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Issue of double standards ignored in suit - nurse

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A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If this is doctoring, then it should be doctoring all the time and every where," said Atcheson, who was accused of acting "too independently" by the college.

Issue of double standards ignored in suit - nurse

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A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If this is doctoring, then it should be doctoring all the time and every where," said Atcheson, who was accused of acting "too independently" by the college.

Issue of double standards ignored in suit - nurse

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A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If this is doctoring, then it should be doctoring all the time and every where," said Atcheson, who was accused of acting "too independently" by the college.

Issue of double standards ignored in suit - nurse

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A Metis nursing practitioner who sued a provincial body for interfering with her right to practice has lost her legal battle.

But Joyce Atcheson believes that it is only a matter of time before the public of Alberta forces the College of Physicians and Surgeons to change what she calls its double standards on medical care for Aboriginal ans non-Aboriginals.

"If this is doctoring, then it should be doctoring all the time and every where," said Atcheson, who was accused of acting "too independently" by the college.

Peigan Lonefighter testifies at appeal

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Peigan Lonefighter Milton Born With A Tooth took the stand in his own defence last week during his appeal on five weapons charges.

Born With A Tooth, 36, testified that he fired a rifle during a standoff with police because he thought he was entitled to a warning shot while protecting his land.

The standoff on Sept. 7, 1990 between the Lonefighters and RCMP took place when crews moved in to halt work on a channel dug by the Peigan to divert southern Alberta's Oldman River.