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Protesters blocking a logging access road north of Meadow Lake have settled in for the winter and are renewing their struggle to halt logging. The Protectors of Mother Earth, whose members are manning the blockade, have filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission against the Saskatchewan government.

The group alleges Minister of Natural Resources Eldon Lautermilch and his predecessors are guilty of racial discrimination in the approval of logging in the area and

in their dealings with the protesters.

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Protesters blocking a logging access road north of Meadow Lake have settled in for the winter and are renewing their struggle to halt logging. The Protectors of Mother Earth, whose members are manning the blockade, have filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission against the Saskatchewan government.

The group alleges Minister of Natural Resources Eldon Lautermilch and his predecessors are guilty of racial discrimination in the approval of logging in the area and

in their dealings with the protesters.

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Protesters blocking a logging access road north of Meadow Lake have settled in for the winter and are renewing their struggle to halt logging. The Protectors of Mother Earth, whose members are manning the blockade, have filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission against the Saskatchewan government.

The group alleges Minister of Natural Resources Eldon Lautermilch and his predecessors are guilty of racial discrimination in the approval of logging in the area and

in their dealings with the protesters.

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Protesters blocking a logging access road north of Meadow Lake have settled in for the winter and are renewing their struggle to halt logging. The Protectors of Mother Earth, whose members are manning the blockade, have filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission against the Saskatchewan government.

The group alleges Minister of Natural Resources Eldon Lautermilch and his predecessors are guilty of racial discrimination in the approval of logging in the area and

in their dealings with the protesters.

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Sex charges against a high-ranking Catholic bishop have been stayed by a British Columbia court, touching off a storm of protest and demands that the disgraced priest be excommunicated.

Native and non-Native leaders have joined the chorus of disapproval, calling for ministerial reviews and public inquiries into the province's handling of the case.

"It appears our system has failed, not only for the accused but definitely for the victims," said Walter Cobb, mayor or Williams Lake, where Bishop Hubert O'Connor was principal of a residential school.

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Sex charges against a high-ranking Catholic bishop have been stayed by a British Columbia court, touching off a storm of protest and demands that the disgraced priest be excommunicated.

Native and non-Native leaders have joined the chorus of disapproval, calling for ministerial reviews and public inquiries into the province's handling of the case.

"It appears our system has failed, not only for the accused but definitely for the victims," said Walter Cobb, mayor or Williams Lake, where Bishop Hubert O'Connor was principal of a residential school.

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Sex charges against a high-ranking Catholic bishop have been stayed by a British Columbia court, touching off a storm of protest and demands that the disgraced priest be excommunicated.

Native and non-Native leaders have joined the chorus of disapproval, calling for ministerial reviews and public inquiries into the province's handling of the case.

"It appears our system has failed, not only for the accused but definitely for the victims," said Walter Cobb, mayor or Williams Lake, where Bishop Hubert O'Connor was principal of a residential school.

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Sex charges against a high-ranking Catholic bishop have been stayed by a British Columbia court, touching off a storm of protest and demands that the disgraced priest be excommunicated.

Native and non-Native leaders have joined the chorus of disapproval, calling for ministerial reviews and public inquiries into the province's handling of the case.

"It appears our system has failed, not only for the accused but definitely for the victims," said Walter Cobb, mayor or Williams Lake, where Bishop Hubert O'Connor was principal of a residential school.

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Overfishing caused the disappearance of nearly one-half million Fraser River salmon during the first year of British Columbia's commercial Native fishery pilot project, a federal inquiry says.

The shortfall's only a "setback" and shouldn't block the development of a first nation commercial fishery, said report author Peter Pearse, a University of British Columbia resource specialist.

"The program of rebuilding stocks...has suffered a set back. It cannot be

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Overfishing caused the disappearance of nearly one-half million Fraser River salmon during the first year of British Columbia's commercial Native fishery pilot project, a federal inquiry says.

The shortfall's only a "setback" and shouldn't block the development of a first nation commercial fishery, said report author Peter Pearse, a University of British Columbia resource specialist.

"The program of rebuilding stocks...has suffered a set back. It cannot be