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Dene and Metis leaders have apologized over the last-minute cancellation of a meeting with their own people to discuss benefits from a recent $500-million land claim agreement signed in principle with the federal government last September.

Over 200 Dene and Metis, who are former residents of the Northwest Territories, came from all over Alberta to the Native Pastoral Center Feb.9 but were left feeling cheated after learning their political leaders had canceled it.

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Dene and Metis leaders have apologized over the last-minute cancellation of a meeting with their own people to discuss benefits from a recent $500-million land claim agreement signed in principle with the federal government last September.

Over 200 Dene and Metis, who are former residents of the Northwest Territories, came from all over Alberta to the Native Pastoral Center Feb.9 but were left feeling cheated after learning their political leaders had canceled it.

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Hobbema schools have reopened in the wake of a whooping cough epidemic which affected more than 500 people in the past few weeks while Grouard School, north of High Prairie, remains closed because one teacher became infected and others showed symptoms of the disease.

The outbreak, which prompted Native leader Roy Louis to demand a federal review of the Alberta Health Care Commission, was downplayed by Hobbema health center officials during an emergency meeting last week.

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The Northwest Territories intends to spend $6 million setting up drug and alcohol treatment centers near Yellowknife and the Hay River Reserve on the south side of Great Slave Lake. The move was announced when the government recently tables its annual budget.

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The Northwest Territories intends to spend $6 million setting up drug and alcohol treatment centers near Yellowknife and the Hay River Reserve on the south side of Great Slave Lake. The move was announced when the government recently tables its annual budget.

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The Northwest Territories intends to spend $6 million setting up drug and alcohol treatment centers near Yellowknife and the Hay River Reserve on the south side of Great Slave Lake. The move was announced when the government recently tables its annual budget.

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The Northwest Territories intends to spend $6 million setting up drug and alcohol treatment centers near Yellowknife and the Hay River Reserve on the south side of Great Slave Lake. The move was announced when the government recently tables its annual budget.

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Native leaders say the federal government has promised to consult Native groups in any negotiations leading to a new or parallel constitutional accord. The leaders said the move was a step forward in their long struggle with Ottawa over the issue of Native self-government. But Senator Lowell Murray was reported to have warned any deal to address criticisms of the Meech Lake Accord was a long way off.

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Native leaders say the federal government has promised to consult Native groups in any negotiations leading to a new or parallel constitutional accord. The leaders said the move was a step forward in their long struggle with Ottawa over the issue of Native self-government. But Senator Lowell Murray was reported to have warned any deal to address criticisms of the Meech Lake Accord was a long way off.

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Native leaders say the federal government has promised to consult Native groups in any negotiations leading to a new or parallel constitutional accord. The leaders said the move was a step forward in their long struggle with Ottawa over the issue of Native self-government. But Senator Lowell Murray was reported to have warned any deal to address criticisms of the Meech Lake Accord was a long way off.