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Two 12 year-olds, Dave Lamouche (Gift Lake) and Calvin Waquan (Fort Chipewyan), have a few things in common.

Both are Aboriginal, have been on skates since age four or five, played hockey since age five and now live in Edmonton.

More importantly, the two peewee hockey players were selected by the North West Zone Oilers to play in the 42nd annual Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament in Quebec City in mid-February.

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Terrying about with Terry Lusty

Tansi!

Happy New Year everyone!

Hittin' pay dirt

The Tsuu T'ina First Nation, on the outskirts of cowtown Calgary, have all sorts of reasons to be whooping it up.

The latest from there is that the reserve has struck oil.

They hit the vein up west, in the vicinity of Bragg Creek in late November and one small line is already producing about 350 barrels a day. Could be they'll become the latest oil-rich nation.

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The effects of global warming are no longer just fodder for theoretical debate among scientists - they are already affecting people around the world.

This is the message delivered at the Sixth Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP-6), held in The Hague Nov. 13 to 24. UNFCCC participants were trying to reach an agreement on implementation of the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, which established targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

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The effects of global warming are no longer just fodder for theoretical debate among scientists - they are already affecting people around the world.

This is the message delivered at the Sixth Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP-6), held in The Hague Nov. 13 to 24. UNFCCC participants were trying to reach an agreement on implementation of the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, which established targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

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The New Year is just beginning and Aboriginal businesses and organizations in the city are gearing up with a full calendar of activities. The Native Seniors Centre located on 10107-134 Ave. is a drop-in centre that is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

With soup and bannock every Wednesday, a presentation following the soup and bannock, a Cree mass the first Friday of the month, field trips and a foot care clinic on Thursdays, the centre is quite busy.

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The New Year is just beginning and Aboriginal businesses and organizations in the city are gearing up with a full calendar of activities. The Native Seniors Centre located on 10107-134 Ave. is a drop-in centre that is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

With soup and bannock every Wednesday, a presentation following the soup and bannock, a Cree mass the first Friday of the month, field trips and a foot care clinic on Thursdays, the centre is quite busy.

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Describing itself as "one of the last hold-outs" where self-government is concerned, in the words of communications spokesman Albert Cryer, Saddle Lake First Nation has positioned itself as a player on the international stage in an attempt to articulate their Aboriginal rights and seek remedies for injustices done to Indigenous people.

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Describing itself as "one of the last hold-outs" where self-government is concerned, in the words of communications spokesman Albert Cryer, Saddle Lake First Nation has positioned itself as a player on the international stage in an attempt to articulate their Aboriginal rights and seek remedies for injustices done to Indigenous people.

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Last month seven Aboriginal people who joined the Canadian Forces under the Aboriginal entry program graduated from the basic recruit training course at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in St-Jean, Que. One was from Alberta.

Private Tammy Campbell (Mistawasis) is from Cold Lake. Asked "What would you say to someone who is interested in joining the Canadian Forces through the Aboriginal Entry Program?" Pte. Campbell had this to say:

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Last month seven Aboriginal people who joined the Canadian Forces under the Aboriginal entry program graduated from the basic recruit training course at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in St-Jean, Que. One was from Alberta.

Private Tammy Campbell (Mistawasis) is from Cold Lake. Asked "What would you say to someone who is interested in joining the Canadian Forces through the Aboriginal Entry Program?" Pte. Campbell had this to say: