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Ottawa will ask Canadians to vote on the national unity package Oct. 26 in a national referendum.

The federal government is looking for a simple answer - either a yes or a no.

But the process people will have to follow to arrive at one of those two words is long

and complicated.

And it is not being made easier by the doom-sayers who want your vote. On

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Ottawa will ask Canadians to vote on the national unity package Oct. 26 in a national referendum.

The federal government is looking for a simple answer - either a yes or a no.

But the process people will have to follow to arrive at one of those two words is long

and complicated.

And it is not being made easier by the doom-sayers who want your vote. On

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The Indian Association of Alberta has been forced to lay off staff and cut salaries as it faces a growing deficit crunch stemming from a re-organization of government funding.

"It's going to hurt," said association president Regena Crowchild. "But we have a mandate to keep going and we will."

The association's financial woes began in 1991 when Ottawa slashed its $1 million annual budget to fund treaty chiefs directly at the regional level.

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The Indian Association of Alberta has been forced to lay off staff and cut salaries as it faces a growing deficit crunch stemming from a re-organization of government funding.

"It's going to hurt," said association president Regena Crowchild. "But we have a mandate to keep going and we will."

The association's financial woes began in 1991 when Ottawa slashed its $1 million annual budget to fund treaty chiefs directly at the regional level.

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The Indian Association of Alberta has been forced to lay off staff and cut salaries as it faces a growing deficit crunch stemming from a re-organization of government funding.

"It's going to hurt," said association president Regena Crowchild. "But we have a mandate to keep going and we will."

The association's financial woes began in 1991 when Ottawa slashed its $1 million annual budget to fund treaty chiefs directly at the regional level.

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The Indian Association of Alberta has been forced to lay off staff and cut salaries as it faces a growing deficit crunch stemming from a re-organization of government funding.

"It's going to hurt," said association president Regena Crowchild. "But we have a mandate to keep going and we will."

The association's financial woes began in 1991 when Ottawa slashed its $1 million annual budget to fund treaty chiefs directly at the regional level.

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In a chilly, windswept field federal officials and members of the Samson Cree Nation gathered last week to break the hard ground where Canada's first Native-run federal prison will be built.

"I want to see the bulldozer pull up right behind us as we leave. I want to see bricks and mortar," said federal Solicitor General Doug Lewis, who announced the

project in January.

In a speech that started out as a plug for the unity agreement that will be the subject of a national referendum Oct. 26, Lewis called the prison project "bold and unique."

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In a chilly, windswept field federal officials and members of the Samson Cree Nation gathered last week to break the hard ground where Canada's first Native-run federal prison will be built.

"I want to see the bulldozer pull up right behind us as we leave. I want to see bricks and mortar," said federal Solicitor General Doug Lewis, who announced the

project in January.

In a speech that started out as a plug for the unity agreement that will be the subject of a national referendum Oct. 26, Lewis called the prison project "bold and unique."

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In a chilly, windswept field federal officials and members of the Samson Cree Nation gathered last week to break the hard ground where Canada's first Native-run federal prison will be built.

"I want to see the bulldozer pull up right behind us as we leave. I want to see bricks and mortar," said federal Solicitor General Doug Lewis, who announced the

project in January.

In a speech that started out as a plug for the unity agreement that will be the subject of a national referendum Oct. 26, Lewis called the prison project "bold and unique."

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In a chilly, windswept field federal officials and members of the Samson Cree Nation gathered last week to break the hard ground where Canada's first Native-run federal prison will be built.

"I want to see the bulldozer pull up right behind us as we leave. I want to see bricks and mortar," said federal Solicitor General Doug Lewis, who announced the

project in January.

In a speech that started out as a plug for the unity agreement that will be the subject of a national referendum Oct. 26, Lewis called the prison project "bold and unique."