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A trial date for Senator Walter Twinn's constitutional challenge to Bill C-31, the law that returned lost status to Native women and their children, has finally been set for Sept. 24.

The 11-week trial will open in Edmonton and run for an estimated five weeks. Following a three-week recess, the trial will reconvene in Ottawa.

Twinn, a member of the Sawridge band, filed suit against the government in 1986 along with Wayne Roan of Ermineskin and Bruce Starlight of the Sarcee bands. Two other Natives also filed papers in the suit but have since dropped out.

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The National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) wants an exemption from the federal government's funding cuts to Native programs.

Executive director Terry Doxtator said friendship centres across the country will not be able to offer the current level of service if government funding drops.

"The effects of cuts right across the board are layoffs, reduced services to communities and creating more reliance on volunteers," he said.

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The National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) wants an exemption from the federal government's funding cuts to Native programs.

Executive director Terry Doxtator said friendship centres across the country will not be able to offer the current level of service if government funding drops.

"The effects of cuts right across the board are layoffs, reduced services to communities and creating more reliance on volunteers," he said.

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The National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) wants an exemption from the federal government's funding cuts to Native programs.

Executive director Terry Doxtator said friendship centres across the country will not be able to offer the current level of service if government funding drops.

"The effects of cuts right across the board are layoffs, reduced services to communities and creating more reliance on volunteers," he said.

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The National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) wants an exemption from the federal government's funding cuts to Native programs.

Executive director Terry Doxtator said friendship centres across the country will not be able to offer the current level of service if government funding drops.

"The effects of cuts right across the board are layoffs, reduced services to communities and creating more reliance on volunteers," he said.

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Native television broadcasters are bracing themselves for a bleak, mean season

as a result of "substantial" budget cuts from the federal government.

The anticipated 10-per-cent in federal funding grants will chop more than $1 million from the $11 million Northern Native Broadcast Access Program budget this year.

"It's hard to believe there's any commitment on behalf of the government for Native broadcasters," Inuit Broadcasting Corporation executive director Debbie Brisebois said.

"I don't know how much farther we can be pushed."

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Native television broadcasters are bracing themselves for a bleak, mean season

as a result of "substantial" budget cuts from the federal government.

The anticipated 10-per-cent in federal funding grants will chop more than $1 million from the $11 million Northern Native Broadcast Access Program budget this year.

"It's hard to believe there's any commitment on behalf of the government for Native broadcasters," Inuit Broadcasting Corporation executive director Debbie Brisebois said.

"I don't know how much farther we can be pushed."

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Native television broadcasters are bracing themselves for a bleak, mean season

as a result of "substantial" budget cuts from the federal government.

The anticipated 10-per-cent in federal funding grants will chop more than $1 million from the $11 million Northern Native Broadcast Access Program budget this year.

"It's hard to believe there's any commitment on behalf of the government for Native broadcasters," Inuit Broadcasting Corporation executive director Debbie Brisebois said.

"I don't know how much farther we can be pushed."

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Native television broadcasters are bracing themselves for a bleak, mean season

as a result of "substantial" budget cuts from the federal government.

The anticipated 10-per-cent in federal funding grants will chop more than $1 million from the $11 million Northern Native Broadcast Access Program budget this year.

"It's hard to believe there's any commitment on behalf of the government for Native broadcasters," Inuit Broadcasting Corporation executive director Debbie Brisebois said.

"I don't know how much farther we can be pushed."

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Agricultural development holds the key to a brighter economic future for Natives in northern Alberta, say farmers.

But without financial support the potential to develop a sustainable economy becomes almost nil. Representatives from settlement and reserves met in Slave Lake last month to participate in the second Northern Native Agriculture Development Conference. The conference was one of the few joint ventures attended by both Indian and Metis representatives, who set aside politics to deal with their common concerns.