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  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vienna AUSTRIA

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Canadian Natives have scored a victory against Ottawa during the United Nations' World Conference on Human Rights.

Austria announced June 23 that it would support Natives in their fight to have the term 'Indigenous peoples' incorporated in the Vienna Declaration, the human rights document expected from the conference.

Canada successfully lobbied to have the term "…

  • Doug Johnson, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

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Inuit families relocated to the High Arctic islands in the early '50s suffered no hardships and have no basis for a claim of government compensation.

That's according to a group of retired federal officials responsible for the planning and implementation of the move.

"There was no hardship," shouted Bent Sivertz under questioning by commissioners on the conditions…

  • Doug Johnson, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

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Inuit families relocated to the High Arctic islands in the early '50s suffered no hardships and have no basis for a claim of government compensation.

That's according to a group of retired federal officials responsible for the planning and implementation of the move.

"There was no hardship," shouted Bent Sivertz under questioning by commissioners on the conditions…

  • Doug Johnson, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page 1

Inuit families relocated to the High Arctic islands in the early '50s suffered no hardships and have no basis for a claim of government compensation.

That's according to a group of retired federal officials responsible for the planning and implementation of the move.

"There was no hardship," shouted Bent Sivertz under questioning by commissioners on the conditions…

  • Doug Johnson, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page 1

Inuit families relocated to the High Arctic islands in the early '50s suffered no hardships and have no basis for a claim of government compensation.

That's according to a group of retired federal officials responsible for the planning and implementation of the move.

"There was no hardship," shouted Bent Sivertz under questioning by commissioners on the conditions…

  • Don Anderson, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

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The Sechelt Indian Band has made a deal with McDonald's Restaurants of Western Canada to build a franchise on the band's land.

"We have an agreement in principle and we will be meeting with them one more time in Vancouver. We've got a couple of legal constraints and highway access concern (to work out)," said band councillor Calvin Craigan, following a recent council vote…

  • Don Anderson, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

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The Sechelt Indian Band has made a deal with McDonald's Restaurants of Western Canada to build a franchise on the band's land.

"We have an agreement in principle and we will be meeting with them one more time in Vancouver. We've got a couple of legal constraints and highway access concern (to work out)," said band councillor Calvin Craigan, following a recent council vote…

  • Don Anderson, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

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The Sechelt Indian Band has made a deal with McDonald's Restaurants of Western Canada to build a franchise on the band's land.

"We have an agreement in principle and we will be meeting with them one more time in Vancouver. We've got a couple of legal constraints and highway access concern (to work out)," said band councillor Calvin Craigan, following a recent council vote…

  • Don Anderson, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

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The Sechelt Indian Band has made a deal with McDonald's Restaurants of Western Canada to build a franchise on the band's land.

"We have an agreement in principle and we will be meeting with them one more time in Vancouver. We've got a couple of legal constraints and highway access concern (to work out)," said band councillor Calvin Craigan, following a recent council vote…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Peace Hills Trust has entered its second decade of service and is looking forward to the challenges of the 1990s.

As First Nations activity in the Canadian economy continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, Peace Hills Trust continues to generate steady progress as the financial institution of choice for Canada's First Nations.

The company has expanded its Branch…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Peace Hills Trust has entered its second decade of service and is looking forward to the challenges of the 1990s.

As First Nations activity in the Canadian economy continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, Peace Hills Trust continues to generate steady progress as the financial institution of choice for Canada's First Nations.

The company has expanded its Branch…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Peace Hills Trust has entered its second decade of service and is looking forward to the challenges of the 1990s.

As First Nations activity in the Canadian economy continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, Peace Hills Trust continues to generate steady progress as the financial institution of choice for Canada's First Nations.

The company has expanded its Branch…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Peace Hills Trust has entered its second decade of service and is looking forward to the challenges of the 1990s.

As First Nations activity in the Canadian economy continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, Peace Hills Trust continues to generate steady progress as the financial institution of choice for Canada's First Nations.

The company has expanded its Branch…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Yellowknife

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An Inuit-owned company in the Northwest Territories is facing economic extinction after Ottawas awarded a lucrative maintenance contract to a non-Native company.

Losing the $4 million Department of National Defense and Supply and Services contract to service the North Warning System may kill Avati Inc., said the fledgling company's president, Fred Hunt.

Avati was…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Yellowknife

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An Inuit-owned company in the Northwest Territories is facing economic extinction after Ottawas awarded a lucrative maintenance contract to a non-Native company.

Losing the $4 million Department of National Defense and Supply and Services contract to service the North Warning System may kill Avati Inc., said the fledgling company's president, Fred Hunt.

Avati was…