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Indian leaders from across Alberta are demanding an equal say in how health care policies are initiated by the government and who is responsible for offering medical services to Alberta Indians.

They claim the government is shrinking health care services to Indian people in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.

The Alberta Indian Health Care Commission is going to change its role to make sure the government sticks to the treaties.

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Indian leaders from across Alberta are demanding an equal say in how health care policies are initiated by the government and who is responsible for offering medical services to Alberta Indians.

They claim the government is shrinking health care services to Indian people in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.

The Alberta Indian Health Care Commission is going to change its role to make sure the government sticks to the treaties.

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Indian leaders from across Alberta are demanding an equal say in how health care policies are initiated by the government and who is responsible for offering medical services to Alberta Indians.

They claim the government is shrinking health care services to Indian people in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.

The Alberta Indian Health Care Commission is going to change its role to make sure the government sticks to the treaties.

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St. Paul Correctional Center will be turned into a drug and alcohol treatment facility for young offenders. It's the first of its kind in the province dedicated to treatment.

Poundmaker's Lodge will be providing a drug and alcohol treatment programs at the facility. John Szumlas, executive assistant to Solicitor General Richard Fowler, said substance abuse has become a phenomenon among young offenders many of whom are Native.

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St. Paul Correctional Center will be turned into a drug and alcohol treatment facility for young offenders. It's the first of its kind in the province dedicated to treatment.

Poundmaker's Lodge will be providing a drug and alcohol treatment programs at the facility. John Szumlas, executive assistant to Solicitor General Richard Fowler, said substance abuse has become a phenomenon among young offenders many of whom are Native.

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St. Paul Correctional Center will be turned into a drug and alcohol treatment facility for young offenders. It's the first of its kind in the province dedicated to treatment.

Poundmaker's Lodge will be providing a drug and alcohol treatment programs at the facility. John Szumlas, executive assistant to Solicitor General Richard Fowler, said substance abuse has become a phenomenon among young offenders many of whom are Native.

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St. Paul Correctional Center will be turned into a drug and alcohol treatment facility for young offenders. It's the first of its kind in the province dedicated to treatment.

Poundmaker's Lodge will be providing a drug and alcohol treatment programs at the facility. John Szumlas, executive assistant to Solicitor General Richard Fowler, said substance abuse has become a phenomenon among young offenders many of whom are Native.

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The treatment of Native people in Canada in a "national tragedy" that can no longer be ignored by the general public, says the head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Maxwell Yalden said Native people are facing the same racial discrimination today as they did in 1988. He has called on the government to set up a royal commission to investigate the plight of Canada's aboriginal peoples, whom he said are living in "misery and hopelessness."

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The treatment of Native people in Canada in a "national tragedy" that can no longer be ignored by the general public, says the head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Maxwell Yalden said Native people are facing the same racial discrimination today as they did in 1988. He has called on the government to set up a royal commission to investigate the plight of Canada's aboriginal peoples, whom he said are living in "misery and hopelessness."

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The treatment of Native people in Canada in a "national tragedy" that can no longer be ignored by the general public, says the head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Maxwell Yalden said Native people are facing the same racial discrimination today as they did in 1988. He has called on the government to set up a royal commission to investigate the plight of Canada's aboriginal peoples, whom he said are living in "misery and hopelessness."