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An Aboriginal centre created to sustain local Aboriginal businesses affiliated with tourism received a cash injection of $293,098 from the Ontario government last month.

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Toronto-Ontario Provincial Police Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane announced his resignation from the police service on the day he was scheduled to appear before the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services (Sept. 23).

Sept. 6 marked seven years since Anthony (Dudley) George was killed by Deane, who was convicted in 1997 of criminal negligence causing death. The officer pleaded guilty to discreditable conduct under the Police Services Act.

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The Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association held an information meeting in Owen Sound Oct. 1, for all Metis, Inuit, and non-status Aboriginal people who live there.

About 60 people attended at the Harold Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. This was the first time OMAA had promoted a meeting in Owen Sound. Literature and membership application forms were available at the door.

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Dear Editor:

I had an opportunity to review the August 2002 Ontario Birchbark and saw the article of Lt.-Gov. James K. Bartleman's visit to the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation. The article was well written and naturally the OCF appreciates the coverage. Thanks for a job well done.

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Toronto-More than 150 exquisite miniature ivory sculptures and some ethnographic artifacts, photographs and documents will be displayed at the Gallery of Indigenous Peoples in the Royal Ontario Museum from Oct. 12 to March 30, 2003.

The exhibition is named Tuugaaq: Ivory Sculptures From the Eastern Canadian Arctic. Tuugaaq, which means "ivory" in Inuktitut, will show the significant role ivory has played in Inuit life.

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The Interior Indian Friendship Centre in Kamloops has been serving the urban Aboriginal people since 1972. Over the years, it has seen its programs and membership change, but it has always offered counselling, referrals and advocacy to its members, as well as providing a gathering place where Native culture is promoted.

Delphine Terbasket, general manager, and June Puhallo, program director, are proud of the many services the centre is able to bring to the area.

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No Home But The Heart, a contemporary dance-drama production of Indian America is coming to the stage of the Yukon Arts Centre Nov. 24.

Daystar Dance Company produced the show and premiered it in Santa Fe, N.M. in April 1999.

"In this dance-drama, the daughter, living in the present, relives significant scenes from the past that teach her about her ancestors and lend insight into herself, her legacy and her future," Daystar's Web site states.

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Aboriginal people from the Interior will gather in Penticton Nov. 4 to 6 to attend the People With Diabetes: Taking Control for Balance and Harmony conference. Healthy lifestyles will be topmost on the agenda.

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An historic agreement signed Sept. 9 by Gordon Campbell, premier of British Columbia, and 13 Aboriginal organizations in the province transferred the care of First Nations children from the Ministry of Children and Families to the Aboriginal community.

The signing took place at the Museum of Anthropology on the grounds of the University of British Columbia.

Grace Elliott-Neilsen of Nanaimo signed as both president of the British Columbia Native friendship centres and vice-president of the provincial Aboriginal Health Council.

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