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  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

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A two-pronged aggressive approach is being used in the attack against an alarming outbreak of whooping cough in the province, says the provincial director of disease control.

Health workers first aggressively seek to identify people, who have come in contact with those infected with whooping cough and then ensure immunizations are brought up to date, said Dr. John Waters…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

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A two-pronged aggressive approach is being used in the attack against an alarming outbreak of whooping cough in the province, says the provincial director of disease control.

Health workers first aggressively seek to identify people, who have come in contact with those infected with whooping cough and then ensure immunizations are brought up to date, said Dr. John Waters…

  • Jeff Morrow, Windspeaker Staff Writer

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The death rate among Canadian Indians has dropped dramatically in recent years, but it remains three times the national average for Indians under 35, according to a recently released Statistics Canada Journal.

The quarterly magazine Canadian Social Trends also indicates that the infant mortality among Indians is above the national average as well.

The annual death…

  • Jeff Morrow, Windspeaker Staff Writer

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The death rate among Canadian Indians has dropped dramatically in recent years, but it remains three times the national average for Indians under 35, according to a recently released Statistics Canada Journal.

The quarterly magazine Canadian Social Trends also indicates that the infant mortality among Indians is above the national average as well.

The annual death…

  • Jeff Morrow, Windspeaker Staff Writer

Page 2

The death rate among Canadian Indians has dropped dramatically in recent years, but it remains three times the national average for Indians under 35, according to a recently released Statistics Canada Journal.

The quarterly magazine Canadian Social Trends also indicates that the infant mortality among Indians is above the national average as well.

The annual death…

  • Jeff Morrow, Windspeaker Staff Writer

Page 2

The death rate among Canadian Indians has dropped dramatically in recent years, but it remains three times the national average for Indians under 35, according to a recently released Statistics Canada Journal.

The quarterly magazine Canadian Social Trends also indicates that the infant mortality among Indians is above the national average as well.

The annual death…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Canada's aboriginal people should write their members of parliament to support a Bill to preserve native languages, said George Erasmus, the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

The bill is to establish the Aboriginal Languages Foundation.

Introduced in November by Ethel Blondin, the Western Arctic MP, Bill C-269 outlines the powers of the foundation in…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Canada's aboriginal people should write their members of parliament to support a Bill to preserve native languages, said George Erasmus, the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

The bill is to establish the Aboriginal Languages Foundation.

Introduced in November by Ethel Blondin, the Western Arctic MP, Bill C-269 outlines the powers of the foundation in…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Canada's aboriginal people should write their members of parliament to support a Bill to preserve native languages, said George Erasmus, the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

The bill is to establish the Aboriginal Languages Foundation.

Introduced in November by Ethel Blondin, the Western Arctic MP, Bill C-269 outlines the powers of the foundation in…

  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 2

Canada's aboriginal people should write their members of parliament to support a Bill to preserve native languages, said George Erasmus, the grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

The bill is to establish the Aboriginal Languages Foundation.

Introduced in November by Ethel Blondin, the Western Arctic MP, Bill C-269 outlines the powers of the foundation in…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Stricter controls will clamp down on the pulp and paper industry according to a Wednesday announcement by Federal Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard.

The new regulations will be phased in over the next four years and should eliminate carcinogenic discharges of dioxins and furans from mills.

Bouchard said even though the industry took steps to reduce its pollution…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Stricter controls will clamp down on the pulp and paper industry according to a Wednesday announcement by Federal Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard.

The new regulations will be phased in over the next four years and should eliminate carcinogenic discharges of dioxins and furans from mills.

Bouchard said even though the industry took steps to reduce its pollution…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Stricter controls will clamp down on the pulp and paper industry according to a Wednesday announcement by Federal Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard.

The new regulations will be phased in over the next four years and should eliminate carcinogenic discharges of dioxins and furans from mills.

Bouchard said even though the industry took steps to reduce its pollution…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Stricter controls will clamp down on the pulp and paper industry according to a Wednesday announcement by Federal Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard.

The new regulations will be phased in over the next four years and should eliminate carcinogenic discharges of dioxins and furans from mills.

Bouchard said even though the industry took steps to reduce its pollution…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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The findings of the Manitoba aboriginal justice inquiry may be produced on video to make them more accessible to the province's aboriginal population.

The idea is to distribute the findings to a large audience, according to an inquiry official.

Several Native organizations have favored the idea though Phil Fontaine, the head of the Manitoba Assembly of Chiefs, wasn'…