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It's exam time at the University of British Columbia, but second-year medical student Nicholas Half takes 45 minutes out of his busy schedule to go for a run around the Endowment Land.

"I'd like to run three or four times a week, but right now I'm down to about once a week because of the exams," said the 25-year-old of the Cree community of Saddle Lake First Nation in Alberta. If not for his love for sports, Half said he would never have ended up where he is now.

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Chiefs from around the province dug into their pockets at a First Nations Summit meeting in North Vancouver on Nov. 30 to contribute cash for the establishment of the Carole T. Corcoran Memorial Award at the University of British Columbia Law School. Corcoran was a co-chair of the Summit from 1998 to 2000. Organizers of the scholarship fund have a target of $20,000 to seed the fund, and any amount above that will be used to fund a second university entrance scholarship, available to a first-year student of Canadian Aboriginal ancestry.

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There are currently only about a dozen Aboriginal registered dietitians across Canada, but that is slowly changing, thanks to a number of new initiatives aimed at attracting and supporting Aboriginal students who want a career in nutrition.

Marlene Wyatt is director of professional standards with Dietitians of Canada, the only national organization of dietitians in Canada. Among its other roles, Dietitians of Canada is the accreditation body for dietetic internship and university programs.

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If you're looking for an opportunity to get into the world of television broadcasting, the Weather Network would like to hear from you.

The Weather Network and its sister company MeteoMedia, which operates in French, are Canada's only 24-hour specialty channels devoted to weather and environmental issues.

"And we're also Canada's leading private sector weather information provider," said Michelle Grech, human resources manager with the Weather Network.

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If any other hotel had a pack of wolves roaming its halls, the manager might be calling for pest control. But not Clarence Neault. The manager of the La Ronge Motor Hotel not only wants to keep his pack, he's proud to have them.

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If you've ever dreamed of a life at sea, the Canadian Coast Guard would like to hear from you.

The coast guard is accepting applications for enrollment in its Canadian Coast Guard Officer Training Plan, a four-year program offered at the Canadian Coast Guard College in Sydney, N.S.

"It's a four-year degree granting program for training as marine engineers or navigation officers in the Canadian Coast Guard," explained Peter Brand, acting superintendent of nautical science training at the college.

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The fashion runways of Europe may seem a world away from the hallways of the Nakota Oyate Education Centre, but it looks like soon Desarae Eashappie will be dividing her time between both.

Desarae, a 15-year-old from Carry the Kettle First Nation in Saskatchewan, has been on the receiving end of a lot of attention from modeling agents in fashion centres like Milan, Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Miami, and has had offers of runway work in Barcelona, and print work in Toronto.

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When Commander John Herrington tells Native American children they should reach for the stars, he can do so with more authority than most. Not only did he reach for the stars, but soon he will be walking among them.

Next September, Herrington is going to make history when he becomes the first Native American in space.

Herrington's mother is from the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma and, although he didn't grow up on the reservation, he is a member.

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The vote on a resolution calling for Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault's resignation was passed by a narrow margin after a lively debate at the Assembly of First Nations Confederacy on Dec. 6.

Only 111 of the 143 registered chiefs and proxies were around for the vote on the morning of the last day. The vote to approve the resolution was close, 55 to 46, with 10 abstentions. That works out to 51 per cent in favor. A simple majority carries a resolution at Confederacy meetings. Sixty per cent is required at annual general meetings.

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A magnificent eagle circled the Gore Bay Court House Nov. 26 as Juan Uyunkar and his son Edgar Wainahatae Uyunkar entered the building to face a variety of criminal charges. The two Ecuadorian men were accompanied by their interpreter Maria Alice Ventura, as well as by 35 supporters from Wikwemikong First Nation on Manitoulin Island.