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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Milton Born With A Tooth was short-changed at his original trial when the judge refused to allow defence arguments that might have cleared the militant activist, an appeal court ruled.

In a 17-page written decision, the Alberta Appeal Court quashed seven weapon-related convictions and ordered a new trial for the Lonefighter leader.

"I've just had three judges tell me that they were the ones who were wrong," said

a buoyant Born With A Tooth in an interview from the Lonefighter Society's Calgary headquarters.

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Milton Born With A Tooth was short-changed at his original trial when the judge refused to allow defence arguments that might have cleared the militant activist, an appeal court ruled.

In a 17-page written decision, the Alberta Appeal Court quashed seven weapon-related convictions and ordered a new trial for the Lonefighter leader.

"I've just had three judges tell me that they were the ones who were wrong," said

a buoyant Born With A Tooth in an interview from the Lonefighter Society's Calgary headquarters.

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Milton Born With A Tooth was short-changed at his original trial when the judge refused to allow defence arguments that might have cleared the militant activist, an appeal court ruled.

In a 17-page written decision, the Alberta Appeal Court quashed seven weapon-related convictions and ordered a new trial for the Lonefighter leader.

"I've just had three judges tell me that they were the ones who were wrong," said

a buoyant Born With A Tooth in an interview from the Lonefighter Society's Calgary headquarters.

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Milton Born With A Tooth was short-changed at his original trial when the judge refused to allow defence arguments that might have cleared the militant activist, an appeal court ruled.

In a 17-page written decision, the Alberta Appeal Court quashed seven weapon-related convictions and ordered a new trial for the Lonefighter leader.

"I've just had three judges tell me that they were the ones who were wrong," said

a buoyant Born With A Tooth in an interview from the Lonefighter Society's Calgary headquarters.

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Aspiring young Treaty 7 writers, here's your chance to show your stuff.

What the Spirit and Intent Means to me is the title of an essay writing contest established by the Treaty 7 Tribal Council as part of its upcoming conference. The contest is in honor of the efforts of the great chiefs who signed Treaty 7 in 1877 and it will give young people the chance to express their views and ideas of what the treaty means to them.

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Aspiring young Treaty 7 writers, here's your chance to show your stuff.

What the Spirit and Intent Means to me is the title of an essay writing contest established by the Treaty 7 Tribal Council as part of its upcoming conference. The contest is in honor of the efforts of the great chiefs who signed Treaty 7 in 1877 and it will give young people the chance to express their views and ideas of what the treaty means to them.