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I remember sitting in my grandma's room when I was about 12 years old and her telling me stories about the great North Shore Indians lacrosse team in the 1940's. She told me that the Forum, an arena located near what is now called Stanley Park in the heart of downtown Vancouver, used to pack in 11,000 screaming fans every game.

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I remember sitting in my grandma's room when I was about 12 years old and her telling me stories about the great North Shore Indians lacrosse team in the 1940's. She told me that the Forum, an arena located near what is now called Stanley Park in the heart of downtown Vancouver, used to pack in 11,000 screaming fans every game.

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She's the "sweetie" of the Yukon, and a walkin' encyclopedia of information about the traditional lifestyles of her Gwich'in First Nation people.

More importantly, for 31 years Edith Josie has shared her knowledge by being a regular correspondent for the Whitehorse Star newspaper. Seventy-two year old Josie, a Vuntut Gwich'in Indian from Old Crow, the most northerly point of human settlement in the Yukon, has been writing her column Here Are The News since late 1962.

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She's the "sweetie" of the Yukon, and a walkin' encyclopedia of information about the traditional lifestyles of her Gwich'in First Nation people.

More importantly, for 31 years Edith Josie has shared her knowledge by being a regular correspondent for the Whitehorse Star newspaper. Seventy-two year old Josie, a Vuntut Gwich'in Indian from Old Crow, the most northerly point of human settlement in the Yukon, has been writing her column Here Are The News since late 1962.

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A 10-minute downpour wasn't enough to put a damper on the opening ceremonies of Hobbema's newest grocery store.

More than 475 people gathered to celebrate the opening of Sonias Grocery Mayfair July 6. The 1,080-square-metre facility is a complete store, with a full complement of meat, dairy and produce items, as well as a bakery and deli.

The day opened with a quiet pipe ceremony at 10 a.m., then progressed to festivities which included a local dance troupe and two two-minute shopping sprees, both won by children.

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A 10-minute downpour wasn't enough to put a damper on the opening ceremonies of Hobbema's newest grocery store.

More than 475 people gathered to celebrate the opening of Sonias Grocery Mayfair July 6. The 1,080-square-metre facility is a complete store, with a full complement of meat, dairy and produce items, as well as a bakery and deli.

The day opened with a quiet pipe ceremony at 10 a.m., then progressed to festivities which included a local dance troupe and two two-minute shopping sprees, both won by children.

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It was a unique equestrian adventure. Approximately 40 men and women from several reservations in the United States joined by a few from southern Saskatchewan reserves, have covered just about 1,600 kilometres on horseback this summer in the name of unity and Aboriginal tradition.

The group, called the Unity Riders crossed the North Dakota - Saskatchewan border just before 1 p.m. on July 6 enroute to the Pheasant Rump Reserve near Carlyle.

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It was a unique equestrian adventure. Approximately 40 men and women from several reservations in the United States joined by a few from southern Saskatchewan reserves, have covered just about 1,600 kilometres on horseback this summer in the name of unity and Aboriginal tradition.

The group, called the Unity Riders crossed the North Dakota - Saskatchewan border just before 1 p.m. on July 6 enroute to the Pheasant Rump Reserve near Carlyle.

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An $11 million federal commitment to clean up this community's water has come too late for many residents.

Hundreds of members of the Mathias Columb Band in northern Manitoba fled the reserve after a ninth resident in one year was diagnosed and hospitalized for infectious hepatitis. The reserve's water supply is so contaminated by sewage provincial authorities have deemed it deadly.

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An $11 million federal commitment to clean up this community's water has come too late for many residents.

Hundreds of members of the Mathias Columb Band in northern Manitoba fled the reserve after a ninth resident in one year was diagnosed and hospitalized for infectious hepatitis. The reserve's water supply is so contaminated by sewage provincial authorities have deemed it deadly.