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Beautiful British Columbia kept its ugly secret for far too long.

But the Supreme Court of Canada, in rendering its landmark decision in the Delgamuukw case, has exposed the injustices perpetrated by successive generations of the West Coast establishment over the last century-and-a-half. One could say it's about time.

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Beautiful British Columbia kept its ugly secret for far too long.

But the Supreme Court of Canada, in rendering its landmark decision in the Delgamuukw case, has exposed the injustices perpetrated by successive generations of the West Coast establishment over the last century-and-a-half. One could say it's about time.

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Beautiful British Columbia kept its ugly secret for far too long.

But the Supreme Court of Canada, in rendering its landmark decision in the Delgamuukw case, has exposed the injustices perpetrated by successive generations of the West Coast establishment over the last century-and-a-half. One could say it's about time.

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February 1997

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January 1997

The co-chair of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples said roadblock politics should disappear if the government moves forward on the recommendations in the commission's report. Georges Erasmus said confrontations likely wouldn't occur once Aboriginal people have their own government and parliament. Though the report, researched during the previous five years at a cost of $58 million, was released at the end of 1996, the federal government has yet to issue a formal response to the findings, or take action on any of the recommendations.

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January 1997

The co-chair of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples said roadblock politics should disappear if the government moves forward on the recommendations in the commission's report. Georges Erasmus said confrontations likely wouldn't occur once Aboriginal people have their own government and parliament. Though the report, researched during the previous five years at a cost of $58 million, was released at the end of 1996, the federal government has yet to issue a formal response to the findings, or take action on any of the recommendations.

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January 1997

The co-chair of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples said roadblock politics should disappear if the government moves forward on the recommendations in the commission's report. Georges Erasmus said confrontations likely wouldn't occur once Aboriginal people have their own government and parliament. Though the report, researched during the previous five years at a cost of $58 million, was released at the end of 1996, the federal government has yet to issue a formal response to the findings, or take action on any of the recommendations.

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Manitoba Transportation officials have reported that the twin engine plane which crashed in eastern Manitoba on Dec. 9 near the Little Grand Rapids First Nation could have flown back to Winnipeg after encountering poor weather conditions at the remote airfield.

Instead, the plane carrying 17 people, crashed one km from the small, gravel airstrip. Four people were killed in the crash.