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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The federal court has temporarily rejected claims to oil and gas royalties by a group of 13 women seeking reinstatement in the central Alberta Samson band.

In an interim ruling, Judge James Jerome said he couldn't offer a decision on this aspect of the case without hearing all arguments relating to the women's status with the band under Bill C-31.

"These are issues which must be resolved at trial," he said in a written decision handed down in Ottawa.

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The federal court has temporarily rejected claims to oil and gas royalties by a group of 13 women seeking reinstatement in the central Alberta Samson band.

In an interim ruling, Judge James Jerome said he couldn't offer a decision on this aspect of the case without hearing all arguments relating to the women's status with the band under Bill C-31.

"These are issues which must be resolved at trial," he said in a written decision handed down in Ottawa.

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The federal court has temporarily rejected claims to oil and gas royalties by a group of 13 women seeking reinstatement in the central Alberta Samson band.

In an interim ruling, Judge James Jerome said he couldn't offer a decision on this aspect of the case without hearing all arguments relating to the women's status with the band under Bill C-31.

"These are issues which must be resolved at trial," he said in a written decision handed down in Ottawa.

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The federal court has temporarily rejected claims to oil and gas royalties by a group of 13 women seeking reinstatement in the central Alberta Samson band.

In an interim ruling, Judge James Jerome said he couldn't offer a decision on this aspect of the case without hearing all arguments relating to the women's status with the band under Bill C-31.

"These are issues which must be resolved at trial," he said in a written decision handed down in Ottawa.

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Saskatchewan's Peter Ballantyne band has decided not to join the province's multi-million dollar umbrella land deal even though it is entitled to one of the largest settlements in the package.

Band members narrowly defeated a $62-million offer to buy land and mineral rights in a referendum that would have seen the community join the province-wide agreement.

Ballantyne chief Ron Michel said the latest set of difficulties rising out of the band's long-standing resistance to the agreement won't hurt a settlement in the long run.

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Saskatchewan's Peter Ballantyne band has decided not to join the province's multi-million dollar umbrella land deal even though it is entitled to one of the largest settlements in the package.

Band members narrowly defeated a $62-million offer to buy land and mineral rights in a referendum that would have seen the community join the province-wide agreement.

Ballantyne chief Ron Michel said the latest set of difficulties rising out of the band's long-standing resistance to the agreement won't hurt a settlement in the long run.