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The Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy of British Columbia received $328,000 from the province this year to help Aboriginal people kick the smoking habit. In its third year, the strategy attempts to mobilize Aboriginal communities to protect members from abusing tobacco products.

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The Skeetchestn Band and Virtue Productions have received a $218,000 loan from the BC Ministries of Aboriginal Affairs and Employment and Investment. The money will be put towards a joint venture, the building of a Wildhorse western-style movie set.

Virtue, a non-Native owned company also received a separate federal grant from Human Resources and Development Canada towards the building of the project.

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The Skeetchestn Band and Virtue Productions have received a $218,000 loan from the BC Ministries of Aboriginal Affairs and Employment and Investment. The money will be put towards a joint venture, the building of a Wildhorse western-style movie set.

Virtue, a non-Native owned company also received a separate federal grant from Human Resources and Development Canada towards the building of the project.

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They think they have a shot in at least one area of the province. Members of the newly-formed All Nations Party of British Columbia (ANP) have set their sights on the North Coast riding up by Prince Rupert, saying that with its 37 per cent Aboriginal population, getting an ANP candidate elected to the legislature is do-able.

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They think they have a shot in at least one area of the province. Members of the newly-formed All Nations Party of British Columbia (ANP) have set their sights on the North Coast riding up by Prince Rupert, saying that with its 37 per cent Aboriginal population, getting an ANP candidate elected to the legislature is do-able.

Holy smokes! Another year has gone by and we are still here fighting and living and loving and just being red people of the earth. That is an accomplishment given the negative statistics that we continue to churn out year after year. We have one of the fastest growing segments of Canadian society because we have to have babies just to keep ahead of our staggering mortality rates.

Holy smokes! Another year has gone by and we are still here fighting and living and loving and just being red people of the earth. That is an accomplishment given the negative statistics that we continue to churn out year after year. We have one of the fastest growing segments of Canadian society because we have to have babies just to keep ahead of our staggering mortality rates.

Jolain Foster and Chris Thomas are still at the going to the University of Northern British Columbia even after graduating, only now as full-time employees.

Foster, 25, graduated from the university with a bachelor of Commerce degree (majoring in accounting) in December 2000. Born in Hazelton, B.C, she is a member of the Gitxsan First Nation. Foster, who attended the Prince George Secondary School, graduated with honors in 1993.

Jolain Foster and Chris Thomas are still at the going to the University of Northern British Columbia even after graduating, only now as full-time employees.

Foster, 25, graduated from the university with a bachelor of Commerce degree (majoring in accounting) in December 2000. Born in Hazelton, B.C, she is a member of the Gitxsan First Nation. Foster, who attended the Prince George Secondary School, graduated with honors in 1993.

A four-day workshop at Simon Fraser University's downtown Harbour Centre, beginning Jan. 25, will allow women with an interest in politics to learn the tricks of the trade.

Chief Sophie Pierre of the St. Mary's First Nation will be the keynote speaker at the opening reception. Viola Thomas, the first woman elected president of the United Native Nations, British Columbia, is on the list of scheduled presenters.