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The rich get richer.

The poor get poorer.

That's the lesson behind the new year's early Christmas gift for the poor as landlords jack up rental accommodation by as much as 25 per cent for 1990.

Already beleaguered inner-city residents, many of whom are elderly and are on fixed incomes, will probably face one of the worst housing crisis in years in Edmonton.

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The RCMP detachment in Cardston was dismissed as a training center for recruits in 1980 shortly after a Blood blockade of its businesses, an RCMP officer told a public inquiry this week.

Commanding officer Peter Wright said the decision followed a meeting in which Blood representatives and RCMP K-Division officials agreed constables stationed in Cardston were too inexperienced. Rookie constables were often sent there for six-months training.

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The RCMP detachment in Cardston was dismissed as a training center for recruits in 1980 shortly after a Blood blockade of its businesses, an RCMP officer told a public inquiry this week.

Commanding officer Peter Wright said the decision followed a meeting in which Blood representatives and RCMP K-Division officials agreed constables stationed in Cardston were too inexperienced. Rookie constables were often sent there for six-months training.

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The RCMP detachment in Cardston was dismissed as a training center for recruits in 1980 shortly after a Blood blockade of its businesses, an RCMP officer told a public inquiry this week.

Commanding officer Peter Wright said the decision followed a meeting in which Blood representatives and RCMP K-Division officials agreed constables stationed in Cardston were too inexperienced. Rookie constables were often sent there for six-months training.

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The RCMP detachment in Cardston was dismissed as a training center for recruits in 1980 shortly after a Blood blockade of its businesses, an RCMP officer told a public inquiry this week.

Commanding officer Peter Wright said the decision followed a meeting in which Blood representatives and RCMP K-Division officials agreed constables stationed in Cardston were too inexperienced. Rookie constables were often sent there for six-months training.

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Negotiations of the Dene/Metis claim in the Northwest Territories must be finalized by the end of March and then go to a referendum in June, according to the NWT Metis Association.

If there is no final agreement by the end of March, the federal government will cut off negotiations, according to a Metis Association news release.

In a recent letter to the Dene Nation and Metis Association, Pierre Cadieux, the minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, stated he's committed to reaching an agreement by March 31, 1990.

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Negotiations of the Dene/Metis claim in the Northwest Territories must be finalized by the end of March and then go to a referendum in June, according to the NWT Metis Association.

If there is no final agreement by the end of March, the federal government will cut off negotiations, according to a Metis Association news release.

In a recent letter to the Dene Nation and Metis Association, Pierre Cadieux, the minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, stated he's committed to reaching an agreement by March 31, 1990.

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Negotiations of the Dene/Metis claim in the Northwest Territories must be finalized by the end of March and then go to a referendum in June, according to the NWT Metis Association.

If there is no final agreement by the end of March, the federal government will cut off negotiations, according to a Metis Association news release.

In a recent letter to the Dene Nation and Metis Association, Pierre Cadieux, the minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, stated he's committed to reaching an agreement by March 31, 1990.

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Negotiations of the Dene/Metis claim in the Northwest Territories must be finalized by the end of March and then go to a referendum in June, according to the NWT Metis Association.

If there is no final agreement by the end of March, the federal government will cut off negotiations, according to a Metis Association news release.

In a recent letter to the Dene Nation and Metis Association, Pierre Cadieux, the minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, stated he's committed to reaching an agreement by March 31, 1990.

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Canada should commit more money to help Indian women and their children regain lost Indian status, according to a Native panel holding cross-country hearings on Bill C-31.

After passing legislation allowing reinstatement, the federal government committed $295 million to cover the costs of restoring status to an estimated 65,000 women and children.