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  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

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Furor over a racist comment in a widely-distributed comic book has spread from a boycott in Alberta to outrage in the nation's capital.

"We're appalled at the John Wayne mentality in the comic," said Ron George, head of the Native Council of Canada in Ottawa. "It certainly shows the amount of work still ahead of us to erase this racism and raise sensitivity to Native…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

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Furor over a racist comment in a widely-distributed comic book has spread from a boycott in Alberta to outrage in the nation's capital.

"We're appalled at the John Wayne mentality in the comic," said Ron George, head of the Native Council of Canada in Ottawa. "It certainly shows the amount of work still ahead of us to erase this racism and raise sensitivity to Native…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Davis Inlet NFLD.

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After six months of addiction counselling the Davis Inlet children have gone home. But not to Davis Inlet.

The 17 youths, who were flown to the Poundmaker's lodge in Alberta for intensive solvent addiction therapy and sexual abuse counselling, landed at the Inlet for a community homecoming Sept. 2.

But soon they will be moving to a wilderness camp at Sango Bay, 15…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

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The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

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The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

Page 12

The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

Page 12

The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

Page 12

The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

Page 12

The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

Page 12

The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

Page 12

The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

Page 12

The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Sechelt B.C.

Page 12

The sun is shining on a beautiful, warm August day in this picturesque resort town on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, home of the only Native band in B.C., and one of a handful in Canada, that has self-government.

The salmon are jumping in the Pacific Ocean as they return to spawn at the hatchery on Sechelt Nation lands, which hug the western shore of the B.C. mainland,…

  • Stephen Hendrie, Makivik News, Nunavik NWT

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A book on capitalism sat at the top of the Globe and Mail bestsellers' list for some time this spring. Twenty First Century Capitalism, Robert Heilbroner, explains the basics of the market economy and concludes capitalism will remain health probably for another century, but will eventually give way to some sort of planned economy.

Despite a doubtful conclusion, the book…

  • Stephen Hendrie, Makivik News, Nunavik NWT

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A book on capitalism sat at the top of the Globe and Mail bestsellers' list for some time this spring. Twenty First Century Capitalism, Robert Heilbroner, explains the basics of the market economy and concludes capitalism will remain health probably for another century, but will eventually give way to some sort of planned economy.

Despite a doubtful conclusion, the book…