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Employees of the Bear Claw casino mistook RCMP officers for heavily-armed masked thieves when the police crashed through the casino's front doors in a pre-dawn raid March 22.

"Casino people were just closing up," Shepherd said. "They thought they were being robbed. The people were masked and did not identify themselves."

The hooded, gun-toting assembly burst into the casino at around 4 a.m. and told employees to put their hands onto tables, White Bear band chief Bernard Shepherd said.

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Environment, culture play a part in course adaptations

It's 6:30 a.m. A handful of students from Moose Factory Island near James Bay, Ont., gather on the banks of the Moose River. When the canoe comes, it will take them across the river to the Moosonee Campus of the James Bay Education Centre, where classes for the nursing program promptly begin at 8 a.m.

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Environment, culture play a part in course adaptations

It's 6:30 a.m. A handful of students from Moose Factory Island near James Bay, Ont., gather on the banks of the Moose River. When the canoe comes, it will take them across the river to the Moosonee Campus of the James Bay Education Centre, where classes for the nursing program promptly begin at 8 a.m.

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Environment, culture play a part in course adaptations

It's 6:30 a.m. A handful of students from Moose Factory Island near James Bay, Ont., gather on the banks of the Moose River. When the canoe comes, it will take them across the river to the Moosonee Campus of the James Bay Education Centre, where classes for the nursing program promptly begin at 8 a.m.

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Environment, culture play a part in course adaptations

It's 6:30 a.m. A handful of students from Moose Factory Island near James Bay, Ont., gather on the banks of the Moose River. When the canoe comes, it will take them across the river to the Moosonee Campus of the James Bay Education Centre, where classes for the nursing program promptly begin at 8 a.m.

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The Bank of Montreal announced a landmark $500 million Native business bond issue at a recent conference in Vancouver. The precedent-setting financing is believed to be the largest Native bond financing in the world.

The bank expects to receive a full guarantee by the federal government.

"First Nations people require substantial capital for development projects, but the government's deficit makes outright grants more difficult to raise," said Ron Jamieson, vice president of the bank's Aboriginal banking group.

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The Bank of Montreal announced a landmark $500 million Native business bond issue at a recent conference in Vancouver. The precedent-setting financing is believed to be the largest Native bond financing in the world.

The bank expects to receive a full guarantee by the federal government.

"First Nations people require substantial capital for development projects, but the government's deficit makes outright grants more difficult to raise," said Ron Jamieson, vice president of the bank's Aboriginal banking group.

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The Bank of Montreal announced a landmark $500 million Native business bond issue at a recent conference in Vancouver. The precedent-setting financing is believed to be the largest Native bond financing in the world.

The bank expects to receive a full guarantee by the federal government.

"First Nations people require substantial capital for development projects, but the government's deficit makes outright grants more difficult to raise," said Ron Jamieson, vice president of the bank's Aboriginal banking group.

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The Bank of Montreal announced a landmark $500 million Native business bond issue at a recent conference in Vancouver. The precedent-setting financing is believed to be the largest Native bond financing in the world.

The bank expects to receive a full guarantee by the federal government.

"First Nations people require substantial capital for development projects, but the government's deficit makes outright grants more difficult to raise," said Ron Jamieson, vice president of the bank's Aboriginal banking group.

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As the movement towards self-government picks up steam, many band councils are finding their management and administrative skills deficient. But translating those needs into an effective Aboriginal management training program at the post-secondary level is often a problem.

Michael B. Kennedy, a program development consultant with Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), said the problem exists because many post-secondary institutions fail to understand the real needs of Indian bands when developing management training programs.