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First Nations should have no special recognition in the law and no more rights than municipalities in an independent Quebec.
So said a Quebec businessman at one of 18 "people's commission" hearings into sovereignty organized by the Quebec government and held across the province in February.
"If we give $400 million to one Native group, the next one will ask for $…
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First Nations should have no special recognition in the law and no more rights than municipalities in an independent Quebec.
So said a Quebec businessman at one of 18 "people's commission" hearings into sovereignty organized by the Quebec government and held across the province in February.
"If we give $400 million to one Native group, the next one will ask for $…
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Keeping tabs on the condition of housing under their management has often meant a mammoth undertaking for First Nations. Now, however, an extremely easy-to-use software program enables First Nation communities to produce accurate and up-to-date assessments of their housing situation, with just a few touches to the computer keyboard.
The versatile Abenaki Housing…
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Keeping tabs on the condition of housing under their management has often meant a mammoth undertaking for First Nations. Now, however, an extremely easy-to-use software program enables First Nation communities to produce accurate and up-to-date assessments of their housing situation, with just a few touches to the computer keyboard.
The versatile Abenaki Housing…
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In all the vast space and millions of computer files accessible through the Internet, there is not one site that collects and stores data about Native Canadians.
"There's really no representation here in Canada yet," says Dickson Christie, director of marketing and promotions for Alberta Supernet, a service which connects computer users with Internet.
Christie…
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In all the vast space and millions of computer files accessible through the Internet, there is not one site that collects and stores data about Native Canadians.
"There's really no representation here in Canada yet," says Dickson Christie, director of marketing and promotions for Alberta Supernet, a service which connects computer users with Internet.
Christie…
Unable to find a tradesman willing to train her, welder hires one herself
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Meet Calgary's iron lady.
Irma White-Patmore has a will as strong as the products of her Mohawk Welding and Consulting Services.
She thrives on starting from scratch.
It looked like all the strikes were against her when she started in 1986.
In a year when falling oil…
Unable to find a tradesman willing to train her, welder hires one herself
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Meet Calgary's iron lady.
Irma White-Patmore has a will as strong as the products of her Mohawk Welding and Consulting Services.
She thrives on starting from scratch.
It looked like all the strikes were against her when she started in 1986.
In a year when falling oil…
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Wally Rabbitskin grew up playing ice hockey in Northern Quebec but now he's a marathon runner who plays only the occasional game on blades.
"I've got a bit of a shin injury," says Rabbitskin before quietly acknowledging that he's still logging 90 to 100 kilometres a week in training.
That the 33-year-old Cree has taken to running up to 150 kilometres a week might…
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Wally Rabbitskin grew up playing ice hockey in Northern Quebec but now he's a marathon runner who plays only the occasional game on blades.
"I've got a bit of a shin injury," says Rabbitskin before quietly acknowledging that he's still logging 90 to 100 kilometres a week in training.
That the 33-year-old Cree has taken to running up to 150 kilometres a week might…
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The rodeo circuit continued to prosper over Christmas at the 15th Cowboy Christmas Rodeo in the Panee Memorial Multiplex in Hobbema. This years four-show event had the best attendance ever for one of the few rodeos held in Canada's rodeo "off season." And the crowds went home happy, having witnessed some of the country's best in top form.
The rodeo opened with an…
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REVIEW
Legends: I Am An Eagles the fledging First Nations Music label's fifth release, a hefty double CD containing more than two hours of stories and music.
The recording company is a partnership between Wawatay Native Communications Society, based in Sioux Lookout, Ont. and two new companies which were established to recover lost funding due to government…
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REVIEW
Legends: I Am An Eagles the fledging First Nations Music label's fifth release, a hefty double CD containing more than two hours of stories and music.
The recording company is a partnership between Wawatay Native Communications Society, based in Sioux Lookout, Ont. and two new companies which were established to recover lost funding due to government…
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REVIEW
The Duwamish of the Pacific Northwest have a legend of how song came to Earth. The living creatures of Earth wanted to hear song and tried many ways in reaching skyward to catch song. Finally, little songbirds were sent on Raven's back to retrieve song from a tiny hole in the sky.
Today, we never say we wrote a song, but think of where and what gave us a…
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REVIEW
The Duwamish of the Pacific Northwest have a legend of how song came to Earth. The living creatures of Earth wanted to hear song and tried many ways in reaching skyward to catch song. Finally, little songbirds were sent on Raven's back to retrieve song from a tiny hole in the sky.
Today, we never say we wrote a song, but think of where and what gave us a…