Protests against Aboriginal fisheries unfounded

Page 3

Ottawa's Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy has not decimated West Coast salmon stocks as some non-Native commercial fishermen had predicted, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reported.

This year's run of cheam and sockeye salmon were the largest since 1913, when a rock slide in the Fraser valley almost wiped out several species of Pacific salmon, said DFO director of Aboriginal fisheries Paul Kariya.

Protests against Aboriginal fisheries unfounded

Page 3

Ottawa's Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy has not decimated West Coast salmon stocks as some non-Native commercial fishermen had predicted, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reported.

This year's run of cheam and sockeye salmon were the largest since 1913, when a rock slide in the Fraser valley almost wiped out several species of Pacific salmon, said DFO director of Aboriginal fisheries Paul Kariya.

Protests against Aboriginal fisheries unfounded

Page 3

Ottawa's Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy has not decimated West Coast salmon stocks as some non-Native commercial fishermen had predicted, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reported.

This year's run of cheam and sockeye salmon were the largest since 1913, when a rock slide in the Fraser valley almost wiped out several species of Pacific salmon, said DFO director of Aboriginal fisheries Paul Kariya.

Protests against Aboriginal fisheries unfounded

Page 3

Ottawa's Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy has not decimated West Coast salmon stocks as some non-Native commercial fishermen had predicted, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reported.

This year's run of cheam and sockeye salmon were the largest since 1913, when a rock slide in the Fraser valley almost wiped out several species of Pacific salmon, said DFO director of Aboriginal fisheries Paul Kariya.

Page 3

Natives have not been well served by the non-Native justice system, the long-awaited Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice inquiry concluded.

The "reactive" attitudes of local RCMP towards Natives, combined with the ignorance of the Canadian justice system of Aboriginal cultures, created a culture clash where the Natives lost out, head commissioner and Judge Anthony Sarich said.

"It wasn't just a police problem, it was a problem with the whole justice system - an attitudinal problem.

Page 3

Natives have not been well served by the non-Native justice system, the long-awaited Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice inquiry concluded.

The "reactive" attitudes of local RCMP towards Natives, combined with the ignorance of the Canadian justice system of Aboriginal cultures, created a culture clash where the Natives lost out, head commissioner and Judge Anthony Sarich said.

"It wasn't just a police problem, it was a problem with the whole justice system - an attitudinal problem.

Page 3

Natives have not been well served by the non-Native justice system, the long-awaited Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice inquiry concluded.

The "reactive" attitudes of local RCMP towards Natives, combined with the ignorance of the Canadian justice system of Aboriginal cultures, created a culture clash where the Natives lost out, head commissioner and Judge Anthony Sarich said.

"It wasn't just a police problem, it was a problem with the whole justice system - an attitudinal problem.

Page 3

Natives have not been well served by the non-Native justice system, the long-awaited Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice inquiry concluded.

The "reactive" attitudes of local RCMP towards Natives, combined with the ignorance of the Canadian justice system of Aboriginal cultures, created a culture clash where the Natives lost out, head commissioner and Judge Anthony Sarich said.

"It wasn't just a police problem, it was a problem with the whole justice system - an attitudinal problem.

Page 2

The battle over the conduct of some board members at the Metis Nation of Alberta may finally be over.

The MNA's Senate of Elders dropped all actions against eight board members charged with attempting to overthrow the new government in the wake of the association's September election, an Oct. 29 press release read.

The Senate ruling also eliminated a Court of Queen's Bench-appointed management committee established to investigate all of the MNA's internal workings.

Page 2

The battle over the conduct of some board members at the Metis Nation of Alberta may finally be over.

The MNA's Senate of Elders dropped all actions against eight board members charged with attempting to overthrow the new government in the wake of the association's September election, an Oct. 29 press release read.

The Senate ruling also eliminated a Court of Queen's Bench-appointed management committee established to investigate all of the MNA's internal workings.