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Carney Nerland, an Aryan Nations leader serving a four-year manslaughter sentence for the shooting death of Cree trapper Leo LaChance, has been denied parole.

Nerland shot LaChance as the 48-year-old man left Nerland's gun shop in Prince Albert. Jan. 28, 1991. On April 10 of that year, he was sentenced to the four-year term

he is serving at Stoney Mountain federal penitentiary in Manitoba.

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Health workers in the United States have detected new strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to many of the popular treatments.

And medical officials in Canada say while similar strains do not appear to have made in-roads here, the situation is cause for concern.

"The answer to the question 'Is it alarming?' Yes. "Is it a huge problem in Canada?' No," said Dr. Anne Fanning, Director of Tuberculosis control for the province of Alberta.

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Health workers in the United States have detected new strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to many of the popular treatments.

And medical officials in Canada say while similar strains do not appear to have made in-roads here, the situation is cause for concern.

"The answer to the question 'Is it alarming?' Yes. "Is it a huge problem in Canada?' No," said Dr. Anne Fanning, Director of Tuberculosis control for the province of Alberta.

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Health workers in the United States have detected new strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to many of the popular treatments.

And medical officials in Canada say while similar strains do not appear to have made in-roads here, the situation is cause for concern.

"The answer to the question 'Is it alarming?' Yes. "Is it a huge problem in Canada?' No," said Dr. Anne Fanning, Director of Tuberculosis control for the province of Alberta.

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Health workers in the United States have detected new strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to many of the popular treatments.

And medical officials in Canada say while similar strains do not appear to have made in-roads here, the situation is cause for concern.

"The answer to the question 'Is it alarming?' Yes. "Is it a huge problem in Canada?' No," said Dr. Anne Fanning, Director of Tuberculosis control for the province of Alberta.

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Mohawks at Kahanastake set up a four-hour blockade around their reserve after grand chief Jerry Pelletier held a news conference to protest harassment by provincial police.

More than 50 Mohawks - many wielding sticks and clubs - faced a group of at least 25 provincial police officers on a road near the Oka golf course, the site of the 78-day standoff in 1990, news reports says.

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Mohawks at Kahanastake set up a four-hour blockade around their reserve after grand chief Jerry Pelletier held a news conference to protest harassment by provincial police.

More than 50 Mohawks - many wielding sticks and clubs - faced a group of at least 25 provincial police officers on a road near the Oka golf course, the site of the 78-day standoff in 1990, news reports says.

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Mohawks at Kahanastake set up a four-hour blockade around their reserve after grand chief Jerry Pelletier held a news conference to protest harassment by provincial police.

More than 50 Mohawks - many wielding sticks and clubs - faced a group of at least 25 provincial police officers on a road near the Oka golf course, the site of the 78-day standoff in 1990, news reports says.

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Mohawks at Kahanastake set up a four-hour blockade around their reserve after grand chief Jerry Pelletier held a news conference to protest harassment by provincial police.

More than 50 Mohawks - many wielding sticks and clubs - faced a group of at least 25 provincial police officers on a road near the Oka golf course, the site of the 78-day standoff in 1990, news reports says.

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The federal government should fund more shelters and counselling services for abused women and children, especially in Native communities, said a panel investigating violence against women.

An interim report by the Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women, issued after a cross-country tour of community meetings, concluded abuse of women is higher than most Canadians realize.

And abuse in the Native community doubles the rates in non-Native society, said a member of the panel's advisory circle on Native issues.