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Somehow the words "Mount Everest" conjure up images of a remote, difficult-to-reach trekker's paradise. It's hard to imagine a place with so much natural beauty strewn with garbage left by careless hikers and tourists.

Edmonton high school student Jason Twin heard about the environmental problems in Nepal and decided to do something about them. He's joined Youth to

Everest Canada and, along with three other young Canadians, he's heading to Mt.

Everest on May 1.

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Somehow the words "Mount Everest" conjure up images of a remote, difficult-to-reach trekker's paradise. It's hard to imagine a place with so much natural beauty strewn with garbage left by careless hikers and tourists.

Edmonton high school student Jason Twin heard about the environmental problems in Nepal and decided to do something about them. He's joined Youth to

Everest Canada and, along with three other young Canadians, he's heading to Mt.

Everest on May 1.

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Somehow the words "Mount Everest" conjure up images of a remote, difficult-to-reach trekker's paradise. It's hard to imagine a place with so much natural beauty strewn with garbage left by careless hikers and tourists.

Edmonton high school student Jason Twin heard about the environmental problems in Nepal and decided to do something about them. He's joined Youth to

Everest Canada and, along with three other young Canadians, he's heading to Mt.

Everest on May 1.

Page 12

Somehow the words "Mount Everest" conjure up images of a remote, difficult-to-reach trekker's paradise. It's hard to imagine a place with so much natural beauty strewn with garbage left by careless hikers and tourists.

Edmonton high school student Jason Twin heard about the environmental problems in Nepal and decided to do something about them. He's joined Youth to

Everest Canada and, along with three other young Canadians, he's heading to Mt.

Everest on May 1.

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The newest members of the Winnipeg police force have been given a special assignment by Chief Dale Henry.

"We need, through improved co-operation, to span the gulf of distrust and cynicism that has risen in the community," Henry told the class of recruits, who graduated Jan. 15.

This class is especially equipped to restore some respect and integrity to a department mocked by scandals in recent years. Half of the 18 recruits are Native and nowhere in Winnipeg is the distrust Henry refers to more prevalent than in the Native community.

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The newest members of the Winnipeg police force have been given a special assignment by Chief Dale Henry.

"We need, through improved co-operation, to span the gulf of distrust and cynicism that has risen in the community," Henry told the class of recruits, who graduated Jan. 15.

This class is especially equipped to restore some respect and integrity to a department mocked by scandals in recent years. Half of the 18 recruits are Native and nowhere in Winnipeg is the distrust Henry refers to more prevalent than in the Native community.

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The newest members of the Winnipeg police force have been given a special assignment by Chief Dale Henry.

"We need, through improved co-operation, to span the gulf of distrust and cynicism that has risen in the community," Henry told the class of recruits, who graduated Jan. 15.

This class is especially equipped to restore some respect and integrity to a department mocked by scandals in recent years. Half of the 18 recruits are Native and nowhere in Winnipeg is the distrust Henry refers to more prevalent than in the Native community.

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The newest members of the Winnipeg police force have been given a special assignment by Chief Dale Henry.

"We need, through improved co-operation, to span the gulf of distrust and cynicism that has risen in the community," Henry told the class of recruits, who graduated Jan. 15.

This class is especially equipped to restore some respect and integrity to a department mocked by scandals in recent years. Half of the 18 recruits are Native and nowhere in Winnipeg is the distrust Henry refers to more prevalent than in the Native community.

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The Metis Nation of Alberta has been turned down a second time in a bid to enter its own team of athletes at this year's Indigenous Games in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Games organizers there say only one cultural group from each province or state is permitted to participate in the week-long event this spring.

"From what I understand (according to the games' mandate), there will be no distinction between linguistic and cultural groups," says games spokesman Robert

Strohm. "It will be restricted only to boundaries of province and state."

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The Metis Nation of Alberta has been turned down a second time in a bid to enter its own team of athletes at this year's Indigenous Games in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Games organizers there say only one cultural group from each province or state is permitted to participate in the week-long event this spring.

"From what I understand (according to the games' mandate), there will be no distinction between linguistic and cultural groups," says games spokesman Robert

Strohm. "It will be restricted only to boundaries of province and state."