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Environmental assessment needed

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The Innu Nation and the Labrador Inuit Association won a court decision that will delay the construction of a temporary airstrip and road at Voisey's Bay, Nfld., until a full environmental assessment is done on the site. On Sept. 22, the Newfoundland Court of Appeal overturned an earlier decision by the Newfoundland Supreme Court that would have allowed the Voisey's Bay Nickel Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Inco, to build the airstrip and road without the environmental assessment.

500 years of Aboriginal history on display

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It's but a few minutes til curtain time as the Provincial Museum of Alberta prepares to unveil it's most recent and exciting exhibition in years. The long-awaited Aboriginal Peoples Gallery, largely funded by Syncrude Canada, is ready to open its doors to the public on Nov. 30.

The exhibit spans 11,000 years or 500 generations of Aboriginal history in Alberta, beginning with the Ice Age and continuing through to the present day. And it's the contemporary part of the display that makes it so unique when contrasted with other museums.

500 years of Aboriginal history on display

Page 26

It's but a few minutes til curtain time as the Provincial Museum of Alberta prepares to unveil it's most recent and exciting exhibition in years. The long-awaited Aboriginal Peoples Gallery, largely funded by Syncrude Canada, is ready to open its doors to the public on Nov. 30.

The exhibit spans 11,000 years or 500 generations of Aboriginal history in Alberta, beginning with the Ice Age and continuing through to the present day. And it's the contemporary part of the display that makes it so unique when contrasted with other museums.

500 years of Aboriginal history on display

Page 26

It's but a few minutes til curtain time as the Provincial Museum of Alberta prepares to unveil it's most recent and exciting exhibition in years. The long-awaited Aboriginal Peoples Gallery, largely funded by Syncrude Canada, is ready to open its doors to the public on Nov. 30.

The exhibit spans 11,000 years or 500 generations of Aboriginal history in Alberta, beginning with the Ice Age and continuing through to the present day. And it's the contemporary part of the display that makes it so unique when contrasted with other museums.

Grace of dancer captured

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REVIEW

Maria Tallchief:

America's Prima Ballerina

By Maria Tallchief with Larry Kaplan

NY: Holt, 1997, 351 pages,

The name Maria Tallchief is synonymous with the grace, elegance and art of ballet. The book, Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina, is a stunning autobiographical account of a spectacular life lived by a one-time Osage reservation resident.

Grace of dancer captured

Page 15

REVIEW

Maria Tallchief:

America's Prima Ballerina

By Maria Tallchief with Larry Kaplan

NY: Holt, 1997, 351 pages,

The name Maria Tallchief is synonymous with the grace, elegance and art of ballet. The book, Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina, is a stunning autobiographical account of a spectacular life lived by a one-time Osage reservation resident.

Grace of dancer captured

Page 15

REVIEW

Maria Tallchief:

America's Prima Ballerina

By Maria Tallchief with Larry Kaplan

NY: Holt, 1997, 351 pages,

The name Maria Tallchief is synonymous with the grace, elegance and art of ballet. The book, Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina, is a stunning autobiographical account of a spectacular life lived by a one-time Osage reservation resident.

Hollywood to Calgary

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Actor and recording artist Tom Jackson has just returned from Hollywood. He wasn't adding another film to his long list of accomplishments. He was actually trying to rope in several production ideas all at once for his own movie studio.

Jackson went to 11 major film studios in California trying to find support for his own soon-to-be-constructed studio in Calgary.

"It's definitely happening," said Jackson. "The only thing left before we put the spades in the ground is to dot the 'i's' and cross the 't's.'"

Hollywood to Calgary

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Actor and recording artist Tom Jackson has just returned from Hollywood. He wasn't adding another film to his long list of accomplishments. He was actually trying to rope in several production ideas all at once for his own movie studio.

Jackson went to 11 major film studios in California trying to find support for his own soon-to-be-constructed studio in Calgary.

"It's definitely happening," said Jackson. "The only thing left before we put the spades in the ground is to dot the 'i's' and cross the 't's.'"

Hollywood to Calgary

Page 14

Actor and recording artist Tom Jackson has just returned from Hollywood. He wasn't adding another film to his long list of accomplishments. He was actually trying to rope in several production ideas all at once for his own movie studio.

Jackson went to 11 major film studios in California trying to find support for his own soon-to-be-constructed studio in Calgary.

"It's definitely happening," said Jackson. "The only thing left before we put the spades in the ground is to dot the 'i's' and cross the 't's.'"