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Peigan Lonefighter leader Milton Born With A Tooth believes all aboriginal peoples should guard against the diversion of waterways and developments which may affect the environment.
"All Indian people should be in the front lines against unnecessary development. We are a people connected to the rivers...water is our life, our ceremonies, our spirit.
"We should not…
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Peigan Lonefighter leader Milton Born With A Tooth believes all aboriginal peoples should guard against the diversion of waterways and developments which may affect the environment.
"All Indian people should be in the front lines against unnecessary development. We are a people connected to the rivers...water is our life, our ceremonies, our spirit.
"We should not…
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Milton Born With A Tooth's appeal of his convictions on several weapon offences was delayed when Appeal Court Justice Roger Kerans suggested lawyer Karen Gainer was too personally involved in the case.
"Now the courts are interfering with my choice of lawyers," said Born With A Tooth following his 15 minutes in court on June 17.
Gainer is appealing her client's 18-…
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Milton Born With A Tooth's appeal of his convictions on several weapon offences was delayed when Appeal Court Justice Roger Kerans suggested lawyer Karen Gainer was too personally involved in the case.
"Now the courts are interfering with my choice of lawyers," said Born With A Tooth following his 15 minutes in court on June 17.
Gainer is appealing her client's 18-…
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Milton Born With A Tooth's appeal of his convictions on several weapon offences was delayed when Appeal Court Justice Roger Kerans suggested lawyer Karen Gainer was too personally involved in the case.
"Now the courts are interfering with my choice of lawyers," said Born With A Tooth following his 15 minutes in court on June 17.
Gainer is appealing her client's 18-…
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Milton Born With A Tooth's appeal of his convictions on several weapon offences was delayed when Appeal Court Justice Roger Kerans suggested lawyer Karen Gainer was too personally involved in the case.
"Now the courts are interfering with my choice of lawyers," said Born With A Tooth following his 15 minutes in court on June 17.
Gainer is appealing her client's 18-…
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A Metis nurse who lost her job in a dispute over whether she was allowed to perform the same duties in urban and remote Native community clinics is going to court.
Joyce Atcheson, who lost her contract position with Fort McMurray clinic last
year, has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons.
"They have to be held accountable…
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A Metis nurse who lost her job in a dispute over whether she was allowed to perform the same duties in urban and remote Native community clinics is going to court.
Joyce Atcheson, who lost her contract position with Fort McMurray clinic last
year, has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons.
"They have to be held accountable…
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A Metis nurse who lost her job in a dispute over whether she was allowed to perform the same duties in urban and remote Native community clinics is going to court.
Joyce Atcheson, who lost her contract position with Fort McMurray clinic last
year, has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons.
"They have to be held accountable…
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A Metis nurse who lost her job in a dispute over whether she was allowed to perform the same duties in urban and remote Native community clinics is going to court.
Joyce Atcheson, who lost her contract position with Fort McMurray clinic last
year, has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons.
"They have to be held accountable…
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The constitutional deadlock over Senate reform shouldn't be allowed to scuttle the tentative agreement on aboriginal self-government, Native leaders say.
"I'm not going to see aboriginal issues go down because of the Triple-E issue," Native Council of Canada president Ron George said.
Leaders from the four organizations representing Native concerns at the…
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The constitutional deadlock over Senate reform shouldn't be allowed to scuttle the tentative agreement on aboriginal self-government, Native leaders say.
"I'm not going to see aboriginal issues go down because of the Triple-E issue," Native Council of Canada president Ron George said.
Leaders from the four organizations representing Native concerns at the…
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The constitutional deadlock over Senate reform shouldn't be allowed to scuttle the tentative agreement on aboriginal self-government, Native leaders say.
"I'm not going to see aboriginal issues go down because of the Triple-E issue," Native Council of Canada president Ron George said.
Leaders from the four organizations representing Native concerns at the…
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The constitutional deadlock over Senate reform shouldn't be allowed to scuttle the tentative agreement on aboriginal self-government, Native leaders say.
"I'm not going to see aboriginal issues go down because of the Triple-E issue," Native Council of Canada president Ron George said.
Leaders from the four organizations representing Native concerns at the…
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The inquiry into the shooting death of a Native trapper by a white supremacist has been postponed while the RCMP appeals a ruling requiring them to testify in a provincial court.
The RCMP asked for special rights at the outset of the inquiry, fearing they could be forced to reveal the names of informants during police testimony. At that time the commission ruled the…