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Wood Buffalo

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo came into existence on April 1, 1995 and is the first regionalized municipality in the Province of Alberta and the largest in North America. It is 67,000 square kilometres which is bigger than the provinces of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia combined.

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Lawyers for the Lesser Slave Lake Regional Council filed a statement of concern with the Alberta government over increasing pollution from the controversial Alberta Special Waste Treatment Centre in Swan Hills. The council, which represents eight First Nations in north-central Alberta, cited a fugitive emission rate for PCBs 25 times higher than that promised by the plant's operators in an environmental review in 1991.

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Lawyers for the Lesser Slave Lake Regional Council filed a statement of concern with the Alberta government over increasing pollution from the controversial Alberta Special Waste Treatment Centre in Swan Hills. The council, which represents eight First Nations in north-central Alberta, cited a fugitive emission rate for PCBs 25 times higher than that promised by the plant's operators in an environmental review in 1991.

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The 9th Annual British Columbia HIV/AIDS Conference is scheduled for Nov. 5 through to Nov. 7 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver.

The three-day event will be prefaced by a full day of workshops on Nov. 4 devoting energy to the topics of HIV Management for Physicians; Understanding Gay and Bisexual Male Communities and Public Health and Harm Reduction.

The conference proper will begin with a plenary session on HIV and drug use: The challenge of prevention and care and a round table discussion on the Canadian scene.

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It is seldom that people think of the words "alcohol" and "AIDS" together, but many health professionals working in the AIDS field firmly believe that alcohol plays a serious role in the AIDS epidemic.

Although alcohol is not a route of transmission for HIV, it does play an indirect role by altering an individual's sexual behavior while under the influence.

Researchers have found a correlation between the use of alcohol and drugs and non-compliance with safer sex guidelines.

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It is seldom that people think of the words "alcohol" and "AIDS" together, but many health professionals working in the AIDS field firmly believe that alcohol plays a serious role in the AIDS epidemic.

Although alcohol is not a route of transmission for HIV, it does play an indirect role by altering an individual's sexual behavior while under the influence.

Researchers have found a correlation between the use of alcohol and drugs and non-compliance with safer sex guidelines.

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There are many stops along the information superhighway, but sometimes there are more important turn-offs then others.

The Native Web on the World Wide Web is one of those turn-offs. It is quite easy to find many items relating to Aboriginals on the Web. I did it by simply searching for the word "Natives".

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There are many stops along the information superhighway, but sometimes there are more important turn-offs then others.

The Native Web on the World Wide Web is one of those turn-offs. It is quite easy to find many items relating to Aboriginals on the Web. I did it by simply searching for the word "Natives".

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Jed Roberts wants to give back through sports some of what he's got out of it. The 28-year-old defensive linebacker has got from sports ? football, in his case ? a university education and a pro career with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He says that he's only now beginning to discover his Native heritage.

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Jed Roberts wants to give back through sports some of what he's got out of it. The 28-year-old defensive linebacker has got from sports ? football, in his case ? a university education and a pro career with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. He says that he's only now beginning to discover his Native heritage.