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Sturgeon Lake's chopstick factory closed by investors

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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.

Lesser Slave Lake's Grand Lady passes away at 106 years of age

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Philomene Gladue lived for most of her 106 years at a place she dearly loved , along the quiet lakeshore of Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta.

Born and raised in Kinuso (Swan River Indian reserve) it is believed Philomene was actually 112-years-old when she passed away April 4, 1990.

When she was a young girl, birthdates were usually never registered until children were baptized. Philomene's family members say she wasn't baptized until she was five or six years old.

Lesser Slave Lake's Grand Lady passes away at 106 years of age

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Philomene Gladue lived for most of her 106 years at a place she dearly loved , along the quiet lakeshore of Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta.

Born and raised in Kinuso (Swan River Indian reserve) it is believed Philomene was actually 112-years-old when she passed away April 4, 1990.

When she was a young girl, birthdates were usually never registered until children were baptized. Philomene's family members say she wasn't baptized until she was five or six years old.

Lesser Slave Lake's Grand Lady passes away at 106 years of age

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Philomene Gladue lived for most of her 106 years at a place she dearly loved , along the quiet lakeshore of Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta.

Born and raised in Kinuso (Swan River Indian reserve) it is believed Philomene was actually 112-years-old when she passed away April 4, 1990.

When she was a young girl, birthdates were usually never registered until children were baptized. Philomene's family members say she wasn't baptized until she was five or six years old.

Lesser Slave Lake's Grand Lady passes away at 106 years of age

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Philomene Gladue lived for most of her 106 years at a place she dearly loved , along the quiet lakeshore of Lesser Slave Lake in northern Alberta.

Born and raised in Kinuso (Swan River Indian reserve) it is believed Philomene was actually 112-years-old when she passed away April 4, 1990.

When she was a young girl, birthdates were usually never registered until children were baptized. Philomene's family members say she wasn't baptized until she was five or six years old.

Aboriginal languages endangered

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Canadian Native languages are being lost because parents neglect to teach their children.

Sheila Keizie, a Cree language teacher at Anzac, regrets that her two daughters did not learn to speak their mother tongue. They both speak English and the youngest can understand Cree but can't speak it. Ironically, she's learning to speak French.

Keizie grew up in an environment where Cree was a necessity. It's now hardly found in modern society.

"You hardly meet anyone now, who will speak to you in Cree," she said.