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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 healing movement that has roots in British Columbia has successfully taken hold in Hollow Water, Man. and is reaching to other parts of the country.
Valdie Seymour and Berma Bushie are two of the founders of what is called community holistic circle healing in Hollow Water, a First Nation of 700 people on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg.
It's a process that…
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There was a time when being diagnosed with cancer was the same as being given a death sentence. Unfortunately, that idea still persists in society, even though medical advancements mean that many forms of cancer are treatable and survivable. The fear of cancer means that many people don't want to deal with it in any way, and their ignorance could kill them. In Canada, one woman…
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There was a time when being diagnosed with cancer was the same as being given a death sentence. Unfortunately, that idea still persists in society, even though medical advancements mean that many forms of cancer are treatable and survivable. The fear of cancer means that many people don't want to deal with it in any way, and their ignorance could kill them. In Canada, one woman…
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There was a time when being diagnosed with cancer was the same as being given a death sentence. Unfortunately, that idea still persists in society, even though medical advancements mean that many forms of cancer are treatable and survivable. The fear of cancer means that many people don't want to deal with it in any way, and their ignorance could kill them. In Canada, one woman…
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The Ontario government's drive to cut expenses through the sell-off of government assets threatens to leave remote, northern, mostly Aboriginal communities at the mercy of private business owners when it comes to television and radio service.
In remote communities in northern Ontario, TVOntario, the government-owned educational broadcaster, carries distance education…
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The Ontario government's drive to cut expenses through the sell-off of government assets threatens to leave remote, northern, mostly Aboriginal communities at the mercy of private business owners when it comes to television and radio service.
In remote communities in northern Ontario, TVOntario, the government-owned educational broadcaster, carries distance education…
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The Ontario government's drive to cut expenses through the sell-off of government assets threatens to leave remote, northern, mostly Aboriginal communities at the mercy of private business owners when it comes to television and radio service.
In remote communities in northern Ontario, TVOntario, the government-owned educational broadcaster, carries distance education…
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Award-winning actress, Cathy Jones, one-quarter of the comedy team that makes up CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, has created many memorable characters throughout her career, but one of them has caused some concern with at least one viewer.
The half-hour show is a satire of current Canadian events framed within a fictional television news magazine show. One of the…
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Award-winning actress, Cathy Jones, one-quarter of the comedy team that makes up CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, has created many memorable characters throughout her career, but one of them has caused some concern with at least one viewer.
The half-hour show is a satire of current Canadian events framed within a fictional television news magazine show. One of the…
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Award-winning actress, Cathy Jones, one-quarter of the comedy team that makes up CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, has created many memorable characters throughout her career, but one of them has caused some concern with at least one viewer.
The half-hour show is a satire of current Canadian events framed within a fictional television news magazine show. One of the…
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REVIEW
Hearts of the Nations:
Aboriginal Women's Voices. . . in the Studio 1997
Sweetgrass Records
"A nation is not defeated until the hearts of its women are buried in the ground." Forgive me if I don't remember what nation this proverb comes from, but its meaning becomes clear in this new CD from the Aboriginal Arts Program, which is a partnership…
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REVIEW
Hearts of the Nations:
Aboriginal Women's Voices. . . in the Studio 1997
Sweetgrass Records
"A nation is not defeated until the hearts of its women are buried in the ground." Forgive me if I don't remember what nation this proverb comes from, but its meaning becomes clear in this new CD from the Aboriginal Arts Program, which is a partnership…
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REVIEW
Hearts of the Nations:
Aboriginal Women's Voices. . . in the Studio 1997
Sweetgrass Records
"A nation is not defeated until the hearts of its women are buried in the ground." Forgive me if I don't remember what nation this proverb comes from, but its meaning becomes clear in this new CD from the Aboriginal Arts Program, which is a partnership…
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The British Columbia Native Women's Society is doing its best to stop the federal government from finalizing land management deals with First Nations.
Barbara Findlay, legal counsel for the Native women's group, appeared in Vancouver's Federal Court on Dec. 4 to ask the court to rule that Aboriginal women living on reserve who leave their marriages should receive the same…
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The British Columbia Native Women's Society is doing its best to stop the federal government from finalizing land management deals with First Nations.
Barbara Findlay, legal counsel for the Native women's group, appeared in Vancouver's Federal Court on Dec. 4 to ask the court to rule that Aboriginal women living on reserve who leave their marriages should receive the same…