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A band in New Brunswick is going ahead with plans to launch a casino despite objections from the province.
Woodstock Band Chief Len Tomah met with investors Nov. 6 to discuss financing the casino, which is due to open next spring, despite warnings from Provincial Minister of Finance Allan Maher that only the province can license gambling.
"That's a contentious and…
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A band in New Brunswick is going ahead with plans to launch a casino despite objections from the province.
Woodstock Band Chief Len Tomah met with investors Nov. 6 to discuss financing the casino, which is due to open next spring, despite warnings from Provincial Minister of Finance Allan Maher that only the province can license gambling.
"That's a contentious and…
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A Metis nurse-practitioner who filed a $75,000 lawsuit against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta for interfering with her right to practise had her day in court earlier this month.
"The College of Physicians and Surgeons, in my mind, interfered in an area of jurisdiction that was not their's," said Joyce Atcheson. "As a registered nurse, my licensing body…
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A Metis nurse-practitioner who filed a $75,000 lawsuit against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta for interfering with her right to practise had her day in court earlier this month.
"The College of Physicians and Surgeons, in my mind, interfered in an area of jurisdiction that was not their's," said Joyce Atcheson. "As a registered nurse, my licensing body…
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A Metis nurse-practitioner who filed a $75,000 lawsuit against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta for interfering with her right to practise had her day in court earlier this month.
"The College of Physicians and Surgeons, in my mind, interfered in an area of jurisdiction that was not their's," said Joyce Atcheson. "As a registered nurse, my licensing body…
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A Metis nurse-practitioner who filed a $75,000 lawsuit against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta for interfering with her right to practise had her day in court earlier this month.
"The College of Physicians and Surgeons, in my mind, interfered in an area of jurisdiction that was not their's," said Joyce Atcheson. "As a registered nurse, my licensing body…
Judge fears witness who failed to testify may have been intimidated
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The first part of a trial over a controversial amendment to the Indian act has concluded in an RCMP investigation of court conduct.
Judge Frank Muldoon ordered an RCMP investigation Nov. 4 into the possible intimidation of witnesses involved in Sawridge Band Chief Walter Twinn's constitutional…
Judge fears witness who failed to testify may have been intimidated
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The first part of a trial over a controversial amendment to the Indian act has concluded in an RCMP investigation of court conduct.
Judge Frank Muldoon ordered an RCMP investigation Nov. 4 into the possible intimidation of witnesses involved in Sawridge Band Chief Walter Twinn's constitutional…
Judge fears witness who failed to testify may have been intimidated
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The first part of a trial over a controversial amendment to the Indian act has concluded in an RCMP investigation of court conduct.
Judge Frank Muldoon ordered an RCMP investigation Nov. 4 into the possible intimidation of witnesses involved in Sawridge Band Chief Walter Twinn's constitutional…
Judge fears witness who failed to testify may have been intimidated
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The first part of a trial over a controversial amendment to the Indian act has concluded in an RCMP investigation of court conduct.
Judge Frank Muldoon ordered an RCMP investigation Nov. 4 into the possible intimidation of witnesses involved in Sawridge Band Chief Walter Twinn's constitutional…
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Canada's Inuit do not want to labelled Aboriginal.
"I have a very clear mandate from the Inuit leadership to inform you of our discomfort with the label 'Aboriginal people'," said Inuit Tapirisat of Canada President Rosemarie Kuptana during her opening remarks before the final round of hearings by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
"Being labelled as…
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Canada's Inuit do not want to labelled Aboriginal.
"I have a very clear mandate from the Inuit leadership to inform you of our discomfort with the label 'Aboriginal people'," said Inuit Tapirisat of Canada President Rosemarie Kuptana during her opening remarks before the final round of hearings by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
"Being labelled as…
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Canada's Inuit do not want to labelled Aboriginal.
"I have a very clear mandate from the Inuit leadership to inform you of our discomfort with the label 'Aboriginal people'," said Inuit Tapirisat of Canada President Rosemarie Kuptana during her opening remarks before the final round of hearings by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
"Being labelled as…
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Canada's Inuit do not want to labelled Aboriginal.
"I have a very clear mandate from the Inuit leadership to inform you of our discomfort with the label 'Aboriginal people'," said Inuit Tapirisat of Canada President Rosemarie Kuptana during her opening remarks before the final round of hearings by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
"Being labelled as…
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MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew was appointed Secretary of State for youth and training in Prime Minister Jean Chretien's new government Nov. 4.
Some Native leaders had hoped the Dene from the Northwest Territories would be appointed to head the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Ovide Mercredi has expressed…