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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Members of the three-month-old logging blockade in northern Saskatchewan are building cabins and a school so they can continue their protests into the winter.

"They'll probably start up a village," said Bernice Iron, a supporter of the blockade that went up in May to protest clear-cutting around the Meadow Lake Tribal Council's nine-member communities.

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Members of the three-month-old logging blockade in northern Saskatchewan are building cabins and a school so they can continue their protests into the winter.

"They'll probably start up a village," said Bernice Iron, a supporter of the blockade that went up in May to protest clear-cutting around the Meadow Lake Tribal Council's nine-member communities.

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Members of the three-month-old logging blockade in northern Saskatchewan are building cabins and a school so they can continue their protests into the winter.

"They'll probably start up a village," said Bernice Iron, a supporter of the blockade that went up in May to protest clear-cutting around the Meadow Lake Tribal Council's nine-member communities.

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Members of the three-month-old logging blockade in northern Saskatchewan are building cabins and a school so they can continue their protests into the winter.

"They'll probably start up a village," said Bernice Iron, a supporter of the blockade that went up in May to protest clear-cutting around the Meadow Lake Tribal Council's nine-member communities.

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Canada's premier's and Native constitutional negotiators arrived at a final agreement on how self-government will be written into Canada's fundamental law.

But the deal achieved after months of negotiation and consultation is getting

mixed reactions - even strong opposition - from some local and provincial Native organizations.

Kahnawake Mohawk chief Billy Two Rivers called the agreement a sell-out because of provisions that say future self-government regimes must conform to provincial laws.

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A secret informant on racist activities in Saskatchewan is being investigated by the inquiry into the shooting death of Leo LaChance, the inquiry panel announced in a surprise move.

Prince Albert city police made the admission during a closed-door meeting with the three-member commission investigating the slaying of the 48-year-old Cree trapper.

At a brief resumption of the public hearings Aug. 24, the panel also announced it would suspend its work while it asked the Supreme Court of Canada to decide whether the informant should be named.