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In the wake of forensic audits, blockades and band office sit-ins, a group has been formed to deal with concerns raised by band members from First Nations across the province.

CAIN - The Coalition Against Injustice to Natives - is based on southern Alberta's Stoney Reserve.

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I'm a 37-year-old man, a single child of a single parent, who at the time of this writing has no children (though there's that summer of '87 that I can't seem to account for) and what's the one job that comes to mind that I would be completely unsuited for, other then an aerobics instructor (though I do look good in spandex , if the lighting is low enough)?

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I'm a 37-year-old man, a single child of a single parent, who at the time of this writing has no children (though there's that summer of '87 that I can't seem to account for) and what's the one job that comes to mind that I would be completely unsuited for, other then an aerobics instructor (though I do look good in spandex , if the lighting is low enough)?

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March 9-The community of Ahousaht feasted on a young grey whale that drowned after becoming entangled in a net pond. It was the first grey whale taken ashore at Ahousaht for consumption since 1963.

March 10-Hereditary chief of the Squamish First Nation, Joe Mathias passed away in Vancouver. Mathias dedicated much time and effort to Native rights and was a member of the First Nations summit task group from 1991 until his death. He was 56.

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March 9-The community of Ahousaht feasted on a young grey whale that drowned after becoming entangled in a net pond. It was the first grey whale taken ashore at Ahousaht for consumption since 1963.

March 10-Hereditary chief of the Squamish First Nation, Joe Mathias passed away in Vancouver. Mathias dedicated much time and effort to Native rights and was a member of the First Nations summit task group from 1991 until his death. He was 56.

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A new session offered at the Gulf Island Film and Television School (GIFTS) on Galiano Island will be geared to the interests of Aboriginal people. The school decided to proceed with the pilot project because of the media's popularity with young people, though it will be open to all Aboriginal people of all ages.

Media training is key to cultural revival, said Wreford Miller, office manager of the Gulf Island Film and Television Studio (GIFTS).

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A new session offered at the Gulf Island Film and Television School (GIFTS) on Galiano Island will be geared to the interests of Aboriginal people. The school decided to proceed with the pilot project because of the media's popularity with young people, though it will be open to all Aboriginal people of all ages.

Media training is key to cultural revival, said Wreford Miller, office manager of the Gulf Island Film and Television Studio (GIFTS).

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This year's list of achievers is out, and among the 14 winners of the 2001 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards are four based in British Columbia.

Elder and environmentalist Mary Thomas, entrepreneur Dolly Watts, politician Len Marchand, and Metis leader Fred House will be among those honored on March 16 in Edmonton.

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This year's list of achievers is out, and among the 14 winners of the 2001 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards are four based in British Columbia.

Elder and environmentalist Mary Thomas, entrepreneur Dolly Watts, politician Len Marchand, and Metis leader Fred House will be among those honored on March 16 in Edmonton.

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The Aboriginal Apprenticeship and Industry Training program of the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society (SCES)officially opened their renovated centre for the Building Maintenance Worker program at the Chief Louis Centre in Kamloops on Jan. 12. Labour Minister Joan Smallwood and SCES President Ron Ignace were in attendance.

The new building and training centre will allow Aboriginal people taking the program to build capacity for future employment and keep jobs in Aboriginal communities, said Ignace.