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The results are out on the province's health study on randomly selected people living near the Swan Hills Waste Treatment Centre.

The findings of the tests, released late in Aug., show that samples of blood taken from a randomly sampled group do contain PCB's, dioxins and furans, but of a level no higher than a sample group in Edmonton, and lower on average than blood samples from people around the world.

"There was no one in our sample who was outside the normally expected range," said Alberta Health's provincial health officer John Waters.

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Getting tired of that gently worn winter coat hanging in your closet? Or maybe you have some gently worn toques or gloves that you have no use for. Well, drop them off at the nearest Cleaning by Page location for the Coats for Kids campaign.

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Thirteen Alberta Aboriginal achievers will share their accomplishments with all of Alberta in a new National Aboriginal Day display. DIAND invites all Albertans to nominate an Aboriginal achiever for the year 2000 display. Anyone can nominate an Aboriginal achiever. All entries must be received by Dec. 10. The categories are as follows: political, social, economic, health, community development, education, sports, arts/fashion design, communications, Elder, culture, youth and heroic. Nomination forms are available by request from DIAND.

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Attention artists. The Department of Indian Affairs invites new, emerging and professional artists of Aboriginal ancestry to submit original artwork that reflects one of three themes: Celebrating First Nations, Celebrating Inuit, or Celebrating Metis. A cash prize of $5,000 will be awarded to the winner in each category. All entries must be received by Dec. 10. The new images will be used in a trio of posters and distributed nationally for National Aboriginal Day 2000.

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The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Canada's newest national television network, was launched Sept. 1 with much fanfare from the Forks in Winnipeg, Man. Susan Aglukark and Fifth Generation were among the acts performing at celebration ceremonies. APTN will feature current affairs programming and magazine-style series from across the country, documentaries and movies. It is a part of the basic cable package provided across the country.

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The Metis Nation of Alberta Association announced Aug. 19 that it has signed a five-year agreement with Human Resources Development Canada to implement an urban Aboriginal employment strategy that a senior MNA official characterized as "unlike any other in Canada."

It will deliver a wide range of labor market programs and services to help off-settlement Metis, especially youth, disabled people and women, to prepare for, obtain and maintain employment.

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For years, people have paid lip service to the importance of youth programming run by young people themselves. Finally, the concept has become a reality, at least in Alberta.

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Strength in numbers, creative diversity and a complementary presentation are the cornerstones that have given AB-Originals an edge in the highly competitive arts and crafts market in Calgary.

"What's good for the group is good for everybody," explained Ojibway artist Lee Hillman.

"The networking, shared contacts and opportunities to display and sell our work together, that's what the co-operative environment is all about, supporting our own members and watching each other's backs," said Hillman.

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Mayor and council of the 67,164 sq. km Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo passed a resolution in July supporting a Federation of Canadian Municipalities' (FCM) proposal looking to prioritize environmental spin-off benefits to municipalities in the federal millennium budget.

The FCM proposal, headed CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, CLEAN SOIL, calls for a new, long-term municipal infrastructure program nation-wide that aims to minimize environmental pollution and health risks while creating jobs.