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Eight ladies? and five men?s teams met at Brandon University on Nov. 24 and 25 for the United Tribes Volleyball Club?s annual all Native tournament.

Hosted by United Tribes, the tournament was attended by teams from many parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, including Winnipeg, Peguis, Norway House, Ebb ?n? Flow and a good showing from southwestern Manitoba.

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Eight ladies? and five men?s teams met at Brandon University on Nov. 24 and 25 for the United Tribes Volleyball Club?s annual all Native tournament.

Hosted by United Tribes, the tournament was attended by teams from many parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, including Winnipeg, Peguis, Norway House, Ebb ?n? Flow and a good showing from southwestern Manitoba.

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A decades-old controversy over who should control use of a lake that the Okanagan Nation Alliance considers sacred is heating up again around the town of Osoyoos, about 13 miles north of the United States border.

The property containing Spotted Lake is currently owned by descendants of the late Ernest Smith, who once had the idea of developing a spa there but who was thwarted when Native people and their supporters blocked rezoning of the property.

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A decades-old controversy over who should control use of a lake that the Okanagan Nation Alliance considers sacred is heating up again around the town of Osoyoos, about 13 miles north of the United States border.

The property containing Spotted Lake is currently owned by descendants of the late Ernest Smith, who once had the idea of developing a spa there but who was thwarted when Native people and their supporters blocked rezoning of the property.

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An Oregon United States District Court judge ruled on Nov. 15 that Gustafsen Lake activist O.J. Pitawanakwat was participating in an uprising against the government of Canada that was of a political character, so, under the terms of the extradition treaty between Canada and the United States, he can?t be turned over to Canadian authorities.

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An Oregon United States District Court judge ruled on Nov. 15 that Gustafsen Lake activist O.J. Pitawanakwat was participating in an uprising against the government of Canada that was of a political character, so, under the terms of the extradition treaty between Canada and the United States, he can?t be turned over to Canadian authorities.

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The effects of global warming are no longer just fodder for theoretical debate among scientists. They are already being felt, and are affecting the lives of people around the world.

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The effects of global warming are no longer just fodder for theoretical debate among scientists. They are already being felt, and are affecting the lives of people around the world.

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Concerns voiced by the First Nations Summit in British Columbia are being addressed on two different fronts, with a panel struck to look at controversial murals hanging in the provincial legislature, and a number of place names viewed as offensive being eliminated across the province.

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Concerns voiced by the First Nations Summit in British Columbia are being addressed on two different fronts, with a panel struck to look at controversial murals hanging in the provincial legislature, and a number of place names viewed as offensive being eliminated across the province.