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An RCMP constable shot and killed a Tsuu T'ina mother and her nine-year-old son in the late evening of March 22 on the Tsuu T'ina Nation and left a community in shock and grief.

A Tsuu T'ina Family and Social Services worker, accompanied by a band police officer, was attempting to seize Connie Jacobs' children and, when she resisted, the worker called the Okotoks RCMP for assistance.

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An RCMP constable shot and killed a Tsuu T'ina mother and her nine-year-old son in the late evening of March 22 on the Tsuu T'ina Nation and left a community in shock and grief.

A Tsuu T'ina Family and Social Services worker, accompanied by a band police officer, was attempting to seize Connie Jacobs' children and, when she resisted, the worker called the Okotoks RCMP for assistance.

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A lot of ideas were swirling around the Windspeaker newsroom shortly after we received the news that a mother and her child had been shot dead by an RCMP officer during a botched child seizure on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation on March 22.

We've been taking a very close look at the history of the interplay between Aboriginal peoples and Canadian authorities recently. It seems the stories are related.

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A lot of ideas were swirling around the Windspeaker newsroom shortly after we received the news that a mother and her child had been shot dead by an RCMP officer during a botched child seizure on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation on March 22.

We've been taking a very close look at the history of the interplay between Aboriginal peoples and Canadian authorities recently. It seems the stories are related.

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A lot of ideas were swirling around the Windspeaker newsroom shortly after we received the news that a mother and her child had been shot dead by an RCMP officer during a botched child seizure on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation on March 22.

We've been taking a very close look at the history of the interplay between Aboriginal peoples and Canadian authorities recently. It seems the stories are related.

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Shaping caregivers from the community for the community is the goal of a pilot nursing program in Hobbema.

Ermineskin Cree Nation, along with Hobbema Indian Health Services and Norquest College, have joined in a partnership to provide the Aboriginal Practical Nurses program to the residents of Hobbema. Fourteen Ermineskin band members are participating.

"We are a team of good health workers who know what our people need, what all people need," said student JoAnn Buffalo.

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Shaping caregivers from the community for the community is the goal of a pilot nursing program in Hobbema.

Ermineskin Cree Nation, along with Hobbema Indian Health Services and Norquest College, have joined in a partnership to provide the Aboriginal Practical Nurses program to the residents of Hobbema. Fourteen Ermineskin band members are participating.

"We are a team of good health workers who know what our people need, what all people need," said student JoAnn Buffalo.

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In a continuing drive to promote and affect educational opportunities and learning for Aboriginal people, especially at the post-secondary level and in the area of trades, the Edmonton Aboriginal Education Council sponsored a March 15-16 Aboriginal education counsellors' conference.

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In a continuing drive to promote and affect educational opportunities and learning for Aboriginal people, especially at the post-secondary level and in the area of trades, the Edmonton Aboriginal Education Council sponsored a March 15-16 Aboriginal education counsellors' conference.

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The Creator entrusted children to our care. We have a responsibility to protect them and keep them healthy," said Darlene Cardinal, an Aboriginal cultural instructor from Grande Prairie.

Cardinal was in her element and thoroughly enjoyed sharing her knowledge of the child development wheel with the 75-plus delegates from all over Alberta, the NWT and Nunavut who attended her workshop, Effective Parenting from an Aboriginal Cultural Perspective.