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Daishowa may sell Peace River mill

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Daishowa will sells its financially troubled pulp mill in Peace River under an agreement to be signed between two Japanese companies later this month, a Japanese newspaper reported.

According to un-named sources in a story published by the English-language Daily Yomiuri, the debt-ridden Daishowa Paper Company will sell the mill to a company set up by Marubeni Corporation of Japan and Daishowa in 1969.

Blame for boy's suicide shared

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Poor management by Native politicians, the Manitoba government and social workers created a network of ineptitude that led to the suicide of a Native youth in foster care, a judge said.

In a harsh report, Manitoba provincial court judge Brian Geisbrecht spread the blame thick and wide for the 1988 death of a 13-year-old boy on the Sandy Bay reserve.

Blame for boy's suicide shared

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Poor management by Native politicians, the Manitoba government and social workers created a network of ineptitude that led to the suicide of a Native youth in foster care, a judge said.

In a harsh report, Manitoba provincial court judge Brian Geisbrecht spread the blame thick and wide for the 1988 death of a 13-year-old boy on the Sandy Bay reserve.

Blame for boy's suicide shared

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Poor management by Native politicians, the Manitoba government and social workers created a network of ineptitude that led to the suicide of a Native youth in foster care, a judge said.

In a harsh report, Manitoba provincial court judge Brian Geisbrecht spread the blame thick and wide for the 1988 death of a 13-year-old boy on the Sandy Bay reserve.

Blame for boy's suicide shared

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Poor management by Native politicians, the Manitoba government and social workers created a network of ineptitude that led to the suicide of a Native youth in foster care, a judge said.

In a harsh report, Manitoba provincial court judge Brian Geisbrecht spread the blame thick and wide for the 1988 death of a 13-year-old boy on the Sandy Bay reserve.

Constable to appeal ruling he used excessive force

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A Winnipeg police constable found to have used excessive force in the 1988 shooting death of Native leader J.J. Harper will appeal the decision against him to the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.

"I am very pleased at this decision," said Al McGregor, the lawyer who represented Constable Robert Cross in a hearing before the Manitoba Law Enforcement Review Agency.

Constable to appeal ruling he used excessive force

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A Winnipeg police constable found to have used excessive force in the 1988 shooting death of Native leader J.J. Harper will appeal the decision against him to the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.

"I am very pleased at this decision," said Al McGregor, the lawyer who represented Constable Robert Cross in a hearing before the Manitoba Law Enforcement Review Agency.

Constable to appeal ruling he used excessive force

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A Winnipeg police constable found to have used excessive force in the 1988 shooting death of Native leader J.J. Harper will appeal the decision against him to the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.

"I am very pleased at this decision," said Al McGregor, the lawyer who represented Constable Robert Cross in a hearing before the Manitoba Law Enforcement Review Agency.

Constable to appeal ruling he used excessive force

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A Winnipeg police constable found to have used excessive force in the 1988 shooting death of Native leader J.J. Harper will appeal the decision against him to the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.

"I am very pleased at this decision," said Al McGregor, the lawyer who represented Constable Robert Cross in a hearing before the Manitoba Law Enforcement Review Agency.

Missing salmon fan fishing feud

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The disappearance of hundreds of thousands of sockeye salmon from west coast fishing areas is fanning the flames of a heated dispute between commercial fishermen and Native communities developing a new commercial fishery.

Federal fisheries officials halted all fishing on the Fraser River after 100,000 prized sockeye failed to reach spawning grounds on schedule.

No one knows where the fish have gone. But that hasn't stopped commercial fishermen, Native communities and government officials from laying the blame on each other's feet.