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Dear Editor:
In "Scrap the referendum, B.C. told" the writer's treatment of my comments to the BC Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs misquoted and distorted my presentation. I would like to clarify for your readers that the thrust of my remarks was…
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Things keep getting better for Mitchell Fox.
After winning the Alberta Junior Golf Championship in July, Fox won the Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship in August.
Fox is now in the running for a golf scholarship with a major American university.
The…
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Things keep getting better for Mitchell Fox.
After winning the Alberta Junior Golf Championship in July, Fox won the Canadian Junior Boys Golf Championship in August.
Fox is now in the running for a golf scholarship with a major American university.
The…
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VICTORIA-Eighteen-year-old Kate Harris is one of only five student chosen by the Royal Bank's RBC Financial Group (RBC) to receive an Aboriginal Student Award this year.
The award is given to Aboriginal students with an eye on a business career and aspirations of attending a…
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Everett Soop straightens his plaid shirt, tugs at this pants, leans forward in his wheel chair and takes the microphone.
He hardly needs an introduction. The renowned Blood cartoonist/writer is in a league of his own. Many have tried to copy his success but have not…
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The long-term success of any colonial adventure requires the destruction of Indigenous languages. The counter-attacks launched by Indigenous peoples throughout the world in defence of the integrity of their cultures always focuses upon the nurturing of such Indigenous languages.…
Métis statesman Eugene (Gene) Rheaume grew up on the edge of European and First Nation communities – unable to live in either – and spent a distinguished life trying to level the playing field for Aboriginal people.
When Rheaume’s father moved the family of nine children from Alberta to…
Cree artist George Littlechild, originally from Alberta but now living in British Columbia, received an honourary Doctor of Literature degree from the University of the Fraser Valley. Littlechild built both a strong reputation and a huge catalogue of work over the 25 years he has…
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Getting tired of that gently worn winter coat hanging in your closet? Or maybe you have some gently worn toques or gloves that you have no use for. Well, drop them off at the nearest Cleaning by Page location for the Coats for Kids campaign.
The United Way of the Capital…
For the first time in a decade an Alberta-based charity will be offering teachers from across the country tours of oil sands operations in the province.
Inside Education, which has been around since 1985, usually operates a couple of tours each year for Alberta-based teachers.
But…
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NorQuest College, in partnership with the University of Alberta, is launching a two-year Aboriginal University Transition Program for students who may feel unprepared and overwhelmed at the thought of entering the demanding pace of university life.
"I always thought it would…
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NorQuest College, in partnership with the University of Alberta, is launching a two-year Aboriginal University Transition Program for students who may feel unprepared and overwhelmed at the thought of entering the demanding pace of university life.
"I always thought it would…
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Health care worker encouraged youth
When people speak about Jean Goodwill, word like "trailblazer" and "role model" are bound to come up. Other words you are likely to hear are "dedicated", "courageous" and "healer."
Goodwill was born Jean Cuthand on Little Pine…
Defenceman accepts university scholarship
Though he will have to cross the Canada/U.S. border, Owen Headrick will not be travelling that far to continue his hockey career. Headrick, who is from the Garden River First Nation near Sault Ste. Marie in northern Ontario,…
The 2013 federal budget unveiled March 21 by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty contained little in response to ongoing calls for a national inquiry into the large number of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
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