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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.

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Ottawa's latest offer in the 50-year-old Lubicon land settlement dispute contains "little that's new," says Bernard Ominayak, chief of the 500-member northern Alberta band.

In a nine-page letter to Indian Affairs Tom Siddon, Ominayak flatly rejected the July 24 offer, which Ottawa estimates could be worth up to $73 million.

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Ottawa's latest offer in the 50-year-old Lubicon land settlement dispute contains "little that's new," says Bernard Ominayak, chief of the 500-member northern Alberta band.

In a nine-page letter to Indian Affairs Tom Siddon, Ominayak flatly rejected the July 24 offer, which Ottawa estimates could be worth up to $73 million.

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Ottawa's latest offer in the 50-year-old Lubicon land settlement dispute contains "little that's new," says Bernard Ominayak, chief of the 500-member northern Alberta band.

In a nine-page letter to Indian Affairs Tom Siddon, Ominayak flatly rejected the July 24 offer, which Ottawa estimates could be worth up to $73 million.

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Ottawa's latest offer in the 50-year-old Lubicon land settlement dispute contains "little that's new," says Bernard Ominayak, chief of the 500-member northern Alberta band.

In a nine-page letter to Indian Affairs Tom Siddon, Ominayak flatly rejected the July 24 offer, which Ottawa estimates could be worth up to $73 million.

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David LaChance said his family will continue to participate in the inquiry into his brother Leo's murder by white supremacist Carney Nerland.

Although the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals upheld the RCMP request to keep the name of the Aryan Nations informant secret, there is still much to be learned, he believes.

Nerland, Crown Prosecutor John Field and RCMP officers have yet to testify before the three-member commission in Prince Albert.

LaChance has questions he wants answered by these witnesses.

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David LaChance said his family will continue to participate in the inquiry into his brother Leo's murder by white supremacist Carney Nerland.

Although the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals upheld the RCMP request to keep the name of the Aryan Nations informant secret, there is still much to be learned, he believes.

Nerland, Crown Prosecutor John Field and RCMP officers have yet to testify before the three-member commission in Prince Albert.

LaChance has questions he wants answered by these witnesses.

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David LaChance said his family will continue to participate in the inquiry into his brother Leo's murder by white supremacist Carney Nerland.

Although the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals upheld the RCMP request to keep the name of the Aryan Nations informant secret, there is still much to be learned, he believes.

Nerland, Crown Prosecutor John Field and RCMP officers have yet to testify before the three-member commission in Prince Albert.

LaChance has questions he wants answered by these witnesses.

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David LaChance said his family will continue to participate in the inquiry into his brother Leo's murder by white supremacist Carney Nerland.

Although the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals upheld the RCMP request to keep the name of the Aryan Nations informant secret, there is still much to be learned, he believes.

Nerland, Crown Prosecutor John Field and RCMP officers have yet to testify before the three-member commission in Prince Albert.

LaChance has questions he wants answered by these witnesses.

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Indian children should stand tall, be proud and go after their heart's desires.

That's Howard Rainier's message, and the 60-or-so young people at the

recent Ermineskin Youth Conference were listening.

Forget all the negative stereotypes about Indians, he told the students gathered at the gym at the Ermineskin Junior High School. He listed them on the portable backboard: silent, drunk, diry, poor bingo adilcts.