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When original host Graham Greene called in sick to the 1997 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, there were no regrets when Tom Jackson stepped into a role that he's practically made his own. Backed by another magnificent John Kim Bell set and surrounded by the cream of Canada's Aboriginal communities, Jackson and his co-hosts from North of 60, Tina Keeper and Gordon Tootoosis,…
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When original host Graham Greene called in sick to the 1997 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, there were no regrets when Tom Jackson stepped into a role that he's practically made his own. Backed by another magnificent John Kim Bell set and surrounded by the cream of Canada's Aboriginal communities, Jackson and his co-hosts from North of 60, Tina Keeper and Gordon Tootoosis,…
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Terrying About
Tansi!
Say, how about that made-in-Alberta television serial, North of 60! The program captured no fewer that two Gemini Awards recently, with one going to a terrific Aboriginal actress, Tina Keeper, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, for her part in the segment "The River."
The other went to Lubomir…
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People and places
Oki. How is everyone? I am fine. We are right smack in the centre of hockey season everywhere!! I was down on my reserve in the south, well, to be more specific, Siksika Nation. Anyway, that particular weekend I saw a hockey game on the rez. The teams were Siksika Buffaloes and Kainai Braves. Wow, they are like the arch-rivals: Calgary Flames and Edmonton…
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People and places
Oki. How is everyone? I am fine. We are right smack in the centre of hockey season everywhere!! I was down on my reserve in the south, well, to be more specific, Siksika Nation. Anyway, that particular weekend I saw a hockey game on the rez. The teams were Siksika Buffaloes and Kainai Braves. Wow, they are like the arch-rivals: Calgary Flames and Edmonton…
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People and places
Oki. How is everyone? I am fine. We are right smack in the centre of hockey season everywhere!! I was down on my reserve in the south, well, to be more specific, Siksika Nation. Anyway, that particular weekend I saw a hockey game on the rez. The teams were Siksika Buffaloes and Kainai Braves. Wow, they are like the arch-rivals: Calgary Flames and Edmonton…
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This legend is the reason for the Cheyenne custom of making an offering of food or Tobacco whenever a person crosses a body of water or stands beside the lake or ocean. From this ancestral tradition by the Cheyenne, other bands also adopted this ceremonial practice. This story was told by Cheyenne Elder Mary Little Bear Inkanish.
Two young Cheyenne hunters were traveling.…
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ITV's cavernous Studio One dwarfs the few figures taping a show. There aren't a dozen cameramen or technicians rushing about. There are two. And the host of Health Matters, Judi Halfe-Phillips.
Behind Halfe-Phillips and her Health Matters graphic are the darkened sets for ITV's news, weather and sports broadcasts. Later in the day, dozens of people will hurry around the set…
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ITV's cavernous Studio One dwarfs the few figures taping a show. There aren't a dozen cameramen or technicians rushing about. There are two. And the host of Health Matters, Judi Halfe-Phillips.
Behind Halfe-Phillips and her Health Matters graphic are the darkened sets for ITV's news, weather and sports broadcasts. Later in the day, dozens of people will hurry around the set…
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ITV's cavernous Studio One dwarfs the few figures taping a show. There aren't a dozen cameramen or technicians rushing about. There are two. And the host of Health Matters, Judi Halfe-Phillips.
Behind Halfe-Phillips and her Health Matters graphic are the darkened sets for ITV's news, weather and sports broadcasts. Later in the day, dozens of people will hurry around the set…
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disorder in which the pancreas is unable to produce insulin, does not produce enough insulin to meet the body's needs or the body cannot use the insulin that is produced properly.
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that is required to ensure energy we receive from food we are is allowed to enter the bodies cells. When insulin is not available…
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disorder in which the pancreas is unable to produce insulin, does not produce enough insulin to meet the body's needs or the body cannot use the insulin that is produced properly.
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that is required to ensure energy we receive from food we are is allowed to enter the bodies cells. When insulin is not available…
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disorder in which the pancreas is unable to produce insulin, does not produce enough insulin to meet the body's needs or the body cannot use the insulin that is produced properly.
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that is required to ensure energy we receive from food we are is allowed to enter the bodies cells. When insulin is not available…
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It was just another school day for thousands of kids across Alberta. But in the Montana reservation 20 km south of Hobbema, it was a day to be remembered, a day to be cherished, a day to be thankful. The doors to the new hi-tech, user-friendly, Meskanahk Ka-Nipa-Wit School opened, welcoming Montana's 123 students into its halls.
"It has been a long time coming," said Barb…
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It was just another school day for thousands of kids across Alberta. But in the Montana reservation 20 km south of Hobbema, it was a day to be remembered, a day to be cherished, a day to be thankful. The doors to the new hi-tech, user-friendly, Meskanahk Ka-Nipa-Wit School opened, welcoming Montana's 123 students into its halls.
"It has been a long time coming," said Barb…