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Canada's north is now a little cleaner. The environmental reclamation of a Defense Early Warning Line site at Horton River, between the Tuktoyaktuk and Paulatuk on the Arctic Ocean, will wind down this month.

The clean-up project was awarded to the Inuvialuit Development Corporation at Inuvik, N.W.T. The corporation received more than $1 million from Indian and Northern Affairs for the environmental service.

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Canada's north is now a little cleaner. The environmental reclamation of a Defense Early Warning Line site at Horton River, between the Tuktoyaktuk and Paulatuk on the Arctic Ocean, will wind down this month.

The clean-up project was awarded to the Inuvialuit Development Corporation at Inuvik, N.W.T. The corporation received more than $1 million from Indian and Northern Affairs for the environmental service.

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The traditional Metis language of Michif is on the verge of extinction.

This unique and little known language is now under study by the Metis National Council which wants to reverse the pattern of assimilation by developing an action plan for Michif's survival.

Guy Freedman, director of special projects fort he MNC, heads the study with the help of Canada's foremost expert on Michif, Audreen Hourie, the provincial education co-ordinator for the Manitoba Metis Federation.

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The traditional Metis language of Michif is on the verge of extinction.

This unique and little known language is now under study by the Metis National Council which wants to reverse the pattern of assimilation by developing an action plan for Michif's survival.

Guy Freedman, director of special projects fort he MNC, heads the study with the help of Canada's foremost expert on Michif, Audreen Hourie, the provincial education co-ordinator for the Manitoba Metis Federation.

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A civil suit claiming damages of $350,000 has been launched against the Metis Nation of Alberta Association, senate of the MNAA and numerous individuals associated with the MNAA.

Member James Penton, along with eight MNAA societies, began the suit by filing a statement of claim in Court of Queen's Bench July 29.

Penton and his fellow plaintiffs want the defendants to pay damages for what they say was a conspiracy to injure, interfere with contractual relations and cause m]mental distress for their role in a year-long squabble.

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A civil suit claiming damages of $350,000 has been launched against the Metis Nation of Alberta Association, senate of the MNAA and numerous individuals associated with the MNAA.

Member James Penton, along with eight MNAA societies, began the suit by filing a statement of claim in Court of Queen's Bench July 29.

Penton and his fellow plaintiffs want the defendants to pay damages for what they say was a conspiracy to injure, interfere with contractual relations and cause m]mental distress for their role in a year-long squabble.

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The International Retailers Association of British Columbia has dealt another blow to the province's planned Tobacco Marking Program, resulting in an indefinite postpone-ment of the program's effective date.

The association has been fighting the marking program since April because it is considered racist. The province intended to mark all tobacco packages with the province's unique marks except those sold tax-exempt to status Indians.

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The International Retailers Association of British Columbia has dealt another blow to the province's planned Tobacco Marking Program, resulting in an indefinite postpone-ment of the program's effective date.

The association has been fighting the marking program since April because it is considered racist. The province intended to mark all tobacco packages with the province's unique marks except those sold tax-exempt to status Indians.

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Ed Yorke has something to celebrate. The former residential school student has found great relief in a report which describes the abuses Native children endured while attending government sanctioned boarding schools.

The 200-page report by psychologist Wilma Spearchief and Louise Million is further proof he is not alone in his fight to see the federal government acknowledge its role in the systematic mistreatment of Indian children in its care, he said. It was mistreatment Yorke believes ruined his life.

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Ed Yorke has something to celebrate. The former residential school student has found great relief in a report which describes the abuses Native children endured while attending government sanctioned boarding schools.

The 200-page report by psychologist Wilma Spearchief and Louise Million is further proof he is not alone in his fight to see the federal government acknowledge its role in the systematic mistreatment of Indian children in its care, he said. It was mistreatment Yorke believes ruined his life.