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Tansi, ahnee and hello. The season of cheer is upon us. The signs are everywhere. Crowds of people hovering around cash registers, the neon glow of Christmas lights, party notices in the mail and the feeling that comes with this emotional territory; that everything is going to be all right.

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Pikiskwe

This week the Supreme Court of British Columbia stayed charges to two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault against Bishop Hubert O'Connor for acts allegedly committed at an Indian residential school. I believe the effect of this ruling will be devastating not only for the Bishop's victims but also for the countless others who were assaulted at these schools.

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Pikiskwe

This week the Supreme Court of British Columbia stayed charges to two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault against Bishop Hubert O'Connor for acts allegedly committed at an Indian residential school. I believe the effect of this ruling will be devastating not only for the Bishop's victims but also for the countless others who were assaulted at these schools.

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Pikiskwe

This week the Supreme Court of British Columbia stayed charges to two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault against Bishop Hubert O'Connor for acts allegedly committed at an Indian residential school. I believe the effect of this ruling will be devastating not only for the Bishop's victims but also for the countless others who were assaulted at these schools.

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Pikiskwe

This week the Supreme Court of British Columbia stayed charges to two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault against Bishop Hubert O'Connor for acts allegedly committed at an Indian residential school. I believe the effect of this ruling will be devastating not only for the Bishop's victims but also for the countless others who were assaulted at these schools.

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The report of B.C. resource specialist Peter Pearse contains a lot of useful ideas on how to manage that province's salmon resource in the face of a growing Native commercial fishery.

And it is encouraging to see community leaders along the Fraser River supporting the University of British Columbia professor's findings and recommendations on missing fish stocks.

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The report of B.C. resource specialist Peter Pearse contains a lot of useful ideas on how to manage that province's salmon resource in the face of a growing Native commercial fishery.

And it is encouraging to see community leaders along the Fraser River supporting the University of British Columbia professor's findings and recommendations on missing fish stocks.

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The report of B.C. resource specialist Peter Pearse contains a lot of useful ideas on how to manage that province's salmon resource in the face of a growing Native commercial fishery.

And it is encouraging to see community leaders along the Fraser River supporting the University of British Columbia professor's findings and recommendations on missing fish stocks.

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The report of B.C. resource specialist Peter Pearse contains a lot of useful ideas on how to manage that province's salmon resource in the face of a growing Native commercial fishery.

And it is encouraging to see community leaders along the Fraser River supporting the University of British Columbia professor's findings and recommendations on missing fish stocks.

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Don Getty was ushered out of the Alberta premier's office and caused a stir by saying he wouldn't continue to work in the legislature. The man who has led Alberta's Conservative party of the last seven years instead plans to work out of a government office away from the legislature.

What kind of work does the former premier plan to do? Well, reports indicate Getty plans to sort through his papers, start an autobiography and - in his own words - become an "orangutan" for rural and Native issues.