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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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In a more perfect world, the police are in place to protect society from its criminal element. This, however, is not a perfect world.
And a recent court decision in Ottawa and police actions in Yellowknife have served notice that police can and will use their legal power to protect themselves from the public they serve and harass citizens leading their lives within the law…
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In a more perfect world, the police are in place to protect society from its criminal element. This, however, is not a perfect world.
And a recent court decision in Ottawa and police actions in Yellowknife have served notice that police can and will use their legal power to protect themselves from the public they serve and harass citizens leading their lives within the law…
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Residents of the Morley reserves and the Tsuu Tina Nation will soon be able to take advantage of correction services that are community-based and cultural sensitive.
Chiefs of the Goodstoney, Bearspaw and Chiniki bands, along with the Tsuu Tina chief, recently signed an agreement with Alberta Solicitor General Stephen West to deliver the services through the Tsuu Tina/…
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Residents of the Morley reserves and the Tsuu Tina Nation will soon be able to take advantage of correction services that are community-based and cultural sensitive.
Chiefs of the Goodstoney, Bearspaw and Chiniki bands, along with the Tsuu Tina chief, recently signed an agreement with Alberta Solicitor General Stephen West to deliver the services through the Tsuu Tina/…
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Residents of the Morley reserves and the Tsuu Tina Nation will soon be able to take advantage of correction services that are community-based and cultural sensitive.
Chiefs of the Goodstoney, Bearspaw and Chiniki bands, along with the Tsuu Tina chief, recently signed an agreement with Alberta Solicitor General Stephen West to deliver the services through the Tsuu Tina/…
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Residents of the Morley reserves and the Tsuu Tina Nation will soon be able to take advantage of correction services that are community-based and cultural sensitive.
Chiefs of the Goodstoney, Bearspaw and Chiniki bands, along with the Tsuu Tina chief, recently signed an agreement with Alberta Solicitor General Stephen West to deliver the services through the Tsuu Tina/…
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Three Gitksan chiefs who defied a court injunction against a blockade on CN rail tracks on the Gitwangak reserve were given four-month suspended sentences earlier this month.
The sentence was handed down by Supreme Court Justice Sherman Hoo in Smithers, south of the reserve, to Wii Seeks (Ralph Mitchell), Goo'Zagen (Art Loring,) and Luu Hon (Guy Morgan.) The three chiefs…
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Three Gitksan chiefs who defied a court injunction against a blockade on CN rail tracks on the Gitwangak reserve were given four-month suspended sentences earlier this month.
The sentence was handed down by Supreme Court Justice Sherman Hoo in Smithers, south of the reserve, to Wii Seeks (Ralph Mitchell), Goo'Zagen (Art Loring,) and Luu Hon (Guy Morgan.) The three chiefs…
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Three Gitksan chiefs who defied a court injunction against a blockade on CN rail tracks on the Gitwangak reserve were given four-month suspended sentences earlier this month.
The sentence was handed down by Supreme Court Justice Sherman Hoo in Smithers, south of the reserve, to Wii Seeks (Ralph Mitchell), Goo'Zagen (Art Loring,) and Luu Hon (Guy Morgan.) The three chiefs…
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Three Gitksan chiefs who defied a court injunction against a blockade on CN rail tracks on the Gitwangak reserve were given four-month suspended sentences earlier this month.
The sentence was handed down by Supreme Court Justice Sherman Hoo in Smithers, south of the reserve, to Wii Seeks (Ralph Mitchell), Goo'Zagen (Art Loring,) and Luu Hon (Guy Morgan.) The three chiefs…
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Assembly of First Nations chief Ovide Mercredi is continuing his referendum-night call for first nations governments to develop their own laws in wake of the Charlottetown accord's collapse.
But senior federal officials are saying the only road now open to achieve self-government is one of long and expensive negotiations.
In the days following the unity deal's sound…
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Immigration officials at the Alberta-Montana border are being criticized by the region's bands for enforcing immigration policies that do not respect family ties or religious practices.
Complaints coming out of the Blackfoot and Blackfeet nations include the opening of medicine bundles and failure to recognize common-law marriages that keep families separated.
"It's…
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Immigration officials at the Alberta-Montana border are being criticized by the region's bands for enforcing immigration policies that do not respect family ties or religious practices.
Complaints coming out of the Blackfoot and Blackfeet nations include the opening of medicine bundles and failure to recognize common-law marriages that keep families separated.
"It's…
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Immigration officials at the Alberta-Montana border are being criticized by the region's bands for enforcing immigration policies that do not respect family ties or religious practices.
Complaints coming out of the Blackfoot and Blackfeet nations include the opening of medicine bundles and failure to recognize common-law marriages that keep families separated.
"It's…
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Immigration officials at the Alberta-Montana border are being criticized by the region's bands for enforcing immigration policies that do not respect family ties or religious practices.
Complaints coming out of the Blackfoot and Blackfeet nations include the opening of medicine bundles and failure to recognize common-law marriages that keep families separated.
"It's…