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REVIEW
Scapegoat: How the Army Betrayed Kyle Brown
By Peter Worthington and Kyle Brown
338 pages, $8.99 (pb)
Bantam-Seal Books
Elvin Kyle Brown did not kill Shidane Abukar Arone. The Department of National Defence has spent the last four years trying to obscure that fact.
Brown is the Edmonton-born paratrooper convicted of manslaughter…
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On a warm and inviting morning - June 2 to be exact - at the tender age of 34, I lost my political virginity to an older woman, an attached woman at that. I am, of course, talking about that ravishing creature known as Alexa McDonough.
Up until that fateful morning, I must confess to the world that I, Drew Hayden Taylor, had never voted in my life. Not in a federal…
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On a warm and inviting morning - June 2 to be exact - at the tender age of 34, I lost my political virginity to an older woman, an attached woman at that. I am, of course, talking about that ravishing creature known as Alexa McDonough.
Up until that fateful morning, I must confess to the world that I, Drew Hayden Taylor, had never voted in my life. Not in a federal…
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On a warm and inviting morning - June 2 to be exact - at the tender age of 34, I lost my political virginity to an older woman, an attached woman at that. I am, of course, talking about that ravishing creature known as Alexa McDonough.
Up until that fateful morning, I must confess to the world that I, Drew Hayden Taylor, had never voted in my life. Not in a federal…
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Ryan Runearth wants to change the whole world. Not a small feat, but with his mother's help, Ryan believes the two of them can at least make the world a better place.
Vicki Runearth raised her four children with a sense that nothing is impossible if they believe in the Creator and in each other. Now, her two eldest daughters are mothers and they still follow what Vicki…
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Ryan Runearth wants to change the whole world. Not a small feat, but with his mother's help, Ryan believes the two of them can at least make the world a better place.
Vicki Runearth raised her four children with a sense that nothing is impossible if they believe in the Creator and in each other. Now, her two eldest daughters are mothers and they still follow what Vicki…
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Ryan Runearth wants to change the whole world. Not a small feat, but with his mother's help, Ryan believes the two of them can at least make the world a better place.
Vicki Runearth raised her four children with a sense that nothing is impossible if they believe in the Creator and in each other. Now, her two eldest daughters are mothers and they still follow what Vicki…
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Dear Editor:
Five hundred years ago, King Henry the VII ordered Giovanni Caboto to sail and discover the New World.
Five hundred years ago, King Henry VII assigned Giovanni to discover the Far East.
Five hundred years ago, Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) discovered New Founde Land.
Five hundred years resulted in the acknowledgment of a disoriented Italian…
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Dear Editor:
Five hundred years ago, King Henry the VII ordered Giovanni Caboto to sail and discover the New World.
Five hundred years ago, King Henry VII assigned Giovanni to discover the Far East.
Five hundred years ago, Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) discovered New Founde Land.
Five hundred years resulted in the acknowledgment of a disoriented Italian…
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Dear Editor:
Five hundred years ago, King Henry the VII ordered Giovanni Caboto to sail and discover the New World.
Five hundred years ago, King Henry VII assigned Giovanni to discover the Far East.
Five hundred years ago, Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot) discovered New Founde Land.
Five hundred years resulted in the acknowledgment of a disoriented Italian…
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Dear Editor:
On Sept. 5, 1995, a heavily armed force of Ontario riot police and snipers massed at Ipperwash Park on lake Huron in Ontario.
They had been sent to confront a small group of Chippewa demonstrators who were occupying the small park because it contained a sacred burial ground. The graves had been bulldozed when the park was built years before.
It…
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Dear Editor:
On Sept. 5, 1995, a heavily armed force of Ontario riot police and snipers massed at Ipperwash Park on lake Huron in Ontario.
They had been sent to confront a small group of Chippewa demonstrators who were occupying the small park because it contained a sacred burial ground. The graves had been bulldozed when the park was built years before.
It…
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Dear Editor:
On Sept. 5, 1995, a heavily armed force of Ontario riot police and snipers massed at Ipperwash Park on lake Huron in Ontario.
They had been sent to confront a small group of Chippewa demonstrators who were occupying the small park because it contained a sacred burial ground. The graves had been bulldozed when the park was built years before.
It…
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Dear Editor:
The Indian Act has never helped Indian people in Canada. It has systematically destroyed them. The only chance of survival Indian people have left is to return to traditional forms of government that were in existence for millions of years before Europeans transplanted to this land.
The original Indian Act, dreamed up by Duncan Scott, was racist and…
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Dear Editor:
The Indian Act has never helped Indian people in Canada. It has systematically destroyed them. The only chance of survival Indian people have left is to return to traditional forms of government that were in existence for millions of years before Europeans transplanted to this land.
The original Indian Act, dreamed up by Duncan Scott, was racist and…