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Demonstrators attempting to pressure the non-status woman elected chief of their northern Alberta reserve vowed to continue their protest despite a court order keeping them out of the band hall.

"Everything has been affected by this," said one member of the protest camp at Sturgeon Lake, about 350 km northwest of Edmonton. "Don't make this sound like a petty argument...People's day-to-day lives are being affected here because she is not treaty."

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Demonstrators attempting to pressure the non-status woman elected chief of their northern Alberta reserve vowed to continue their protest despite a court order keeping them out of the band hall.

"Everything has been affected by this," said one member of the protest camp at Sturgeon Lake, about 350 km northwest of Edmonton. "Don't make this sound like a petty argument...People's day-to-day lives are being affected here because she is not treaty."

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Demonstrators attempting to pressure the non-status woman elected chief of their northern Alberta reserve vowed to continue their protest despite a court order keeping them out of the band hall.

"Everything has been affected by this," said one member of the protest camp at Sturgeon Lake, about 350 km northwest of Edmonton. "Don't make this sound like a petty argument...People's day-to-day lives are being affected here because she is not treaty."

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The logging blockade in northern Saskatchewan has forced one forest-related business to lay off all 40 of its employees because protesters won't allow company trucks into the area for cutting.

"We tried to talk to (the protesters) to let us go in and they told us 'nobody goes in'," said Lamont Heppner, president of Heppner and Sons Pulp Ltd., a pulp delivery contractor for Mistik Management.

"We only get paid for the wood that is delivered. I still have wood in that area."

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The logging blockade in northern Saskatchewan has forced one forest-related business to lay off all 40 of its employees because protesters won't allow company trucks into the area for cutting.

"We tried to talk to (the protesters) to let us go in and they told us 'nobody goes in'," said Lamont Heppner, president of Heppner and Sons Pulp Ltd., a pulp delivery contractor for Mistik Management.

"We only get paid for the wood that is delivered. I still have wood in that area."

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The logging blockade in northern Saskatchewan has forced one forest-related business to lay off all 40 of its employees because protesters won't allow company trucks into the area for cutting.

"We tried to talk to (the protesters) to let us go in and they told us 'nobody goes in'," said Lamont Heppner, president of Heppner and Sons Pulp Ltd., a pulp delivery contractor for Mistik Management.

"We only get paid for the wood that is delivered. I still have wood in that area."

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The logging blockade in northern Saskatchewan has forced one forest-related business to lay off all 40 of its employees because protesters won't allow company trucks into the area for cutting.

"We tried to talk to (the protesters) to let us go in and they told us 'nobody goes in'," said Lamont Heppner, president of Heppner and Sons Pulp Ltd., a pulp delivery contractor for Mistik Management.

"We only get paid for the wood that is delivered. I still have wood in that area."

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RCMP are investigating a string a sexual abuse allegations on the Sandy Bay reserve, the site of a recent inquiry into political interference in abuse investigations.

Sgt. Robert McAffee said officers are sorting details of the case, which emerged

as some 50 children and adults came forward with allegations dating back dozens of years.

So far a teenager and two men have been charged with sexual assault. McAffee said more charges are pending, but it is unlikely there will be wide-spread arrests.

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RCMP are investigating a string a sexual abuse allegations on the Sandy Bay reserve, the site of a recent inquiry into political interference in abuse investigations.

Sgt. Robert McAffee said officers are sorting details of the case, which emerged

as some 50 children and adults came forward with allegations dating back dozens of years.

So far a teenager and two men have been charged with sexual assault. McAffee said more charges are pending, but it is unlikely there will be wide-spread arrests.

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RCMP are investigating a string a sexual abuse allegations on the Sandy Bay reserve, the site of a recent inquiry into political interference in abuse investigations.

Sgt. Robert McAffee said officers are sorting details of the case, which emerged

as some 50 children and adults came forward with allegations dating back dozens of years.

So far a teenager and two men have been charged with sexual assault. McAffee said more charges are pending, but it is unlikely there will be wide-spread arrests.