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Native families on Saddle Lake reserve are living in squalid, unhealthy conditions, says the band's chief.

Carl Quinn said the housing problems facing his 4,000-member band have escalated into a crisis, because the federal government refuses to increase its allowance for new home construction and renovations.

"And it' been that way since we left our teepees," he said during a rally in Edmonton April 11.

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Native families on Saddle Lake reserve are living in squalid, unhealthy conditions, says the band's chief.

Carl Quinn said the housing problems facing his 4,000-member band have escalated into a crisis, because the federal government refuses to increase its allowance for new home construction and renovations.

"And it' been that way since we left our teepees," he said during a rally in Edmonton April 11.

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Native families on Saddle Lake reserve are living in squalid, unhealthy conditions, says the band's chief.

Carl Quinn said the housing problems facing his 4,000-member band have escalated into a crisis, because the federal government refuses to increase its allowance for new home construction and renovations.

"And it' been that way since we left our teepees," he said during a rally in Edmonton April 11.

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A University of Calgary professor, battling northern Alberta forestry developments, began the first leg of his 300-km protest march from Calgary to Edmonton in an effort to stop the controversial mega-projects from being approved without public input.

U of C geology professor Richard Thomas began his 16-day Moratorium on Mills trek, after a rousing send-off at the Calgary Municipal Plaza April 7 by more than 150 supporters, including Bigstone Indian Band spokesman Dale Auger.

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A University of Calgary professor, battling northern Alberta forestry developments, began the first leg of his 300-km protest march from Calgary to Edmonton in an effort to stop the controversial mega-projects from being approved without public input.

U of C geology professor Richard Thomas began his 16-day Moratorium on Mills trek, after a rousing send-off at the Calgary Municipal Plaza April 7 by more than 150 supporters, including Bigstone Indian Band spokesman Dale Auger.

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A University of Calgary professor, battling northern Alberta forestry developments, began the first leg of his 300-km protest march from Calgary to Edmonton in an effort to stop the controversial mega-projects from being approved without public input.

U of C geology professor Richard Thomas began his 16-day Moratorium on Mills trek, after a rousing send-off at the Calgary Municipal Plaza April 7 by more than 150 supporters, including Bigstone Indian Band spokesman Dale Auger.

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A University of Calgary professor, battling northern Alberta forestry developments, began the first leg of his 300-km protest march from Calgary to Edmonton in an effort to stop the controversial mega-projects from being approved without public input.

U of C geology professor Richard Thomas began his 16-day Moratorium on Mills trek, after a rousing send-off at the Calgary Municipal Plaza April 7 by more than 150 supporters, including Bigstone Indian Band spokesman Dale Auger.

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The $3 million chopstick factory at SturgeonLake reserve in northern Alberta has been closed by foreign investors, who fear the operations is not meeting their standards.

But the vice-president of the Valleyview Economic Development Board insists the Native businessmen are only going through growing pains.

Al MacGregor believes it's just a matter of time before the plant is in full swing again.

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The $3 million chopstick factory at SturgeonLake reserve in northern Alberta has been closed by foreign investors, who fear the operations is not meeting their standards.

But the vice-president of the Valleyview Economic Development Board insists the Native businessmen are only going through growing pains.

Al MacGregor believes it's just a matter of time before the plant is in full swing again.

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The $3 million chopstick factory at SturgeonLake reserve in northern Alberta has been closed by foreign investors, who fear the operations is not meeting their standards.

But the vice-president of the Valleyview Economic Development Board insists the Native businessmen are only going through growing pains.

Al MacGregor believes it's just a matter of time before the plant is in full swing again.