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Medical services at the Siksika Nation are back on track after four doctors quit their practice on the southern Alberta reserve in dispute over rent at their band-funded clinic.

The band has negotiated contracts with the two new doctors, including an obstetrician, for what amounts to full-time medical coverage, said Dexter Redgun, a medical spokesman for the band.

"There was never any interruption of service," Redgun said.

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Blood reserve police chief Liz Scout has been fired for speaking out against band politics.

Scout, the only female chief of police in Canada, was fired two weeks before the reserve was scheduled to take over its own policing duties, which will make it the first police force in Canada to be run totally by Natives.

Since Scout took over as chief in 1988, the force has grown from a unit of seven to 16 officers. She received a written termination notice from two police commissioners, who stood by and watched her pack.

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Blood reserve police chief Liz Scout has been fired for speaking out against band politics.

Scout, the only female chief of police in Canada, was fired two weeks before the reserve was scheduled to take over its own policing duties, which will make it the first police force in Canada to be run totally by Natives.

Since Scout took over as chief in 1988, the force has grown from a unit of seven to 16 officers. She received a written termination notice from two police commissioners, who stood by and watched her pack.

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Alberta's child welfare advocate is looking for public input into a wide-ranging review of the province's children welfare services.

And advocate Berndt Walter is hoping the review will draw a strong response from the Native community, who make up 30 per cent of the 7,000 cases currently handled by social services.

"I think it's time to re-evaluate what's been accomplished and how we can involve Native people in that," he said. "We want to find out what's out there and what's not out there from the point of view of the community."

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Alberta's child welfare advocate is looking for public input into a wide-ranging review of the province's children welfare services.

And advocate Berndt Walter is hoping the review will draw a strong response from the Native community, who make up 30 per cent of the 7,000 cases currently handled by social services.

"I think it's time to re-evaluate what's been accomplished and how we can involve Native people in that," he said. "We want to find out what's out there and what's not out there from the point of view of the community."

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A $160 million program promoting Native child welfare ignores more than two-thirds of Canada's aboriginal population, says the head of a national off-reserve child welfare review.

"Ottawa is trying to tell the people of this country that all Native children will benefit from the package," said Conrad Saulis, chairman of the Native Council of Canada's three-year study into off-reserve child care needs.

"I know this package will mean absolutely nothing to off-reserve kids.

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A $160 million program promoting Native child welfare ignores more than two-thirds of Canada's aboriginal population, says the head of a national off-reserve child welfare review.

"Ottawa is trying to tell the people of this country that all Native children will benefit from the package," said Conrad Saulis, chairman of the Native Council of Canada's three-year study into off-reserve child care needs.

"I know this package will mean absolutely nothing to off-reserve kids.

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A federal environmental review of the Oldman River dam is "highly critical" of Ottawa's and the Alberta government's action on the controversial project, said New Democrat MLA John McInnis.

Although the report doesn't come down against the $350-million project, it recommends Ottawa and the province take several steps to prevent environmental damage in the dam area, he said.

"I think it is clear through this review that the federal government has a legal option to withhold permits (for the dam operation)," he said.

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A federal environmental review of the Oldman River dam is "highly critical" of Ottawa's and the Alberta government's action on the controversial project, said New Democrat MLA John McInnis.

Although the report doesn't come down against the $350-million project, it recommends Ottawa and the province take several steps to prevent environmental damage in the dam area, he said.

"I think it is clear through this review that the federal government has a legal option to withhold permits (for the dam operation)," he said.

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Local cowboy Byron Bruised Head was the top money winner here at the Kainai Agriplex on April 11 and 12 as the IRCS held their fourth rodeo of the 1992 rodeo season.

It was the third of the Four Silver Cup Challenge Series that started in February.

The Standoff "Flash" came up with an outstanding performance as he won a total of $600 in three events.