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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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Most of Canada will hold National Addictions Awareness Week activities Nov. 18-24, but British Columbia's kick-off ceremony and activities will get underway several days earlier.
"We wanted to coincide with the provincial drug awareness week which begins Nov. 4," explains Deborah Senger, regional co-ordinator for National Addictions Awareness Week in Vancouver. Senger…
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"The goal is to have all Indian and Inuit Communities, bands and organizations participate in the Join the Circle Campaign," says Louis Mayo, National Addictions Awareness Week Co-ordinator at the Nechi Institute.
Last year 405 Native communities sent in declarations of intent to participate and over 18,000 people were involved.
"This unity exemplifies the work…
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A tiny village located in Canada's Northwest Territories received support from an unexpected source last year. The 150 students at the Attanajuak school wrote Hulk Hogan, one of their most popular heroes, and invited him to participate in their 1989 Stop Smoking and Say No to Drugs activities.
"Although the World Wrestling Federation champion couldn't attend the week-long…
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Dear Editor:
After reading a few issues of the Windspeaker, my interest in Joe Redcrow's Cree syllabic section has heightened to the point where I would like to request of you, the availability of a Cree syllabic typewriter.
Upon looking at a few issues of your Cree syllabic writing I am now reassured that there exists a typewriter of that nature. Although I have…
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Has it really been five years?
Because it's been that long since the first AMMSA (Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta) newspaper was printed, this week was a good time to dust off those first issues and see what was making the headlines five years ago today.
Time marches on, but it's amazing how much versus how little can be accomplished in a five-year span.…
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Businessman Archie Gladue was in Edmonton Feb. 11 to receive an award from Alberta Indian Investment Corporation for operating the Indian Business of the Year.
Gladue, who owns Lasso Contracting with Terry Hanlon, received the Honourable Ralph Steinhauer Award for his business.
Gladue has been with Lasso Contracting since its inception nine years ago. The company…
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The Lubicon band is suing McKnight for failing to order an environmental study on the proposed Daishowa pulp mill.
The Japanese forest products company was given government approval and financial assistance to begin a $500-million pulp mill operation which involves cutting down trees on land claimed by the Lubicon band.
The band charges McKnight's trust…
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Apartments, hotels to come
A "critical housing shortage" at zero-vacancy rated Fort Chipewyan is being curbed with the building of new homes for the town's 1,500 residents, says John Rigney, manager of the Fort Chipewyan band.
An official opening ceremony was held at Fort Chip in January to acknowledge the completion of seven new houses built at the townsite with…
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The national Native Women's Association of Canada may undergo massive reconstruction if a bid by acting president Jean Gleason gets delegate approval during an upcoming special assembly scheduled for March 18 ? 22 in Ottawa.
The assembly will also see the election of a new president and second vice-president who will each receive a two-year term. Three more executives will…
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A medical health center here is "turning away" patients.
The Boyle McCauley Health Centre treats about 10,000 patients each year ? half of whom are Native people, says health co-ordinator Sherry McKibben, noting the clinic has been sending patients elsewhere of late. She estimates the clinic turns away about two people a day because it does not have "adequate space to deal…
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Roy Randolph, an Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) board member, passed away at 65 years of age on March 7.
As a community-minded individual, Randolph had a lengthy history of involvement with Native organizations and helped better their lives. He joined the AMMSA board in 1984 and became the second president of the Aboriginal Radio and Television Society (…
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Metis Children's Services in Edmonton is recruiting urgently needed volunteers to provide friendship, support and expertise to Metis families.
The statement "we want you" is a plea for help, comments family service worker, John Sinclair. He says the organization is seeking individuals from various walks of life who possess a variety of skills or education.
"The…
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A 15-bed hospital being built here will provide residents with complete medical care.
Work on the new hospital, expected to cost $6.3-million, began last October. So far, construction is on schedule and the facility is expected to be open February 1989, according to budget administrator Cliff Cottingham.
The facility has the potential to accommodate 10 more beds,…
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Nursing assistants are being trained here for Wabasca's first hospital, currently under construction.
Students from the Wabasca area have been training in the 10-month registered nursing assistant program since January. When they complete their training Oct. 14, six of the 10 students now in the program will be stationed at the Wabasca hospital, expected to open next year…
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The Alexander band election procedures declared illegal last December have been approved by the federal government.
The band, located 25 km northwest of Edmonton, experienced problems when they moved to custom elections and failed to notify the government it would be setting up its own rules rather than following regulations governing band elections under the Indian Act.…