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Saskatchewan's $455-million land claim is only a few signatures away from becoming reality. And negotiations are hammering out the last few details before a signing ceremony that should take place before the end of July.
"We're doing some minor touching up on the document," said Winston McLean, a spokesman for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. "We're dotting…
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Saskatchewan's $455-million land claim is only a few signatures away from becoming reality. And negotiations are hammering out the last few details before a signing ceremony that should take place before the end of July.
"We're doing some minor touching up on the document," said Winston McLean, a spokesman for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. "We're dotting…
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Saskatchewan's $455-million land claim is only a few signatures away from becoming reality. And negotiations are hammering out the last few details before a signing ceremony that should take place before the end of July.
"We're doing some minor touching up on the document," said Winston McLean, a spokesman for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. "We're dotting…
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Saskatchewan's $455-million land claim is only a few signatures away from becoming reality. And negotiations are hammering out the last few details before a signing ceremony that should take place before the end of July.
"We're doing some minor touching up on the document," said Winston McLean, a spokesman for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. "We're dotting…
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Despite a police raid and 30 arrests, demonstrators are continuing to blockade a northern Saskatchewan highway to protect logging by a Native-owned forestry company.
"If they don't meet our demands, we are here to stay," said Leon Iron, one of the leaders of the two-month-old blockade about 65 km north of Meadow Lake on Highway 903.
The blockade, which has been…
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Despite a police raid and 30 arrests, demonstrators are continuing to blockade a northern Saskatchewan highway to protect logging by a Native-owned forestry company.
"If they don't meet our demands, we are here to stay," said Leon Iron, one of the leaders of the two-month-old blockade about 65 km north of Meadow Lake on Highway 903.
The blockade, which has been…
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Despite a police raid and 30 arrests, demonstrators are continuing to blockade a northern Saskatchewan highway to protect logging by a Native-owned forestry company.
"If they don't meet our demands, we are here to stay," said Leon Iron, one of the leaders of the two-month-old blockade about 65 km north of Meadow Lake on Highway 903.
The blockade, which has been…
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Despite a police raid and 30 arrests, demonstrators are continuing to blockade a northern Saskatchewan highway to protect logging by a Native-owned forestry company.
"If they don't meet our demands, we are here to stay," said Leon Iron, one of the leaders of the two-month-old blockade about 65 km north of Meadow Lake on Highway 903.
The blockade, which has been…
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Plans to celebrate the opening of the Oldman River dam with a four-day festival have been scrubbed sparking a new war of words between dam opponents and the Alberta government.
Organizers said the decision to scrap the provincially funded, $100,000 event followed what they called threats of disruption and violence.
Festival chairman Hilton Pharis said the Festival…
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Plans to celebrate the opening of the Oldman River dam with a four-day festival have been scrubbed sparking a new war of words between dam opponents and the Alberta government.
Organizers said the decision to scrap the provincially funded, $100,000 event followed what they called threats of disruption and violence.
Festival chairman Hilton Pharis said the Festival…
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Plans to celebrate the opening of the Oldman River dam with a four-day festival have been scrubbed sparking a new war of words between dam opponents and the Alberta government.
Organizers said the decision to scrap the provincially funded, $100,000 event followed what they called threats of disruption and violence.
Festival chairman Hilton Pharis said the Festival…
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Plans to celebrate the opening of the Oldman River dam with a four-day festival have been scrubbed sparking a new war of words between dam opponents and the Alberta government.
Organizers said the decision to scrap the provincially funded, $100,000 event followed what they called threats of disruption and violence.
Festival chairman Hilton Pharis said the Festival…
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Thirty-seven Mohawks brought to trial on charges stemming from the 1990 Oka crisis have been found not guilty on all counts.
Following five days of deliberations, a Montreal jury cleared 34 of the defendants of a total of 88 charges ranging from participating in a riot and obstructing police to firearms offences.
Three days earlier, Quebec Superior Court Justice…
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Thirty-seven Mohawks brought to trial on charges stemming from the 1990 Oka crisis have been found not guilty on all counts.
Following five days of deliberations, a Montreal jury cleared 34 of the defendants of a total of 88 charges ranging from participating in a riot and obstructing police to firearms offences.
Three days earlier, Quebec Superior Court Justice…
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Thirty-seven Mohawks brought to trial on charges stemming from the 1990 Oka crisis have been found not guilty on all counts.
Following five days of deliberations, a Montreal jury cleared 34 of the defendants of a total of 88 charges ranging from participating in a riot and obstructing police to firearms offences.
Three days earlier, Quebec Superior Court Justice…