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Drilling dispute pushing boundaries - Bands says "no" to Amoco's plans for sacred mountain

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A dispute over gas drilling on a sacred mountain is pushing the boundaries of archeological studies that determine whether areas should be protected for their historical significance.

"The kind of uses people had for that area isn't well protected in legislation," said anthropologist Doug Hudson, who is helping Chetwynd-area bands with historical and cultural studies of Beattie Peaks.

"The mountains were used. But the uses weren't all that visible in terms of what the researchers were looking for."

Drilling dispute pushing boundaries - Bands says "no" to Amoco's plans for sacred mountain

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A dispute over gas drilling on a sacred mountain is pushing the boundaries of archeological studies that determine whether areas should be protected for their historical significance.

"The kind of uses people had for that area isn't well protected in legislation," said anthropologist Doug Hudson, who is helping Chetwynd-area bands with historical and cultural studies of Beattie Peaks.

"The mountains were used. But the uses weren't all that visible in terms of what the researchers were looking for."

Drilling dispute pushing boundaries - Bands says "no" to Amoco's plans for sacred mountain

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A dispute over gas drilling on a sacred mountain is pushing the boundaries of archeological studies that determine whether areas should be protected for their historical significance.

"The kind of uses people had for that area isn't well protected in legislation," said anthropologist Doug Hudson, who is helping Chetwynd-area bands with historical and cultural studies of Beattie Peaks.

"The mountains were used. But the uses weren't all that visible in terms of what the researchers were looking for."

RCMP seize Native newspaper photo

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Yellowknife RCMP searched a northern Native newspaper and seized photographs to use in a criminal investigation against striking workers at a gold mine.

"In principle I don't think we should become an investigative arm for the RCMP," said Lee Selleck, managing editor of the Press Independent, who took photographs at a scuffle between strikers and police in the Giant mind dispute.

Union members at Giant have been on strike since spring and have been locked

RCMP seize Native newspaper photo

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Yellowknife RCMP searched a northern Native newspaper and seized photographs to use in a criminal investigation against striking workers at a gold mine.

"In principle I don't think we should become an investigative arm for the RCMP," said Lee Selleck, managing editor of the Press Independent, who took photographs at a scuffle between strikers and police in the Giant mind dispute.

Union members at Giant have been on strike since spring and have been locked

RCMP seize Native newspaper photo

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Yellowknife RCMP searched a northern Native newspaper and seized photographs to use in a criminal investigation against striking workers at a gold mine.

"In principle I don't think we should become an investigative arm for the RCMP," said Lee Selleck, managing editor of the Press Independent, who took photographs at a scuffle between strikers and police in the Giant mind dispute.

Union members at Giant have been on strike since spring and have been locked

RCMP seize Native newspaper photo

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Yellowknife RCMP searched a northern Native newspaper and seized photographs to use in a criminal investigation against striking workers at a gold mine.

"In principle I don't think we should become an investigative arm for the RCMP," said Lee Selleck, managing editor of the Press Independent, who took photographs at a scuffle between strikers and police in the Giant mind dispute.

Union members at Giant have been on strike since spring and have been locked

Program driving families apart

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About three years ago, social services managers in Bonnyville, Alta., implemented a new program to help keep families together when the department was on the brink of removing children.

The project chugged along quietly winning enthusiastic endorsements from social service workers in the community 160 km northeast of Edmonton and attracting interest from other agencies.

But in recent weeks, at least two of the about 50 families served in the last few years have come forward, saying Bonnyville's in-home support program has driven their families apart.

Program driving families apart

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About three years ago, social services managers in Bonnyville, Alta., implemented a new program to help keep families together when the department was on the brink of removing children.

The project chugged along quietly winning enthusiastic endorsements from social service workers in the community 160 km northeast of Edmonton and attracting interest from other agencies.

But in recent weeks, at least two of the about 50 families served in the last few years have come forward, saying Bonnyville's in-home support program has driven their families apart.

Program driving families apart

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About three years ago, social services managers in Bonnyville, Alta., implemented a new program to help keep families together when the department was on the brink of removing children.

The project chugged along quietly winning enthusiastic endorsements from social service workers in the community 160 km northeast of Edmonton and attracting interest from other agencies.

But in recent weeks, at least two of the about 50 families served in the last few years have come forward, saying Bonnyville's in-home support program has driven their families apart.