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  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Pikangikum Ontario

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The chief of this beleaguered community has resigned in the midst of an epidemic of youth suicides.

Chief Gordon Peters said he is frustrated by the lack of government response to the crisis decimating his community, and wants to spend time with his wife and five children.

"When a situation like this occurs in Native communities, the government doesn't move on it…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Pikangikum Ontario

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The chief of this beleaguered community has resigned in the midst of an epidemic of youth suicides.

Chief Gordon Peters said he is frustrated by the lack of government response to the crisis decimating his community, and wants to spend time with his wife and five children.

"When a situation like this occurs in Native communities, the government doesn't move on it…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Pikangikum Ontario

Page R3

The chief of this beleaguered community has resigned in the midst of an epidemic of youth suicides.

Chief Gordon Peters said he is frustrated by the lack of government response to the crisis decimating his community, and wants to spend time with his wife and five children.

"When a situation like this occurs in Native communities, the government doesn't move on it…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Pikangikum Ontario

Page R3

The chief of this beleaguered community has resigned in the midst of an epidemic of youth suicides.

Chief Gordon Peters said he is frustrated by the lack of government response to the crisis decimating his community, and wants to spend time with his wife and five children.

"When a situation like this occurs in Native communities, the government doesn't move on it…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Fort McMurray Alberta

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A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Fort McMurray Alberta

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A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Fort McMurray Alberta

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A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Fort McMurray Alberta

Page R2

A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If…

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

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The Sechelt Indian Band is promising to take action if the Sunshine Coast is chosen for the creation of a second artificial reef.

"We were taken advantage of with the last application, this time we are going to be more prepared," said Calvin Craigan, councillor with the Sechelt Indian Band. "If it's within our traditional boundaries we will have a lot to say."

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

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The Sechelt Indian Band is promising to take action if the Sunshine Coast is chosen for the creation of a second artificial reef.

"We were taken advantage of with the last application, this time we are going to be more prepared," said Calvin Craigan, councillor with the Sechelt Indian Band. "If it's within our traditional boundaries we will have a lot to say."

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

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The Sechelt Indian Band is promising to take action if the Sunshine Coast is chosen for the creation of a second artificial reef.

"We were taken advantage of with the last application, this time we are going to be more prepared," said Calvin Craigan, councillor with the Sechelt Indian Band. "If it's within our traditional boundaries we will have a lot to say."

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

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The Sechelt Indian Band is promising to take action if the Sunshine Coast is chosen for the creation of a second artificial reef.

"We were taken advantage of with the last application, this time we are going to be more prepared," said Calvin Craigan, councillor with the Sechelt Indian Band. "If it's within our traditional boundaries we will have a lot to say."

  • Windspeaker Staff, Calgary

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Peigan Lonefighter Milton Born With A Tooth took the stand in his own defence last week during his appeal on five weapons charges.

Born With A Tooth, 36, testified that he fired a rifle during a standoff with police because he thought he was entitled to a warning shot while protecting his land.

The standoff on Sept. 7, 1990 between the Lonefighters and RCMP took…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Calgary

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Peigan Lonefighter Milton Born With A Tooth took the stand in his own defence last week during his appeal on five weapons charges.

Born With A Tooth, 36, testified that he fired a rifle during a standoff with police because he thought he was entitled to a warning shot while protecting his land.

The standoff on Sept. 7, 1990 between the Lonefighters and RCMP took…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Calgary

Page 10

Peigan Lonefighter Milton Born With A Tooth took the stand in his own defence last week during his appeal on five weapons charges.

Born With A Tooth, 36, testified that he fired a rifle during a standoff with police because he thought he was entitled to a warning shot while protecting his land.

The standoff on Sept. 7, 1990 between the Lonefighters and RCMP took…