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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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A new federal body is being created to help speed up resolution of residential school claims.
The creation of the new Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada was announced by Prime Minister Jean Chretien on June 7. The office will report to Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray. Jack Stagg will be deputy head, as well as chief federal negotiator, working with…
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A new federal body is being created to help speed up resolution of residential school claims.
The creation of the new Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada was announced by Prime Minister Jean Chretien on June 7. The office will report to Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray. Jack Stagg will be deputy head, as well as chief federal negotiator, working with…
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Thank you for the life you have given me today dear Creator. By the way, thank you for these struggles I face, but now welcome in my little travels. Such a journey I travel. Today I find I have time for myself to think about Aboriginal society.
It's incredible how we as a people become enemies to ourselves and our community. For example, leadership versus community; board…
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Thank you for the life you have given me today dear Creator. By the way, thank you for these struggles I face, but now welcome in my little travels. Such a journey I travel. Today I find I have time for myself to think about Aboriginal society.
It's incredible how we as a people become enemies to ourselves and our community. For example, leadership versus community; board…
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Thank you for the life you have given me today dear Creator. By the way, thank you for these struggles I face, but now welcome in my little travels. Such a journey I travel. Today I find I have time for myself to think about Aboriginal society.
It's incredible how we as a people become enemies to ourselves and our community. For example, leadership versus community; board…
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Western lacrosse officials admit they're concerned that some of their teams might follow the free-spending lead of the three straight Mann Cup winners from Six Nations as they try to get the coveted gold mug back to the west for the first time since 1991.
Reliable sources with the Six Nations club - the first and only reserve-based team to win the top Senior lacrosse…
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Western lacrosse officials admit they're concerned that some of their teams might follow the free-spending lead of the three straight Mann Cup winners from Six Nations as they try to get the coveted gold mug back to the west for the first time since 1991.
Reliable sources with the Six Nations club - the first and only reserve-based team to win the top Senior lacrosse…
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Western lacrosse officials admit they're concerned that some of their teams might follow the free-spending lead of the three straight Mann Cup winners from Six Nations as they try to get the coveted gold mug back to the west for the first time since 1991.
Reliable sources with the Six Nations club - the first and only reserve-based team to win the top Senior lacrosse…
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The Six Nations Chiefs will be hard-pressed this season to secure the one more title they need to equal the record for the longest-ever reign as national Senior lacrosse champions.
The three-time defending Mann Cup champions can become only the second franchise ever to win four consecutive Canadian Major League titles, equalling the Peterborough Timbermen's four straight…
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The Six Nations Chiefs will be hard-pressed this season to secure the one more title they need to equal the record for the longest-ever reign as national Senior lacrosse champions.
The three-time defending Mann Cup champions can become only the second franchise ever to win four consecutive Canadian Major League titles, equalling the Peterborough Timbermen's four straight…
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The Six Nations Chiefs will be hard-pressed this season to secure the one more title they need to equal the record for the longest-ever reign as national Senior lacrosse champions.
The three-time defending Mann Cup champions can become only the second franchise ever to win four consecutive Canadian Major League titles, equalling the Peterborough Timbermen's four straight…
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Aboriginal television producers got a boost with the announcement that two awards will be given during the closing ceremonies of the Banff Television Festival. On April 29, Telefilm Canada and Television Northern Canada, also known as TVNC, announced the creation of the Aboriginal Production Awards which will honor the best Canadian Aboriginal-language television production and…
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Ah yes, can you smell it in the air? It's springtime, and a young Canadian's fancy turns to thoughts of love, barbecues and federal elections. Now that our fearless leader, Jean Chretien, has called an election, all of us loyal Canadians will soon be trudging off through the streets to cast our democratic ballot.
And the theme of this year's election?!? A simple six…
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More than 100 guests were invited to mark the opening of Canada's first Aboriginal Sport Development Centre on May 2.
The guests - Aboriginal leaders, provincial sports figures, government officials and media representatives - assembled just north of Victoria at the newly-built structure on the Tsartlip First Nation to witness the traditional ceremony as two Coast Salish…
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More than 100 guests were invited to mark the opening of Canada's first Aboriginal Sport Development Centre on May 2.
The guests - Aboriginal leaders, provincial sports figures, government officials and media representatives - assembled just north of Victoria at the newly-built structure on the Tsartlip First Nation to witness the traditional ceremony as two Coast Salish…