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The expansion of a British Columbia ski hill masks plans for a huge real estate development which could irrevocably damage the region's watershed, charge members of the Penticton Indian Band.
On Nov. 2 the band set up check points along access roads transecting their reserve to stop construction supply traffic from reaching the hill after becoming frustrated with both the…
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Remembrance Day comes each Nov. 11 for Aboriginal veterans of the First and Second Wars and the Korean War, just like it comes for their comrades in arms. But for First Nations and Metis men who fought for Canada, the fighting didn't end with their tour of duty overseas. Today they are finally closing in on their goals: recompense for decades of second-class veteranship.
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Beleaguered tribal police may be getting much-needed support from provincial RCMP following a series of meetings between Davis Inlet leaders and Department of Justice officials.
"The meetings have turned out all right, (The RCMP) have quite agreed to have police in place in the community," said George Rich about the initial discussions.
Currently, the closest RCMP…
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British Columbia's commercial fishing industry is in a state of anxiety, uncertainty and strain, reveals a report from the province's Fish Processing Strategic Task Force.
Unless co-operative problem-solving replaces self-interest and completion for short-term advantage, the B.C. commercial fishery could be faced with "stock extinction, business failure and internal…
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Four years after stories of sexual and physical abuse by a trusted Jesuit priest rocked this community, 15 victims have signed a compensation package with the Jesuit Fathers of Canada.
The packages includes $500,000 over three years to be spent on counselling services, $25,000 compensation per claimant and up to $4,000 each for educational or vocational upgrading.
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A B.C. Supreme Court Judge squashed a bid to excavate a Native burial site, saying to have granted the digging permits in the first place was "dirty pool" on behalf of the provincial government.
In a case brought to court by the Nanoose First Nation, Judge R. Hutchison ruled against Intrawest Development Corp. excavating a seven-hectare area 125 kilometres north of…
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Education and prevention doesn't help the kids who aren't there to learn.
"I wanted to do something for the children already missing," said Rhonda Morgan, Founder and Chairman of the Missing Children Society of Canada.
Morgan was working with another agency, training to be an investigator, when she decided to found the organization eight years ago.
This…
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Wife battering is a wide-spread problem in Canada. Women are the victims of physical, sexual, financial and emotional abuse which is inflicted on them by the men who are important in their lives.
This is not a new phenomenon; women have been abused by men over the centuries. The Christian church has played a major role, both by its theology and its…
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Shannon is on the road to recovery. She's recovering from being victimized in two separate abusive relationships.
For her, it has meant learning to believe she and her children are safe.
Feeling safe has taken more than two years, and although she says she still doesn't trust people enough to let them into her home, she has recovered enough to take the next step…
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He beat her, he told her because she was looking at another man. And that he loved her so much, it made him fearful and crazy to think he might lose her. He told her that t wouldn't happen again. But it did. Since the real reason he beat her was because...he could.
He beat her, he said because she was a poor housekeeper. And this reflected badly on him. And if she would…
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Children growing up in violent home situations suffer the effects for the rest of their lives - and so does society, said an American speaker at a recent Alberta conference on violence.
The abuse felt as a child permeates the fabric of society today as family violence spills out into the community, said Deborah Mathews, child and adolescent co-ordinator with Worchester…
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It's hard to condense 10,000 years of Mi'kmaq history into a 45-minute speech. Just ask Don Julien, executive director of the Confederacy of Mainland Micmacs.
"You miss an awful lot of stuff," he sighed. "You have to summarize the key points."
For the past year, Julien has been re-educating the Nova Scotia public on Mi'kmaq history. He's been giving speeches to…
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The Witchekan Lake First Nation has cleared the final hurdle in a long process that will see land added to the reserve.
An Oct. 5 federal order-in-council made the purchase of two quarter sections, 128 hectares, of agricultural land possible in the first transfer of rural lands to a reserve under the province's Treaty Land Entitlement Agreement. The agreement - unique to…
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More than 200 Canadian Native soldiers were killed or died form wounds during the Second World War. Natives earned a minimum of 17 decorations for bravery in action.
They participated in every major battle and campaign, including the disastrous Dieppe landings and the pivotal Normandy invasion. They also served in one of the worst imaginable theatres, Hong Kong, where…
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As a reasonably avid reader and writer I am always aware of the power of the written word. Words have a unique power due to their ability to transcend time and space and convey messages to people in every aspect of life. I remember a vivid example of this power in the film Black Robe, when an Indian chief is amazed a French voyageur can interpret the symbols in a book to…