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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
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Death threats against Carney Nerland, the white supremacist who killed Cree trapper Leo LaChance, have led to concerns over his security at a justice inquiry into the shooting.
Nerland's Edmonton lawyer, Brian Beresh, said his client's security needs should override the commissioner's insistence on testimony.
Local police are tight-lipped about security…
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The petite, bespectacled woman sitting behind a cluttered desk at Ben Calf Robe
School looks more like a teacher than an award-winning singer/song writer.
Laura Vinson doesn't look like a glamorous musician at all. In fact, she looks like the sort of teacher students dream of - approachable, energetic, warm and humorous.
Vinson is all that plus the glamour…
Page 13
The petite, bespectacled woman sitting behind a cluttered desk at Ben Calf Robe
School looks more like a teacher than an award-winning singer/song writer.
Laura Vinson doesn't look like a glamorous musician at all. In fact, she looks like the sort of teacher students dream of - approachable, energetic, warm and humorous.
Vinson is all that plus the glamour…
Page 13
The petite, bespectacled woman sitting behind a cluttered desk at Ben Calf Robe
School looks more like a teacher than an award-winning singer/song writer.
Laura Vinson doesn't look like a glamorous musician at all. In fact, she looks like the sort of teacher students dream of - approachable, energetic, warm and humorous.
Vinson is all that plus the glamour…
Page 13
The petite, bespectacled woman sitting behind a cluttered desk at Ben Calf Robe
School looks more like a teacher than an award-winning singer/song writer.
Laura Vinson doesn't look like a glamorous musician at all. In fact, she looks like the sort of teacher students dream of - approachable, energetic, warm and humorous.
Vinson is all that plus the glamour…
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"Tonight we have come together. Where else can you get this? Sit beside someone you've never seen before and laugh together. We're here together, to feel, to listen and to dance. It is the way of our people...We have braided ourselves together."
And performance artist Dale Auger is a master weaver, uniting audience and performers in a unique event - Sakaw, the People…
Page 12
"Tonight we have come together. Where else can you get this? Sit beside someone you've never seen before and laugh together. We're here together, to feel, to listen and to dance. It is the way of our people...We have braided ourselves together."
And performance artist Dale Auger is a master weaver, uniting audience and performers in a unique event - Sakaw, the People…
Page 12
"Tonight we have come together. Where else can you get this? Sit beside someone you've never seen before and laugh together. We're here together, to feel, to listen and to dance. It is the way of our people...We have braided ourselves together."
And performance artist Dale Auger is a master weaver, uniting audience and performers in a unique event - Sakaw, the People…
Page 12
"Tonight we have come together. Where else can you get this? Sit beside someone you've never seen before and laugh together. We're here together, to feel, to listen and to dance. It is the way of our people...We have braided ourselves together."
And performance artist Dale Auger is a master weaver, uniting audience and performers in a unique event - Sakaw, the People…
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A trial date for Senator Walter Twinn's constitutional challenge to Bill C-31, the law that returned lost status to Native women and their children, has finally been set for Sept. 24.
The 11-week trial will open in Edmonton and run for an estimated five weeks. Following a three-week recess, the trial will reconvene in Ottawa.
Twinn, a member of the Sawridge band,…
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A trial date for Senator Walter Twinn's constitutional challenge to Bill C-31, the law that returned lost status to Native women and their children, has finally been set for Sept. 24.
The 11-week trial will open in Edmonton and run for an estimated five weeks. Following a three-week recess, the trial will reconvene in Ottawa.
Twinn, a member of the Sawridge band,…
Page 11
A trial date for Senator Walter Twinn's constitutional challenge to Bill C-31, the law that returned lost status to Native women and their children, has finally been set for Sept. 24.
The 11-week trial will open in Edmonton and run for an estimated five weeks. Following a three-week recess, the trial will reconvene in Ottawa.
Twinn, a member of the Sawridge band,…
Page 11
A trial date for Senator Walter Twinn's constitutional challenge to Bill C-31, the law that returned lost status to Native women and their children, has finally been set for Sept. 24.
The 11-week trial will open in Edmonton and run for an estimated five weeks. Following a three-week recess, the trial will reconvene in Ottawa.
Twinn, a member of the Sawridge band,…
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The National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) wants an exemption from the federal government's funding cuts to Native programs.
Executive director Terry Doxtator said friendship centres across the country will not be able to offer the current level of service if government funding drops.
"The effects of cuts right across the board are layoffs, reduced…
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The National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) wants an exemption from the federal government's funding cuts to Native programs.
Executive director Terry Doxtator said friendship centres across the country will not be able to offer the current level of service if government funding drops.
"The effects of cuts right across the board are layoffs, reduced…