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Native people applying to the Edmonton Police Service, but who fall a little short in some qualification areas are getting a helping hand, thanks to a remedial class of sorts sponsored by the police force, government and several provincial Aboriginal groups.

The Aboriginal Job Development Program is an intensive 30-week course geared toward Aboriginal candidates who want to exceed the qualifications when they enter recruit training.

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Matt and Clark Ward are the Eaglesham Boys, an assistance, awareness and information team for Aboriginal foster children.

According to Matt Ward, almost half of the 9,000 foster children in Alberta are Native, and the majority are at risk of losing their culutral identity.

Ward said all too often, Aboriginal children are taken out of their communities and placed with non-Native foster families.

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Diagnosed with HIV in 1989 and developing AIDS two years ago, Ken Ward was the first Aboriginal in Canada with the disease to go public. Now, with the disease advancing, Ward is throwing all his effort into what he fears is his last chance to get Aboriginal people to listen and take warning of this deadly disease.

"We have a disease here in Indian Country and it has to be dealt with," said the 41-year-old AIDS victim.

Ignoring the disease isn't an option.

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Tansi!

Whoo-ee boy! It has sure been one busy time lately. I've just been gettin' "conferenced out." There's all kinds of things happening. On the flip side though, it has all been good, upbeat stuff. You know, that positive stuff.

In the deep south, Brocket is praying that the rains stop and the river waters recede as the good people there are in danger of flooding, especially since the Old Man Dam gates were opened up. The Peigan are presently constructing a new health centre that is scheduled for completion this fall.

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The Calgary Aboriginal Awareness Society will be celebrating 10 years of hosting Native Awareness Week from June 15 to 21 with art exhibits, plays and other events at various venues throughout the city. The society began its first awareness week with the hopes of bridging cultural and social gaps between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in Calgary and the program manager feels the society has been successful.

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It's about 6 p.m. on a downtown street in Edmonton. On one side of the road is the swanky Westin Hotel. The other side features Rice Howard Way, with trendy nightspots, restaurants and outdoor patios.

#People walk on the sidewalks, stand outside the hotel or sip beers on a patio while watching a young Native woman stagger into the light traffic on the normally busy roadway.

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Jane Woodward, MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Premier Ralph Klein, Colleen Klein and Muriel Stanley-Venne stand behind this year's Esquao Award recipients.

The third annual Esquao Awards banquet was held on May 16. The special event, hosted by the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women, pays tribute to women who have, and continue to, make a difference in Aboriginal life.

Three of this year's recipients have been involved with the Voice of Alberta Native Women's Society, an Aboriginal women's awareness association, which had its start over 20 years ago.

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The province is investigating a Calgary Aboriginal assistance group's claims that their funding has been unjustly cut.

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There could soon be more windmills dotting the skyline in southern Alberta thanks to a joint venture between the Peigan Nation and a First Nation in Ontario.

The Peigan Nation, located west of Lethbridge, has become the latest group to embrace green energy by agreeing to a partnership with Advanced Thermodynamics, a company from the Batchewana Band, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., in a wind power manufacturing deal.

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Terrying About

Tansi!