the CFR, Louis, an 18-year-old member of the Okanagan First Nation near Vernon, B.C.,…
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Canada's rodeo showcase took a bit of a hit this year, as attendance didn't live up to early predictions by Edmonton Northlands of a new record. Crowds at the Canadian Finals Rodeo, which had seen more paying customer every year for each of the previous nine years, fell by about 3,000 for the five-day event.
A disastrous attendance slip for the Thursday-night performance…
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Canada's rodeo showcase took a bit of a hit this year, as attendance didn't live up to early predictions by Edmonton Northlands of a new record. Crowds at the Canadian Finals Rodeo, which had seen more paying customer every year for each of the previous nine years, fell by about 3,000 for the five-day event.
A disastrous attendance slip for the Thursday-night performance…
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When he was growing up, Shawn Henry's grandparents would bring posters back from the Canadian Finals Rodeo. He'd put them on his walls and dream of one day actually seeing the CFR, maybe competing, maybe even winning. In 1995, he took another step through is dream, winning a performance and placing well up the list in the toughest saddle bronc competition in Canada. In the CFR…
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When he was growing up, Shawn Henry's grandparents would bring posters back from the Canadian Finals Rodeo. He'd put them on his walls and dream of one day actually seeing the CFR, maybe competing, maybe even winning. In 1995, he took another step through is dream, winning a performance and placing well up the list in the toughest saddle bronc competition in Canada. In the CFR…
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Review
Raven In The Snow:
By Bill Miller
Warner/Reprise, 1995
In combining electrically induced influences of Bob Dylan, Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chilli Peppers , blues and indigenous roots music, Bill Miller's second album, Raven In The Snow, has to be one of the slickest products so far this year. Although Miller uses a measure of commercialism,…
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Review
Raven In The Snow:
By Bill Miller
Warner/Reprise, 1995
In combining electrically induced influences of Bob Dylan, Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chilli Peppers , blues and indigenous roots music, Bill Miller's second album, Raven In The Snow, has to be one of the slickest products so far this year. Although Miller uses a measure of commercialism,…
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His Indian name, abbreviated, is Pazi. Translated the name means, "He Who Goes Against Yellow Hair". In contemporary circles, he is Fred Pashe, 25, and this year's proud winner of the 13th Annual Peace Hills Art Contest. His acrylic on canvas painting entitled "The Spirit Will Never Die," was of a boy with a buffalo which won him top honours from among approximately 180 entries…
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Canadian Bible Society is Busy Again with Native Bible Translation.
After almost a century of relatively quite presses, the CBS is now working on New and Old Testament translation projects in 11 Native languages in Canada. Scripture selections are being produced in at least another five languages.
"This is the biggest effort at translation since the first contact…
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Canadian Bible Society is Busy Again with Native Bible Translation.
After almost a century of relatively quite presses, the CBS is now working on New and Old Testament translation projects in 11 Native languages in Canada. Scripture selections are being produced in at least another five languages.
"This is the biggest effort at translation since the first contact…
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Speaking to the faithful at their annual convention Nov. 19, B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Campbell promised "one law for all British Columbians."
His rejection of Native militancy was tied to a blanket dismissal of a negotiated land agreement, Aboriginal fishery and Native logging rights ? if they don't measure up to his own criteria for equality.
"Well not respect a…