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Health and welfare Canada's recent grant of $50,000 has brought the North American Indigenous Games closer to a reality.
But games' committee chairman Charles Wood said organizers have fallen short of their goal of raising $750,000 to help make the games a success.
That led to a crucial second look at the whole "indigenous games package" and the cancellation of…
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Health and welfare Canada's recent grant of $50,000 has brought the North American Indigenous Games closer to a reality.
But games' committee chairman Charles Wood said organizers have fallen short of their goal of raising $750,000 to help make the games a success.
That led to a crucial second look at the whole "indigenous games package" and the cancellation of…
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Native families on Saddle Lake reserve are living in squalid, unhealthy conditions, says the band's chief.
Carl Quinn said the housing problems facing his 4,000-member band have escalated into a crisis, because the federal government refuses to increase its allowance for new home construction and renovations.
"And it' been that way since we left our teepees," he…
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Native families on Saddle Lake reserve are living in squalid, unhealthy conditions, says the band's chief.
Carl Quinn said the housing problems facing his 4,000-member band have escalated into a crisis, because the federal government refuses to increase its allowance for new home construction and renovations.
"And it' been that way since we left our teepees," he…
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Native families on Saddle Lake reserve are living in squalid, unhealthy conditions, says the band's chief.
Carl Quinn said the housing problems facing his 4,000-member band have escalated into a crisis, because the federal government refuses to increase its allowance for new home construction and renovations.
"And it' been that way since we left our teepees," he…
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Native families on Saddle Lake reserve are living in squalid, unhealthy conditions, says the band's chief.
Carl Quinn said the housing problems facing his 4,000-member band have escalated into a crisis, because the federal government refuses to increase its allowance for new home construction and renovations.
"And it' been that way since we left our teepees," he…
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A University of Calgary professor, battling northern Alberta forestry developments, began the first leg of his 300-km protest march from Calgary to Edmonton in an effort to stop the controversial mega-projects from being approved without public input.
U of C geology professor Richard Thomas began his 16-day Moratorium on Mills trek, after a rousing send-off at the Calgary…
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A University of Calgary professor, battling northern Alberta forestry developments, began the first leg of his 300-km protest march from Calgary to Edmonton in an effort to stop the controversial mega-projects from being approved without public input.
U of C geology professor Richard Thomas began his 16-day Moratorium on Mills trek, after a rousing send-off at the Calgary…
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A University of Calgary professor, battling northern Alberta forestry developments, began the first leg of his 300-km protest march from Calgary to Edmonton in an effort to stop the controversial mega-projects from being approved without public input.
U of C geology professor Richard Thomas began his 16-day Moratorium on Mills trek, after a rousing send-off at the Calgary…
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A University of Calgary professor, battling northern Alberta forestry developments, began the first leg of his 300-km protest march from Calgary to Edmonton in an effort to stop the controversial mega-projects from being approved without public input.
U of C geology professor Richard Thomas began his 16-day Moratorium on Mills trek, after a rousing send-off at the Calgary…
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The $3 million chopstick factory at SturgeonLake reserve in northern Alberta has been closed by foreign investors, who fear the operations is not meeting their standards.
But the vice-president of the Valleyview Economic Development Board insists the Native businessmen are only going through growing pains.
Al MacGregor believes it's just a matter of time before the…
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The $3 million chopstick factory at SturgeonLake reserve in northern Alberta has been closed by foreign investors, who fear the operations is not meeting their standards.
But the vice-president of the Valleyview Economic Development Board insists the Native businessmen are only going through growing pains.
Al MacGregor believes it's just a matter of time before the…
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The $3 million chopstick factory at SturgeonLake reserve in northern Alberta has been closed by foreign investors, who fear the operations is not meeting their standards.
But the vice-president of the Valleyview Economic Development Board insists the Native businessmen are only going through growing pains.
Al MacGregor believes it's just a matter of time before the…
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The $3 million chopstick factory at SturgeonLake reserve in northern Alberta has been closed by foreign investors, who fear the operations is not meeting their standards.
But the vice-president of the Valleyview Economic Development Board insists the Native businessmen are only going through growing pains.
Al MacGregor believes it's just a matter of time before the…
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Philomene Gladue lived for most of her 106 years at a place she dearly loved , along the quiet lakeshore of Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta.
Born and raised in Kinuso (Swan River Indian reserve) it is believed Philomene was actually 112-years-old when she passed away April 4, 1990.
When she was a young girl, birthdates were usually never registered until…