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Northwest Territories Metis Association president Gary Bohnet can rest easy. Those Barenaked Ladies from Toronto didn't take a swipe at traditional economies when they sang a line against fur coats in their hit song If I Had a Million Dollars.

"All the members of our band eat meat and wear leather," the band said in a press statement after Bohnet threatened a boycott of their Yellowknife concert over an anti-fur line in a song.

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Five friendship centres could close down this year as organizers of the community-based organizations absorb deep cuts expected in the next federal budget, friendship centre officials say.

"We can't sustain these cuts. A lot of friendship centres will have to close," said Chris Corrigan, a policy analyst with the National Association of Friendship Centres in Ottawa.

"I'm not going to predict the decline of friendship centres, but it is going to be a real struggle."

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Five friendship centres could close down this year as organizers of the community-based organizations absorb deep cuts expected in the next federal budget, friendship centre officials say.

"We can't sustain these cuts. A lot of friendship centres will have to close," said Chris Corrigan, a policy analyst with the National Association of Friendship Centres in Ottawa.

"I'm not going to predict the decline of friendship centres, but it is going to be a real struggle."

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Five friendship centres could close down this year as organizers of the community-based organizations absorb deep cuts expected in the next federal budget, friendship centre officials say.

"We can't sustain these cuts. A lot of friendship centres will have to close," said Chris Corrigan, a policy analyst with the National Association of Friendship Centres in Ottawa.

"I'm not going to predict the decline of friendship centres, but it is going to be a real struggle."

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Five friendship centres could close down this year as organizers of the community-based organizations absorb deep cuts expected in the next federal budget, friendship centre officials say.

"We can't sustain these cuts. A lot of friendship centres will have to close," said Chris Corrigan, a policy analyst with the National Association of Friendship Centres in Ottawa.

"I'm not going to predict the decline of friendship centres, but it is going to be a real struggle."

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Relations between the provincial government and Manitoba are deteriorating

after RCMP and Dakota-Ojibway tribal police raided five reserves to confiscate gambling equipment.

Native leaders threatened to back out of efforts to create an experimental aboriginal court system. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs called on communities to

take "direct action" that could include road blocks if further raids are attempted.

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Relations between the provincial government and Manitoba are deteriorating

after RCMP and Dakota-Ojibway tribal police raided five reserves to confiscate gambling equipment.

Native leaders threatened to back out of efforts to create an experimental aboriginal court system. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs called on communities to

take "direct action" that could include road blocks if further raids are attempted.

Page 1

Relations between the provincial government and Manitoba are deteriorating

after RCMP and Dakota-Ojibway tribal police raided five reserves to confiscate gambling equipment.

Native leaders threatened to back out of efforts to create an experimental aboriginal court system. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs called on communities to

take "direct action" that could include road blocks if further raids are attempted.

Page 1

Relations between the provincial government and Manitoba are deteriorating

after RCMP and Dakota-Ojibway tribal police raided five reserves to confiscate gambling equipment.

Native leaders threatened to back out of efforts to create an experimental aboriginal court system. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs called on communities to

take "direct action" that could include road blocks if further raids are attempted.

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Vancouver Island carver and painter Charles Elliott began his career as an artist when he was a child, carving miniature canoes for his friends and family.

Now he is as well known in his Tsartslip Reserve community as he is on the mainland. His work includes several notable totem poles, including one at the University