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Manitoba's skirmishes over on-reserve gaming are causing ripples in Saskatchewan where Native and provincial leaders have also been unsuccessful in establishing new Indian gaming laws.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations president Roland Crowe last week warned of confrontation if the provincial government doesn't bend soon to allow on-reserve casinos.

Options for the province's First Nations are running out as they continue to meet government resistance through peaceful, non-confrontational methods, Crowe said.

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Manitoba's skirmishes over on-reserve gaming are causing ripples in Saskatchewan where Native and provincial leaders have also been unsuccessful in establishing new Indian gaming laws.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations president Roland Crowe last week warned of confrontation if the provincial government doesn't bend soon to allow on-reserve casinos.

Options for the province's First Nations are running out as they continue to meet government resistance through peaceful, non-confrontational methods, Crowe said.

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Manitoba's skirmishes over on-reserve gaming are causing ripples in Saskatchewan where Native and provincial leaders have also been unsuccessful in establishing new Indian gaming laws.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations president Roland Crowe last week warned of confrontation if the provincial government doesn't bend soon to allow on-reserve casinos.

Options for the province's First Nations are running out as they continue to meet government resistance through peaceful, non-confrontational methods, Crowe said.

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Manitoba's skirmishes over on-reserve gaming are causing ripples in Saskatchewan where Native and provincial leaders have also been unsuccessful in establishing new Indian gaming laws.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations president Roland Crowe last week warned of confrontation if the provincial government doesn't bend soon to allow on-reserve casinos.

Options for the province's First Nations are running out as they continue to meet government resistance through peaceful, non-confrontational methods, Crowe said.

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Rumors swirling throughout Manitoba for last few months about the political future of Yves Dumont were confirmed when the Metis leader was appointed lieutenant-governor.

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney handed the post to the Manitoba Metis Federation president last week. The lieutenant-governor is the Queen's representative in a province and the ceremonial head of the provincial government.

"I am certainly excited at the opportunity that I'm going to have to be able to prove to the rest of Canadians that Metis people are committed to Canada," said the

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A controversial hydroelectric project in British Columbia that threatened salmon stocks won't be stopped, but it will be subject to a long overdue public hearing, provincial officials said.

On the heels of a report saying Alcan's so-called Kemano Completion Project has a legal right to proceed, the B.C. government announced review plans it hopes will set aside long simmering disputes.

"This huge project was approved without formal public hearings," Premier Mike Harcourt said in a press statement announcing the public hearings.

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A controversial hydroelectric project in British Columbia that threatened salmon stocks won't be stopped, but it will be subject to a long overdue public hearing, provincial officials said.

On the heels of a report saying Alcan's so-called Kemano Completion Project has a legal right to proceed, the B.C. government announced review plans it hopes will set aside long simmering disputes.

"This huge project was approved without formal public hearings," Premier Mike Harcourt said in a press statement announcing the public hearings.

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A controversial hydroelectric project in British Columbia that threatened salmon stocks won't be stopped, but it will be subject to a long overdue public hearing, provincial officials said.

On the heels of a report saying Alcan's so-called Kemano Completion Project has a legal right to proceed, the B.C. government announced review plans it hopes will set aside long simmering disputes.

"This huge project was approved without formal public hearings," Premier Mike Harcourt said in a press statement announcing the public hearings.

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A controversial hydroelectric project in British Columbia that threatened salmon stocks won't be stopped, but it will be subject to a long overdue public hearing, provincial officials said.

On the heels of a report saying Alcan's so-called Kemano Completion Project has a legal right to proceed, the B.C. government announced review plans it hopes will set aside long simmering disputes.

"This huge project was approved without formal public hearings," Premier Mike Harcourt said in a press statement announcing the public hearings.

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A court decision returning millions of dollars taxed from Native unemployment insurance payments is being used to end income tax exemptions for status Indians.

In a letter to bands and political organizations, Revenue Canada announced after 1993 Natives will no longer be protected if the work that generated the income is not done on-reserve.

The decision reverses a 10-year policy of not collecting tax from status Indians working for reserve-based employers even though the work was done off First Nations land.