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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.

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 1

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…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 1

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…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 1

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…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Cooper Langford, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 11

There were a couple of anxious minutes of silence as the tape wound its way through the ghetto blaster. Then a lightning guitar rocketed out from the tape hiss.

The sounds were reminiscent of Texas guitar heros Stevie Ray Vaughn and Johnny Winter. But in this case they belonged to Clyde Roulette, an Ojibway blues wizard from Sandy Bay, Manitoba.

"There's a lot of…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Cooper Langford, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 11

There were a couple of anxious minutes of silence as the tape wound its way through the ghetto blaster. Then a lightning guitar rocketed out from the tape hiss.

The sounds were reminiscent of Texas guitar heros Stevie Ray Vaughn and Johnny Winter. But in this case they belonged to Clyde Roulette, an Ojibway blues wizard from Sandy Bay, Manitoba.

"There's a lot of…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Cooper Langford, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 11

There were a couple of anxious minutes of silence as the tape wound its way through the ghetto blaster. Then a lightning guitar rocketed out from the tape hiss.

The sounds were reminiscent of Texas guitar heros Stevie Ray Vaughn and Johnny Winter. But in this case they belonged to Clyde Roulette, an Ojibway blues wizard from Sandy Bay, Manitoba.

"There's a lot of…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Cooper Langford, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 11

There were a couple of anxious minutes of silence as the tape wound its way through the ghetto blaster. Then a lightning guitar rocketed out from the tape hiss.

The sounds were reminiscent of Texas guitar heros Stevie Ray Vaughn and Johnny Winter. But in this case they belonged to Clyde Roulette, an Ojibway blues wizard from Sandy Bay, Manitoba.

"There's a lot of…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

Page 10

Keeping the Plains Indian Cultural Survival School open to students over the age of 19 requires a seven-per-cent solution, said the school's principal.

Jerry Arshinoff believes the Calgary Public School Board could cover the costs

of non-funded students by earmarking seven per cent of its $3.5 million adult education budget for the Native school.

"We have…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

Page 10

Keeping the Plains Indian Cultural Survival School open to students over the age of 19 requires a seven-per-cent solution, said the school's principal.

Jerry Arshinoff believes the Calgary Public School Board could cover the costs

of non-funded students by earmarking seven per cent of its $3.5 million adult education budget for the Native school.

"We have…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

Page 10

Keeping the Plains Indian Cultural Survival School open to students over the age of 19 requires a seven-per-cent solution, said the school's principal.

Jerry Arshinoff believes the Calgary Public School Board could cover the costs

of non-funded students by earmarking seven per cent of its $3.5 million adult education budget for the Native school.

"We have…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

Page 10

Keeping the Plains Indian Cultural Survival School open to students over the age of 19 requires a seven-per-cent solution, said the school's principal.

Jerry Arshinoff believes the Calgary Public School Board could cover the costs

of non-funded students by earmarking seven per cent of its $3.5 million adult education budget for the Native school.

"We have…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Stephane Wuttunee, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 7

FIRST PERSON

In life, there is what people perceive as truth, and there is truth that simply is - regardless of what people think. How closely the two correlate, or distance themselves, depends on openness of mind and the way we choose to look at reality, the future.

And the past.

The general population has widely accepted that today's lifestyle offers more…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Stephane Wuttunee, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 7

FIRST PERSON

In life, there is what people perceive as truth, and there is truth that simply is - regardless of what people think. How closely the two correlate, or distance themselves, depends on openness of mind and the way we choose to look at reality, the future.

And the past.

The general population has widely accepted that today's lifestyle offers more…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Stephane Wuttunee, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 7

FIRST PERSON

In life, there is what people perceive as truth, and there is truth that simply is - regardless of what people think. How closely the two correlate, or distance themselves, depends on openness of mind and the way we choose to look at reality, the future.

And the past.

The general population has widely accepted that today's lifestyle offers more…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Stephane Wuttunee, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 7

FIRST PERSON

In life, there is what people perceive as truth, and there is truth that simply is - regardless of what people think. How closely the two correlate, or distance themselves, depends on openness of mind and the way we choose to look at reality, the future.

And the past.

The general population has widely accepted that today's lifestyle offers more…