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It was a cool, crisp day on Nov. 16, like the one exactly 112 years ago when Metis leader, activist and politician Louis David Riel was hanged in Regina.
Over the years, upward of 100 people have gathered, and braved the cold on the front steps of the Alberta Legislature to pay homage to Riel on the anniversary of his death.
This year, the ceremony moved indoors to…
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It was a cool, crisp day on Nov. 16, like the one exactly 112 years ago when Metis leader, activist and politician Louis David Riel was hanged in Regina.
Over the years, upward of 100 people have gathered, and braved the cold on the front steps of the Alberta Legislature to pay homage to Riel on the anniversary of his death.
This year, the ceremony moved indoors to…
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It was a cool, crisp day on Nov. 16, like the one exactly 112 years ago when Metis leader, activist and politician Louis David Riel was hanged in Regina.
Over the years, upward of 100 people have gathered, and braved the cold on the front steps of the Alberta Legislature to pay homage to Riel on the anniversary of his death.
This year, the ceremony moved indoors to…
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A small but appreciative crowd turned out for An Evening With Ken Ward, Nov. 7 at Grant MacEwan Community College.
Musicians and storytellers came together on their own time to honor Ward and others living with HIV and AIDS.
Ward, an AIDS carrier, turned the tables and said it was he who was honoring those who turned out.
Dale Auger, a storyteller from…
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A small but appreciative crowd turned out for An Evening With Ken Ward, Nov. 7 at Grant MacEwan Community College.
Musicians and storytellers came together on their own time to honor Ward and others living with HIV and AIDS.
Ward, an AIDS carrier, turned the tables and said it was he who was honoring those who turned out.
Dale Auger, a storyteller from…
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A small but appreciative crowd turned out for An Evening With Ken Ward, Nov. 7 at Grant MacEwan Community College.
Musicians and storytellers came together on their own time to honor Ward and others living with HIV and AIDS.
Ward, an AIDS carrier, turned the tables and said it was he who was honoring those who turned out.
Dale Auger, a storyteller from…
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The annual fall talent show and sober dance hosted by the Lac La Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre drew a large crowd to the Jubilee Hall on Saturday, November 8.
"It was a very good turnout," said Friendship Centre president Ralph Whitford. "We didn't expect that many people."
The evening supper and sober dance was so successful people were asking the…
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The annual fall talent show and sober dance hosted by the Lac La Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre drew a large crowd to the Jubilee Hall on Saturday, November 8.
"It was a very good turnout," said Friendship Centre president Ralph Whitford. "We didn't expect that many people."
The evening supper and sober dance was so successful people were asking the…
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The annual fall talent show and sober dance hosted by the Lac La Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre drew a large crowd to the Jubilee Hall on Saturday, November 8.
"It was a very good turnout," said Friendship Centre president Ralph Whitford. "We didn't expect that many people."
The evening supper and sober dance was so successful people were asking the…
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At the Swan River First Nation, a 54-year-old man has walked more than 100 km. At the Fort McMurray First Nation #468, a woman has organized petitions and written letters to newspapers. In Morley, a man started up a grassroots coalition of Aboriginal people. Each of these actions are protests of a sort. Protests, the people involved say, came about because the government isn't…
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At the Swan River First Nation, a 54-year-old man has walked more than 100 km. At the Fort McMurray First Nation #468, a woman has organized petitions and written letters to newspapers. In Morley, a man started up a grassroots coalition of Aboriginal people. Each of these actions are protests of a sort. Protests, the people involved say, came about because the government isn't…
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At the Swan River First Nation, a 54-year-old man has walked more than 100 km. At the Fort McMurray First Nation #468, a woman has organized petitions and written letters to newspapers. In Morley, a man started up a grassroots coalition of Aboriginal people. Each of these actions are protests of a sort. Protests, the people involved say, came about because the government isn't…
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It appears that Aboriginal people who spent time in Canada's residential school system are ready to let the healing begin.
A workshop held in Lethbridge on Nov. 20 was, for many of the 250-plus participants, the first step in helping people come to terms with their experiences in Canada's 200 residential and industrial schools which housed tens of thousands of people from…
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It appears that Aboriginal people who spent time in Canada's residential school system are ready to let the healing begin.
A workshop held in Lethbridge on Nov. 20 was, for many of the 250-plus participants, the first step in helping people come to terms with their experiences in Canada's 200 residential and industrial schools which housed tens of thousands of people from…
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It appears that Aboriginal people who spent time in Canada's residential school system are ready to let the healing begin.
A workshop held in Lethbridge on Nov. 20 was, for many of the 250-plus participants, the first step in helping people come to terms with their experiences in Canada's 200 residential and industrial schools which housed tens of thousands of people from…