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Searching for the elusive Elder

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It's a rainy Wednesday afternoon in Vancouver. I've just received a phone call from Windspeaker asking if I would like to do a story on an Elder for this issue.

"Great," I say, "when's the deadline.?"

"Monday," said the voice on the other end.

"Oh," I say. Kind of a tight deadline, I think to myself. Well, it can't be that difficult to find an Elder to interview.

"No problem," I say. "Monday it is."

Searching for the elusive Elder

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It's a rainy Wednesday afternoon in Vancouver. I've just received a phone call from Windspeaker asking if I would like to do a story on an Elder for this issue.

"Great," I say, "when's the deadline.?"

"Monday," said the voice on the other end.

"Oh," I say. Kind of a tight deadline, I think to myself. Well, it can't be that difficult to find an Elder to interview.

"No problem," I say. "Monday it is."

Vaccination campaign wraps up

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An intense vaccination campaign aimed at stopping an outbreak of meningitis on Manitoba reserves and communities has wrapped up successfully.

"We've come pretty close to achieving a 95 per cent vaccination rate in the communities," said Dr. Ted Rosenberg, community medical consultant with Health Canada in Winnipeg.

Vaccination campaign wraps up

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An intense vaccination campaign aimed at stopping an outbreak of meningitis on Manitoba reserves and communities has wrapped up successfully.

"We've come pretty close to achieving a 95 per cent vaccination rate in the communities," said Dr. Ted Rosenberg, community medical consultant with Health Canada in Winnipeg.

Vaccination campaign wraps up

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An intense vaccination campaign aimed at stopping an outbreak of meningitis on Manitoba reserves and communities has wrapped up successfully.

"We've come pretty close to achieving a 95 per cent vaccination rate in the communities," said Dr. Ted Rosenberg, community medical consultant with Health Canada in Winnipeg.

Vaccination campaign wraps up

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An intense vaccination campaign aimed at stopping an outbreak of meningitis on Manitoba reserves and communities has wrapped up successfully.

"We've come pretty close to achieving a 95 per cent vaccination rate in the communities," said Dr. Ted Rosenberg, community medical consultant with Health Canada in Winnipeg.

Children apprehended needlessly - report

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First Nations in Manitoba should take over their child welfare systems, states a major report released last month in Winnipeg.

Prepared by the First Nations Child and Family Task Force, the report outlines a three-stage action plan in which full jurisdiction over child and family services would be transferred to First Nations communities within a period of about five years.

Children apprehended needlessly - report

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First Nations in Manitoba should take over their child welfare systems, states a major report released last month in Winnipeg.

Prepared by the First Nations Child and Family Task Force, the report outlines a three-stage action plan in which full jurisdiction over child and family services would be transferred to First Nations communities within a period of about five years.

Children apprehended needlessly - report

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First Nations in Manitoba should take over their child welfare systems, states a major report released last month in Winnipeg.

Prepared by the First Nations Child and Family Task Force, the report outlines a three-stage action plan in which full jurisdiction over child and family services would be transferred to First Nations communities within a period of about five years.

Children apprehended needlessly - report

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First Nations in Manitoba should take over their child welfare systems, states a major report released last month in Winnipeg.

Prepared by the First Nations Child and Family Task Force, the report outlines a three-stage action plan in which full jurisdiction over child and family services would be transferred to First Nations communities within a period of about five years.