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  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 5

Remarks made by a senior provincial official defending the government's role in caring for cold wards were offensive, says IAA vice-president Percy Potts.

Potts said Hugh Tadman, senior communications officer with social services, was out of line to point fingers at families in crisis.

Those families should instead be offered rehabilitative help rather than…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 5

Remarks made by a senior provincial official defending the government's role in caring for cold wards were offensive, says IAA vice-president Percy Potts.

Potts said Hugh Tadman, senior communications officer with social services, was out of line to point fingers at families in crisis.

Those families should instead be offered rehabilitative help rather than…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 5

Remarks made by a senior provincial official defending the government's role in caring for cold wards were offensive, says IAA vice-president Percy Potts.

Potts said Hugh Tadman, senior communications officer with social services, was out of line to point fingers at families in crisis.

Those families should instead be offered rehabilitative help rather than…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 5

Remarks made by a senior provincial official defending the government's role in caring for cold wards were offensive, says IAA vice-president Percy Potts.

Potts said Hugh Tadman, senior communications officer with social services, was out of line to point fingers at families in crisis.

Those families should instead be offered rehabilitative help rather than…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edson Alta

Page 5

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A Native group in west-central Alberta is threatening to break Canadian laws to uphold aboriginal rights.

"We don't recognize the laws of Canada," said Metis Dan Martel, a representative of the Assembly of Aboriginal People (AAP).

"We're going to tell our people to go out and hunt again," he said, noting some aboriginal people in the Grand Cache area had…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edson Alta

Page 5

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A Native group in west-central Alberta is threatening to break Canadian laws to uphold aboriginal rights.

"We don't recognize the laws of Canada," said Metis Dan Martel, a representative of the Assembly of Aboriginal People (AAP).

"We're going to tell our people to go out and hunt again," he said, noting some aboriginal people in the Grand Cache area had…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edson Alta

Page 5

.

A Native group in west-central Alberta is threatening to break Canadian laws to uphold aboriginal rights.

"We don't recognize the laws of Canada," said Metis Dan Martel, a representative of the Assembly of Aboriginal People (AAP).

"We're going to tell our people to go out and hunt again," he said, noting some aboriginal people in the Grand Cache area had…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edson Alta

Page 5

.

A Native group in west-central Alberta is threatening to break Canadian laws to uphold aboriginal rights.

"We don't recognize the laws of Canada," said Metis Dan Martel, a representative of the Assembly of Aboriginal People (AAP).

"We're going to tell our people to go out and hunt again," he said, noting some aboriginal people in the Grand Cache area had…

  • Ken Ward

Page 4

Ken is a young man who has just tested positive for HIV, the virus which can lead to full-blown AIDS. He is the first Native person in Edmonton to be diagnosed with the virus. There are his thoughts and feelings about his life and what he expects will happen to him.

On December 29,1989 my doctor informed me that I have six months to 10 years to live...I was tested for HIV…

  • Ken Ward

Page 4

Ken is a young man who has just tested positive for HIV, the virus which can lead to full-blown AIDS. He is the first Native person in Edmonton to be diagnosed with the virus. There are his thoughts and feelings about his life and what he expects will happen to him.

On December 29,1989 my doctor informed me that I have six months to 10 years to live...I was tested for HIV…

  • Ken Ward

Page 4

Ken is a young man who has just tested positive for HIV, the virus which can lead to full-blown AIDS. He is the first Native person in Edmonton to be diagnosed with the virus. There are his thoughts and feelings about his life and what he expects will happen to him.

On December 29,1989 my doctor informed me that I have six months to 10 years to live...I was tested for HIV…

  • Ken Ward

Page 4

Ken is a young man who has just tested positive for HIV, the virus which can lead to full-blown AIDS. He is the first Native person in Edmonton to be diagnosed with the virus. There are his thoughts and feelings about his life and what he expects will happen to him.

On December 29,1989 my doctor informed me that I have six months to 10 years to live...I was tested for HIV…

  • Jeff Morrow, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 4

AIDS, an acronym that has crept into the English language in recent years as a word synonymous with suffering and death, is still not fully understood by Native people across Canada.

The Joint National Committee on Aboriginal AIDS Education and Prevention wants that changed.

The one-year-old Native consortium is pushing for the federal government to make AIDS…

  • Jeff Morrow, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 4

AIDS, an acronym that has crept into the English language in recent years as a word synonymous with suffering and death, is still not fully understood by Native people across Canada.

The Joint National Committee on Aboriginal AIDS Education and Prevention wants that changed.

The one-year-old Native consortium is pushing for the federal government to make AIDS…

  • Jeff Morrow, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 4

AIDS, an acronym that has crept into the English language in recent years as a word synonymous with suffering and death, is still not fully understood by Native people across Canada.

The Joint National Committee on Aboriginal AIDS Education and Prevention wants that changed.

The one-year-old Native consortium is pushing for the federal government to make AIDS…