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It's going to be hard to keep Terry Littlechild Muskwa home on the rez now that he's seen the bright lights of Paree.
The 22-year-old Hobbema band member returned home to Alberta late this fall after spending almost a year as a Disney Corp. employee at Disneyland Paris' Wild West Show.
"It was a great experience," he said.
The only down side, Muskwa said,…
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It's going to be hard to keep Terry Littlechild Muskwa home on the rez now that he's seen the bright lights of Paree.
The 22-year-old Hobbema band member returned home to Alberta late this fall after spending almost a year as a Disney Corp. employee at Disneyland Paris' Wild West Show.
"It was a great experience," he said.
The only down side, Muskwa said,…
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It's going to be hard to keep Terry Littlechild Muskwa home on the rez now that he's seen the bright lights of Paree.
The 22-year-old Hobbema band member returned home to Alberta late this fall after spending almost a year as a Disney Corp. employee at Disneyland Paris' Wild West Show.
"It was a great experience," he said.
The only down side, Muskwa said,…
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Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Phil Fontaine travelled to the steel and concrete heart of corporate Canada recently, but the message he delivered was aimed squarely back at Ottawa.
During an address at a Royal Bank symposium on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Fontaine demanded an apology from the federal government for the widespread abuse inflicted on…
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Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Phil Fontaine travelled to the steel and concrete heart of corporate Canada recently, but the message he delivered was aimed squarely back at Ottawa.
During an address at a Royal Bank symposium on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Fontaine demanded an apology from the federal government for the widespread abuse inflicted on…
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Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Phil Fontaine travelled to the steel and concrete heart of corporate Canada recently, but the message he delivered was aimed squarely back at Ottawa.
During an address at a Royal Bank symposium on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Fontaine demanded an apology from the federal government for the widespread abuse inflicted on…
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The National Aboriginal Financing Task Force, composed of 13 volunteer Aboriginal leaders, tabled its final report on Nov. 19 on how to increase access to capital funding for Aboriginal people. The report, The Promise of the Future: Achieving Economic Self Sufficiency Through Access to Capital, outlined 21 recommendations for Aboriginal leaders, the private sector, the federal…
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The National Aboriginal Financing Task Force, composed of 13 volunteer Aboriginal leaders, tabled its final report on Nov. 19 on how to increase access to capital funding for Aboriginal people. The report, The Promise of the Future: Achieving Economic Self Sufficiency Through Access to Capital, outlined 21 recommendations for Aboriginal leaders, the private sector, the federal…
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The National Aboriginal Financing Task Force, composed of 13 volunteer Aboriginal leaders, tabled its final report on Nov. 19 on how to increase access to capital funding for Aboriginal people. The report, The Promise of the Future: Achieving Economic Self Sufficiency Through Access to Capital, outlined 21 recommendations for Aboriginal leaders, the private sector, the federal…
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Canada's Aboriginal youth want to form a unified front to help deal with issues and concerns common to young Native men and women across the country.
A group of about 50 young people met with the Assembly of First Nations to see how the recommendations made at last February's National Youth Conference in Halifax were progressing.
The formation of a national youth…
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Canada's Aboriginal youth want to form a unified front to help deal with issues and concerns common to young Native men and women across the country.
A group of about 50 young people met with the Assembly of First Nations to see how the recommendations made at last February's National Youth Conference in Halifax were progressing.
The formation of a national youth…
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Canada's Aboriginal youth want to form a unified front to help deal with issues and concerns common to young Native men and women across the country.
A group of about 50 young people met with the Assembly of First Nations to see how the recommendations made at last February's National Youth Conference in Halifax were progressing.
The formation of a national youth…
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Within hours after an article in the Ottawa Sun hit the street announcing that Reform Party MP Darrel Stinson would take on Métis law student Richard Mirasty in a boxing match for charity, the whole deal came apart.
Stinson, 53, is "more than a bit enraged" by the way Sun columnist Earl McRae presented the challenge from Mirasty to readers across the country. Mirasty is…
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Like most other Junior hockey coaches, former pro player Barry Tabobondung is anxious to climb up the hockey ladder.
Tabobondung, 36, is an assistant coach with the Couchiching Terriers of the Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The 22-team Junior A Tier II circuit is a step below the Ontario Hockey League, which is considered one of the top feeder systems for the National…
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Like most other Junior hockey coaches, former pro player Barry Tabobondung is anxious to climb up the hockey ladder.
Tabobondung, 36, is an assistant coach with the Couchiching Terriers of the Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The 22-team Junior A Tier II circuit is a step below the Ontario Hockey League, which is considered one of the top feeder systems for the National…