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  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, VANCOUVER

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More than 16 years after Fred Johnson's last drink, he still faces reminders of the dangerous allure of alcohol on his 95 per cent dry reserve at Alkali Lake in British Columbia.

When his teenage daughter, now 15, experimented last year with beer bought by a young adult at nearby Williams Lake, he and his wife spelled out the dangers to her and laid charges against the…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, VANCOUVER

Page 4

More than 16 years after Fred Johnson's last drink, he still faces reminders of the dangerous allure of alcohol on his 95 per cent dry reserve at Alkali Lake in British Columbia.

When his teenage daughter, now 15, experimented last year with beer bought by a young adult at nearby Williams Lake, he and his wife spelled out the dangers to her and laid charges against the…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, VANCOUVER

Page 4

More than 16 years after Fred Johnson's last drink, he still faces reminders of the dangerous allure of alcohol on his 95 per cent dry reserve at Alkali Lake in British Columbia.

When his teenage daughter, now 15, experimented last year with beer bought by a young adult at nearby Williams Lake, he and his wife spelled out the dangers to her and laid charges against the…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, VANCOUVER

Page 4

More than 16 years after Fred Johnson's last drink, he still faces reminders of the dangerous allure of alcohol on his 95 per cent dry reserve at Alkali Lake in British Columbia.

When his teenage daughter, now 15, experimented last year with beer bought by a young adult at nearby Williams Lake, he and his wife spelled out the dangers to her and laid charges against the…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, VANCOUVER

Page 4

More than 16 years after Fred Johnson's last drink, he still faces reminders of the dangerous allure of alcohol on his 95 per cent dry reserve at Alkali Lake in British Columbia.

When his teenage daughter, now 15, experimented last year with beer bought by a young adult at nearby Williams Lake, he and his wife spelled out the dangers to her and laid charges against the…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, VANCOUVER

Page 4

More than 16 years after Fred Johnson's last drink, he still faces reminders of the dangerous allure of alcohol on his 95 per cent dry reserve at Alkali Lake in British Columbia.

When his teenage daughter, now 15, experimented last year with beer bought by a young adult at nearby Williams Lake, he and his wife spelled out the dangers to her and laid charges against the…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Contributor, CHESLATTA LAKE B.C.

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He's gone - or going - but he won't be forgotten. Brian Mulroney will be remembered in northern British Columbia, long after he's kicking up daisies, as the man who pulled the plug on the Nechako River.

Decades from now, people will talk abut the old Nechako River - and how it used to be. They'll talk about the prime minister - "What was his name? - who teamed up with B.C…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Contributor, CHESLATTA LAKE B.C.

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He's gone - or going - but he won't be forgotten. Brian Mulroney will be remembered in northern British Columbia, long after he's kicking up daisies, as the man who pulled the plug on the Nechako River.

Decades from now, people will talk abut the old Nechako River - and how it used to be. They'll talk about the prime minister - "What was his name? - who teamed up with B.C…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Contributor, CHESLATTA LAKE B.C.

Page 3

He's gone - or going - but he won't be forgotten. Brian Mulroney will be remembered in northern British Columbia, long after he's kicking up daisies, as the man who pulled the plug on the Nechako River.

Decades from now, people will talk abut the old Nechako River - and how it used to be. They'll talk about the prime minister - "What was his name? - who teamed up with B.C…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Contributor, CHESLATTA LAKE B.C.

Page 3

He's gone - or going - but he won't be forgotten. Brian Mulroney will be remembered in northern British Columbia, long after he's kicking up daisies, as the man who pulled the plug on the Nechako River.

Decades from now, people will talk abut the old Nechako River - and how it used to be. They'll talk about the prime minister - "What was his name? - who teamed up with B.C…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Contributor, CHESLATTA LAKE B.C.

Page 3

He's gone - or going - but he won't be forgotten. Brian Mulroney will be remembered in northern British Columbia, long after he's kicking up daisies, as the man who pulled the plug on the Nechako River.

Decades from now, people will talk abut the old Nechako River - and how it used to be. They'll talk about the prime minister - "What was his name? - who teamed up with B.C…

  • Andree Audette, Windspeaker Contributor, CANIM LAKE B.C.

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Caribou Shuswap Natives who lived horrific experiences in church-run schools are showing Indians throughout Canada that victory over the trauma is at hand.

"In other parts of the country, we mostly hear problems. But here, we hear solutions. There are amazing lessons to be learned from villages such as Alkali Lake and Canim Lake," said Chief George Erasmus, co-chairman of…

  • Andree Audette, Windspeaker Contributor, CANIM LAKE B.C.

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Caribou Shuswap Natives who lived horrific experiences in church-run schools are showing Indians throughout Canada that victory over the trauma is at hand.

"In other parts of the country, we mostly hear problems. But here, we hear solutions. There are amazing lessons to be learned from villages such as Alkali Lake and Canim Lake," said Chief George Erasmus, co-chairman of…

  • Andree Audette, Windspeaker Contributor, CANIM LAKE B.C.

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Caribou Shuswap Natives who lived horrific experiences in church-run schools are showing Indians throughout Canada that victory over the trauma is at hand.

"In other parts of the country, we mostly hear problems. But here, we hear solutions. There are amazing lessons to be learned from villages such as Alkali Lake and Canim Lake," said Chief George Erasmus, co-chairman of…

  • Andree Audette, Windspeaker Contributor, CANIM LAKE B.C.

Page 2

Caribou Shuswap Natives who lived horrific experiences in church-run schools are showing Indians throughout Canada that victory over the trauma is at hand.

"In other parts of the country, we mostly hear problems. But here, we hear solutions. There are amazing lessons to be learned from villages such as Alkali Lake and Canim Lake," said Chief George Erasmus, co-chairman of…