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  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

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The Montana Band from Hobbema is suing the federal government for compensation for the loss of much of its reserve 80 years ago.

Twenty square miles were taken by Ottawa from the band in 1909 by Ottawa and sold to settlers in future years, leaving the band with just 10 square miles, claims the band.

"They came along and ate off two-thirds," said band lawyer Gary…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 7

The Montana Band from Hobbema is suing the federal government for compensation for the loss of much of its reserve 80 years ago.

Twenty square miles were taken by Ottawa from the band in 1909 by Ottawa and sold to settlers in future years, leaving the band with just 10 square miles, claims the band.

"They came along and ate off two-thirds," said band lawyer Gary…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 7

The Montana Band from Hobbema is suing the federal government for compensation for the loss of much of its reserve 80 years ago.

Twenty square miles were taken by Ottawa from the band in 1909 by Ottawa and sold to settlers in future years, leaving the band with just 10 square miles, claims the band.

"They came along and ate off two-thirds," said band lawyer Gary…

  • Richard Wagamese, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 5

Tansi, ahnee and hello.

This morning there is new snow.

Each individual flake spirals lazily through the purple haziness of early morning like a dancer.

If you close your eyes and listen, the right way you can almost hear the beat of the drum they follow.

In the wind is an honor song. Morning emerges elegantly, gracefully like a planned thing.

  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 4

The rich get richer.

The poor get poorer.

That's the lesson behind the new year's early Christmas gift for the poor as landlords jack up rental accommodation by as much as 25 per cent for 1990.

Already beleaguered inner-city residents, many of whom are elderly and are on fixed incomes, will probably face one of the worst housing crisis in years in Edmonton.…

  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 4

The rich get richer.

The poor get poorer.

That's the lesson behind the new year's early Christmas gift for the poor as landlords jack up rental accommodation by as much as 25 per cent for 1990.

Already beleaguered inner-city residents, many of whom are elderly and are on fixed incomes, will probably face one of the worst housing crisis in years in Edmonton.…

  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 4

The rich get richer.

The poor get poorer.

That's the lesson behind the new year's early Christmas gift for the poor as landlords jack up rental accommodation by as much as 25 per cent for 1990.

Already beleaguered inner-city residents, many of whom are elderly and are on fixed incomes, will probably face one of the worst housing crisis in years in Edmonton.…

  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 4

The rich get richer.

The poor get poorer.

That's the lesson behind the new year's early Christmas gift for the poor as landlords jack up rental accommodation by as much as 25 per cent for 1990.

Already beleaguered inner-city residents, many of whom are elderly and are on fixed incomes, will probably face one of the worst housing crisis in years in Edmonton.…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Cardston Alta.

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The RCMP detachment in Cardston was dismissed as a training center for recruits in 1980 shortly after a Blood blockade of its businesses, an RCMP officer told a public inquiry this week.

Commanding officer Peter Wright said the decision followed a meeting in which Blood representatives and RCMP K-Division officials agreed constables stationed in Cardston were too…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Cardston Alta.

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The RCMP detachment in Cardston was dismissed as a training center for recruits in 1980 shortly after a Blood blockade of its businesses, an RCMP officer told a public inquiry this week.

Commanding officer Peter Wright said the decision followed a meeting in which Blood representatives and RCMP K-Division officials agreed constables stationed in Cardston were too…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Cardston Alta.

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The RCMP detachment in Cardston was dismissed as a training center for recruits in 1980 shortly after a Blood blockade of its businesses, an RCMP officer told a public inquiry this week.

Commanding officer Peter Wright said the decision followed a meeting in which Blood representatives and RCMP K-Division officials agreed constables stationed in Cardston were too…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Cardston Alta.

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The RCMP detachment in Cardston was dismissed as a training center for recruits in 1980 shortly after a Blood blockade of its businesses, an RCMP officer told a public inquiry this week.

Commanding officer Peter Wright said the decision followed a meeting in which Blood representatives and RCMP K-Division officials agreed constables stationed in Cardston were too…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Yellowknife N.W.T.

Page 3

Negotiations of the Dene/Metis claim in the Northwest Territories must be finalized by the end of March and then go to a referendum in June, according to the NWT Metis Association.

If there is no final agreement by the end of March, the federal government will cut off negotiations, according to a Metis Association news release.

In a recent letter to the Dene Nation…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Yellowknife N.W.T.

Page 3

Negotiations of the Dene/Metis claim in the Northwest Territories must be finalized by the end of March and then go to a referendum in June, according to the NWT Metis Association.

If there is no final agreement by the end of March, the federal government will cut off negotiations, according to a Metis Association news release.

In a recent letter to the Dene Nation…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Yellowknife N.W.T.

Page 3

Negotiations of the Dene/Metis claim in the Northwest Territories must be finalized by the end of March and then go to a referendum in June, according to the NWT Metis Association.

If there is no final agreement by the end of March, the federal government will cut off negotiations, according to a Metis Association news release.

In a recent letter to the Dene Nation…