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Windspeaker Publication

Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.

  • December 2, 2001
  • Colin Rumak, Windspeaker Contributor, Kamloops B.C.

Page R7

Four games in one day is too much for any hockey team. It was definitely too much for Vernon's Westside Totems who packaged together three straight wins to make it to the final of the Kamloops Falcons First Annual Native Hockey Tournament Nov. 26-28, in Kamloops, B.C.

With only Zamboni time for rest between the four-game marathon the Totems met undefeated Okanagan Native…

  • December 2, 2001
  • R. John Hayes, Windspeaker Correspondent, Edmonton

Page R6

The quiet man standing near the gates at Canadian Finals Rodeo XX isn't known to many of the cowboys.

But he has quite a title: he's a curator of plains ethnology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec. By 1997, Morgan Baillargeon should be better known to all in the rodeo industry. He'll be bringing a rodeo to the Ottawa area as part of a huge exhibit on…

  • December 2, 2001
  • R. John Hayes, Windspeaker Correspondent, Edmonton

Page R6

The quiet man standing near the gates at Canadian Finals Rodeo XX isn't known to many of the cowboys.

But he has quite a title: he's a curator of plains ethnology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec. By 1997, Morgan Baillargeon should be better known to all in the rodeo industry. He'll be bringing a rodeo to the Ottawa area as part of a huge exhibit on…

  • December 2, 2001
  • R. John Hayes, Windspeaker Correspondent, Edmonton

Page R6

The quiet man standing near the gates at Canadian Finals Rodeo XX isn't known to many of the cowboys.

But he has quite a title: he's a curator of plains ethnology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec. By 1997, Morgan Baillargeon should be better known to all in the rodeo industry. He'll be bringing a rodeo to the Ottawa area as part of a huge exhibit on…

  • December 2, 2001
  • R. John Hayes, Windspeaker Correspondent, Edmonton

Page R6

The quiet man standing near the gates at Canadian Finals Rodeo XX isn't known to many of the cowboys.

But he has quite a title: he's a curator of plains ethnology at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec. By 1997, Morgan Baillargeon should be better known to all in the rodeo industry. He'll be bringing a rodeo to the Ottawa area as part of a huge exhibit on…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Dora Wilson, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Hagwilget B.C.

Page R5

With Christmas fast approaching, our thoughts start straying towards home, family and friends. Homesickness sets in for those who have been away from home for a long period of time. To most people, home is in the most beautiful part of God's country. And so it is with me.

Born and raised in an Aboriginal community with a culture and tradition that is complex and unique (…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Dora Wilson, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Hagwilget B.C.

Page R5

With Christmas fast approaching, our thoughts start straying towards home, family and friends. Homesickness sets in for those who have been away from home for a long period of time. To most people, home is in the most beautiful part of God's country. And so it is with me.

Born and raised in an Aboriginal community with a culture and tradition that is complex and unique (…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Dora Wilson, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Hagwilget B.C.

Page R5

With Christmas fast approaching, our thoughts start straying towards home, family and friends. Homesickness sets in for those who have been away from home for a long period of time. To most people, home is in the most beautiful part of God's country. And so it is with me.

Born and raised in an Aboriginal community with a culture and tradition that is complex and unique (…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Dora Wilson, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Hagwilget B.C.

Page R5

With Christmas fast approaching, our thoughts start straying towards home, family and friends. Homesickness sets in for those who have been away from home for a long period of time. To most people, home is in the most beautiful part of God's country. And so it is with me.

Born and raised in an Aboriginal community with a culture and tradition that is complex and unique (…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Penny Gummerson, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R4

Seven-year-old Tyson Atleo started Grade 2 this year at Royal Heights Elementary School in Surrey, British Columbia. He's a bright child with high hopes for his future. He loves science class and says he's going to be a Marine Biologist when he finishes school. Tyson or 'Dindinash', (Little Drummer Boy) is proud of his First Nations heritage. He is excited about the day he will…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Penny Gummerson, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R4

Seven-year-old Tyson Atleo started Grade 2 this year at Royal Heights Elementary School in Surrey, British Columbia. He's a bright child with high hopes for his future. He loves science class and says he's going to be a Marine Biologist when he finishes school. Tyson or 'Dindinash', (Little Drummer Boy) is proud of his First Nations heritage. He is excited about the day he will…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Penny Gummerson, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R4

Seven-year-old Tyson Atleo started Grade 2 this year at Royal Heights Elementary School in Surrey, British Columbia. He's a bright child with high hopes for his future. He loves science class and says he's going to be a Marine Biologist when he finishes school. Tyson or 'Dindinash', (Little Drummer Boy) is proud of his First Nations heritage. He is excited about the day he will…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Penny Gummerson, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R4

Seven-year-old Tyson Atleo started Grade 2 this year at Royal Heights Elementary School in Surrey, British Columbia. He's a bright child with high hopes for his future. He loves science class and says he's going to be a Marine Biologist when he finishes school. Tyson or 'Dindinash', (Little Drummer Boy) is proud of his First Nations heritage. He is excited about the day he will…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Kerry McCluskey, Windspeaker Contributor, Yellowknife

Page R3

Trappers don't want to be left out in the cold - at least not without their new quick-kill traps.

As of January 1, 1995, an act by the European Economic Community will come into effect that bans the import of wild fur into Europe from any country that continues to use leghold traps or does not trap according to international humane standards. Currently 80 per cent of the…

  • December 2, 2001
  • Kerry McCluskey, Windspeaker Contributor, Yellowknife

Page R3

Trappers don't want to be left out in the cold - at least not without their new quick-kill traps.

As of January 1, 1995, an act by the European Economic Community will come into effect that bans the import of wild fur into Europe from any country that continues to use leghold traps or does not trap according to international humane standards. Currently 80 per cent of the…