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Canadian Native newspapers tool more than their share of awards at the annual presentation of awards to newspapers and journalists in Indian country.

All the Canadian awards went to newspapers in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Windspeaker took seven awards, Kainai News at Stand Off, Alberta took three while Native Press in Yellowknife won two awards.

Mary Weasel Fat, editor of Kainai News, was overjoyed her paper won the coveted first place award for general excellence in a weekly.

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Canadian Native newspapers tool more than their share of awards at the annual presentation of awards to newspapers and journalists in Indian country.

All the Canadian awards went to newspapers in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Windspeaker took seven awards, Kainai News at Stand Off, Alberta took three while Native Press in Yellowknife won two awards.

Mary Weasel Fat, editor of Kainai News, was overjoyed her paper won the coveted first place award for general excellence in a weekly.

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Canadian Native newspapers tool more than their share of awards at the annual presentation of awards to newspapers and journalists in Indian country.

All the Canadian awards went to newspapers in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Windspeaker took seven awards, Kainai News at Stand Off, Alberta took three while Native Press in Yellowknife won two awards.

Mary Weasel Fat, editor of Kainai News, was overjoyed her paper won the coveted first place award for general excellence in a weekly.

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Special constable Willy Big Smoke made his first court appearance last Thursday in Turner Valley on a charge of assault causing bodily harm. He was ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing July 5.

The charge stemmed from an incident on the Eden Valley Reserve on Jan. 16, when Big Smoke and a second RCMP officer, Const. Brian Wallace, responded to a domestic dispute between Rodney Pelletier and his common-law wife Karen Dixon.

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Special constable Willy Big Smoke made his first court appearance last Thursday in Turner Valley on a charge of assault causing bodily harm. He was ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing July 5.

The charge stemmed from an incident on the Eden Valley Reserve on Jan. 16, when Big Smoke and a second RCMP officer, Const. Brian Wallace, responded to a domestic dispute between Rodney Pelletier and his common-law wife Karen Dixon.

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Special constable Willy Big Smoke made his first court appearance last Thursday in Turner Valley on a charge of assault causing bodily harm. He was ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing July 5.

The charge stemmed from an incident on the Eden Valley Reserve on Jan. 16, when Big Smoke and a second RCMP officer, Const. Brian Wallace, responded to a domestic dispute between Rodney Pelletier and his common-law wife Karen Dixon.

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Special constable Willy Big Smoke made his first court appearance last Thursday in Turner Valley on a charge of assault causing bodily harm. He was ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing July 5.

The charge stemmed from an incident on the Eden Valley Reserve on Jan. 16, when Big Smoke and a second RCMP officer, Const. Brian Wallace, responded to a domestic dispute between Rodney Pelletier and his common-law wife Karen Dixon.

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The once endangered North American Indigenous Games have been plucked from the frying pan.

"The Games are on," announced Charles Wood, chairman of the North American Indigenous Games Society, at a banquet March 24. "We have received word federal Moines are coming."

Originally budgeted at $2.3 million, the games were in danger of having insufficient funds because the federal government hadn't responded to a request for money. As a result, funds were delayed from other agencies, which required the federal government first contribute.

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The once endangered North American Indigenous Games have been plucked from the frying pan.

"The Games are on," announced Charles Wood, chairman of the North American Indigenous Games Society, at a banquet March 24. "We have received word federal Moines are coming."

Originally budgeted at $2.3 million, the games were in danger of having insufficient funds because the federal government hadn't responded to a request for money. As a result, funds were delayed from other agencies, which required the federal government first contribute.

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The once endangered North American Indigenous Games have been plucked from the frying pan.

"The Games are on," announced Charles Wood, chairman of the North American Indigenous Games Society, at a banquet March 24. "We have received word federal Moines are coming."

Originally budgeted at $2.3 million, the games were in danger of having insufficient funds because the federal government hadn't responded to a request for money. As a result, funds were delayed from other agencies, which required the federal government first contribute.