Rick Gauthier, a 35-year-old Metis man from Winnipeg, captured his first provincial championship in Brandon on May 3, winning the men's "B" class racquetball tourney.

That championship was achieved while he was also entered in another tournament. Gauthier also won the bronze medal in the senior men's "A" division that weekend.

The law, as it stands right now, says they have to come out of the woods, but Aboriginal loggers in New Brunswick have refused.

The Micmac and Maliseet loggers who seized an opportunity to make a decent living in the unemployment-ravaged region after a provincial court judge ruled that Aboriginal people had the first right to log on Crown lands, say a subsequent court ruling which reversed that decision isn't enough to make them give up their businesses. They continue in defiance of the courts and the provincial government, and observers are predicting trouble, sooner or later.

The law, as it stands right now, says they have to come out of the woods, but Aboriginal loggers in New Brunswick have refused.

The Micmac and Maliseet loggers who seized an opportunity to make a decent living in the unemployment-ravaged region after a provincial court judge ruled that Aboriginal people had the first right to log on Crown lands, say a subsequent court ruling which reversed that decision isn't enough to make them give up their businesses. They continue in defiance of the courts and the provincial government, and observers are predicting trouble, sooner or later.

The law, as it stands right now, says they have to come out of the woods, but Aboriginal loggers in New Brunswick have refused.

The Micmac and Maliseet loggers who seized an opportunity to make a decent living in the unemployment-ravaged region after a provincial court judge ruled that Aboriginal people had the first right to log on Crown lands, say a subsequent court ruling which reversed that decision isn't enough to make them give up their businesses. They continue in defiance of the courts and the provincial government, and observers are predicting trouble, sooner or later.

An Earth Day week environmental gathering and powwow provided the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation with the opportunity to celebrate their role in stalling a proposal to bury nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario.

The gathering was funded by money raised from an annual Honor the Earth tour of musicians headlined by Indigo girls, a Grammy-winning folk rock duo. The primary focus of the 1997 North American tour was on the issue of nuclear waste storage on Native lands.

An Earth Day week environmental gathering and powwow provided the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation with the opportunity to celebrate their role in stalling a proposal to bury nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario.

The gathering was funded by money raised from an annual Honor the Earth tour of musicians headlined by Indigo girls, a Grammy-winning folk rock duo. The primary focus of the 1997 North American tour was on the issue of nuclear waste storage on Native lands.

An Earth Day week environmental gathering and powwow provided the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation with the opportunity to celebrate their role in stalling a proposal to bury nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario.

The gathering was funded by money raised from an annual Honor the Earth tour of musicians headlined by Indigo girls, a Grammy-winning folk rock duo. The primary focus of the 1997 North American tour was on the issue of nuclear waste storage on Native lands.

Dear Editor:

In regards to your guest column by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, and the letter from Buffy Sainte-Marie, I agree with Buffy wholeheartedly.

Mr. [John Kim] Bell owes an apology to those Aboriginal cultures he has commercialized for the sake of entertainment. If Mr. Bell has the power he does, I suggest he use it and respect the cultures he presents in the shows.

Dear Editor:

In regards to your guest column by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, and the letter from Buffy Sainte-Marie, I agree with Buffy wholeheartedly.

Mr. [John Kim] Bell owes an apology to those Aboriginal cultures he has commercialized for the sake of entertainment. If Mr. Bell has the power he does, I suggest he use it and respect the cultures he presents in the shows.

Dear Editor:

In regards to your guest column by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, and the letter from Buffy Sainte-Marie, I agree with Buffy wholeheartedly.

Mr. [John Kim] Bell owes an apology to those Aboriginal cultures he has commercialized for the sake of entertainment. If Mr. Bell has the power he does, I suggest he use it and respect the cultures he presents in the shows.