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Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Jane Stewart was in Edmonton on Aug. 6, for a "meet and greet" reception with some Alberta First Nation chiefs.

Sworn into office on June 11, the visit was part of Stewart's first national tour of First Nations and their chiefs. She said the tour is informal.

"It is a 'meet the chiefs.' I am not announcing anything new with the chiefs," she said. "It's to get a sense of what the issues are region by region. Economic development has been a top issue.

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An explosion at the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Centre in northern Alberta is just one more reason to shut the place down, said Grand Chief Jim Badger of the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council.

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An explosion at the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Centre in northern Alberta is just one more reason to shut the place down, said Grand Chief Jim Badger of the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council.

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An explosion at the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Centre in northern Alberta is just one more reason to shut the place down, said Grand Chief Jim Badger of the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council.

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An explosion at the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Centre in northern Alberta is just one more reason to shut the place down, said Grand Chief Jim Badger of the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council.

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An explosion at the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Centre in northern Alberta is just one more reason to shut the place down, said Grand Chief Jim Badger of the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council.

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An explosion at the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Centre in northern Alberta is just one more reason to shut the place down, said Grand Chief Jim Badger of the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council.

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Despite allegations of wrongdoing at the Stoney First Nations, Indian Affairs has so far given the band council's operations a favorable-albeit cautious - thumb's up.

The Stoney band claimed attention two months ago when a provincial court judge, presiding over a domestic assault case of a Stoney area man, withheld his judgment until an investigation was done on allegations of corruption on the reserve.

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Despite allegations of wrongdoing at the Stoney First Nations, Indian Affairs has so far given the band council's operations a favorable-albeit cautious - thumb's up.

The Stoney band claimed attention two months ago when a provincial court judge, presiding over a domestic assault case of a Stoney area man, withheld his judgment until an investigation was done on allegations of corruption on the reserve.

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Despite allegations of wrongdoing at the Stoney First Nations, Indian Affairs has so far given the band council's operations a favorable-albeit cautious - thumb's up.

The Stoney band claimed attention two months ago when a provincial court judge, presiding over a domestic assault case of a Stoney area man, withheld his judgment until an investigation was done on allegations of corruption on the reserve.