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New pulp mill slated for High Prairie

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A $600 million pulp and paper mill is being considered for the High Prairie area but a similar-sized project planned for High Level is now on hold.

Windspeaker has learned that YFY Pulp & Paper Canada Ltd. has completed a feasibility study and has submitted a proposal to the province to build a chemithermomechanical (CTMP) mill about 15 miles west of Falher, near High Prairie.

High Prairies is located 366 kilometers northwest of Edmonton.

New pulp mill slated for High Prairie

Page 1

A $600 million pulp and paper mill is being considered for the High Prairie area but a similar-sized project planned for High Level is now on hold.

Windspeaker has learned that YFY Pulp & Paper Canada Ltd. has completed a feasibility study and has submitted a proposal to the province to build a chemithermomechanical (CTMP) mill about 15 miles west of Falher, near High Prairie.

High Prairies is located 366 kilometers northwest of Edmonton.

New pulp mill slated for High Prairie

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A $600 million pulp and paper mill is being considered for the High Prairie area but a similar-sized project planned for High Level is now on hold.

Windspeaker has learned that YFY Pulp & Paper Canada Ltd. has completed a feasibility study and has submitted a proposal to the province to build a chemithermomechanical (CTMP) mill about 15 miles west of Falher, near High Prairie.

High Prairies is located 366 kilometers northwest of Edmonton.

Paddle Prairie to vote in referendum

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Paddle Prairie settlement residents will vote Jan. 18 on whether to accept or reject a decision to pull-out of the Federation of Metis Settlements.

On Nov. 14, Paddle Prairie council voted to separate from the Alberta Federation of Metis Settlement Associations (AFMS) because some of the councilors felt the concerns of the council were being ignored by the AFM's all-settlement council.

Paddle Prairie to vote in referendum

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Paddle Prairie settlement residents will vote Jan. 18 on whether to accept or reject a decision to pull-out of the Federation of Metis Settlements.

On Nov. 14, Paddle Prairie council voted to separate from the Alberta Federation of Metis Settlement Associations (AFMS) because some of the councilors felt the concerns of the council were being ignored by the AFM's all-settlement council.

Paddle Prairie to vote in referendum

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Paddle Prairie settlement residents will vote Jan. 18 on whether to accept or reject a decision to pull-out of the Federation of Metis Settlements.

On Nov. 14, Paddle Prairie council voted to separate from the Alberta Federation of Metis Settlement Associations (AFMS) because some of the councilors felt the concerns of the council were being ignored by the AFM's all-settlement council.

Paddle Prairie to vote in referendum

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Paddle Prairie settlement residents will vote Jan. 18 on whether to accept or reject a decision to pull-out of the Federation of Metis Settlements.

On Nov. 14, Paddle Prairie council voted to separate from the Alberta Federation of Metis Settlement Associations (AFMS) because some of the councilors felt the concerns of the council were being ignored by the AFM's all-settlement council.

NFB films reveal sad tales of foster children

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"Fosterchild" and "Richard Cardinal: Cry From A Diary Of A Metis Child," two NFB films, tell the true life, tragic stories of Native foster children who have gone through society's child welfare system.

"Richard Cardinal: Cry From A Diary Of A Metis Child" is so heart-wrenching one would prefer to believe it never happened but it did.

Cardinal, a victim of the child welfare system, had been shuffled through fourteen foster homes, a number of group homes and youth shelters.

NFB films reveal sad tales of foster children

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"Fosterchild" and "Richard Cardinal: Cry From A Diary Of A Metis Child," two NFB films, tell the true life, tragic stories of Native foster children who have gone through society's child welfare system.

"Richard Cardinal: Cry From A Diary Of A Metis Child" is so heart-wrenching one would prefer to believe it never happened but it did.

Cardinal, a victim of the child welfare system, had been shuffled through fourteen foster homes, a number of group homes and youth shelters.

NFB films reveal sad tales of foster children

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"Fosterchild" and "Richard Cardinal: Cry From A Diary Of A Metis Child," two NFB films, tell the true life, tragic stories of Native foster children who have gone through society's child welfare system.

"Richard Cardinal: Cry From A Diary Of A Metis Child" is so heart-wrenching one would prefer to believe it never happened but it did.

Cardinal, a victim of the child welfare system, had been shuffled through fourteen foster homes, a number of group homes and youth shelters.