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Turning 21 is usually a big event in a person's life. For Bill Woodward, a Cree from northern Saskatchewan, it was the day he was marched into German POW camp Stalag 7A.

The year was 1944. Woodward had enlisted as a 19-year-old, escaping from unemployment and hunger, the legacy of the Dirty Thirties.

"I was tired of bumming around the country starving to death," said Woodward with a laugh. He had been living in the Ft. McMurray area since leaving Buffalo Narrows, Sask. at the age of five. The army seemed the best ticket out of a desperate situation at home.

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Turning 21 is usually a big event in a person's life. For Bill Woodward, a Cree from northern Saskatchewan, it was the day he was marched into German POW camp Stalag 7A.

The year was 1944. Woodward had enlisted as a 19-year-old, escaping from unemployment and hunger, the legacy of the Dirty Thirties.

"I was tired of bumming around the country starving to death," said Woodward with a laugh. He had been living in the Ft. McMurray area since leaving Buffalo Narrows, Sask. at the age of five. The army seemed the best ticket out of a desperate situation at home.

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Turning 21 is usually a big event in a person's life. For Bill Woodward, a Cree from northern Saskatchewan, it was the day he was marched into German POW camp Stalag 7A.

The year was 1944. Woodward had enlisted as a 19-year-old, escaping from unemployment and hunger, the legacy of the Dirty Thirties.

"I was tired of bumming around the country starving to death," said Woodward with a laugh. He had been living in the Ft. McMurray area since leaving Buffalo Narrows, Sask. at the age of five. The army seemed the best ticket out of a desperate situation at home.

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As another Remembrance Day approaches, we look back into the past to a time when the world was in crisis...The German army, led by Adolph Hitler, had already invaded Europe. Back in Saskatchewan, a young Cree trapper and hunter named Joseph McGillivary began preparing to go to war.

Born in Pine Bluff, Sask., he enlisted in the army in 1942 at the ripe age of 18. From The Pas, Manitoba, he was sent to Winnipeg for further training until April 1942 when he went overseas to Sussex, England for two more years of advanced training.

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The collective heart of Smithers jumped a few beats when the news broke that someone in town had drawn the biggest lottery prize in Canada, ever. Fifteen million, tax free.

"It was the only six-out-of-six winner for Saturday night across the entire country," B.C. Lottery corporation spokesperson Kathy Kosowan said. "It's the biggest 649 win ever for B.C. and Canada."

Six members of an all-Native Smithers construction crew held the winning Lotto 649 number.

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The collective heart of Smithers jumped a few beats when the news broke that someone in town had drawn the biggest lottery prize in Canada, ever. Fifteen million, tax free.

"It was the only six-out-of-six winner for Saturday night across the entire country," B.C. Lottery corporation spokesperson Kathy Kosowan said. "It's the biggest 649 win ever for B.C. and Canada."

Six members of an all-Native Smithers construction crew held the winning Lotto 649 number.

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The collective heart of Smithers jumped a few beats when the news broke that someone in town had drawn the biggest lottery prize in Canada, ever. Fifteen million, tax free.

"It was the only six-out-of-six winner for Saturday night across the entire country," B.C. Lottery corporation spokesperson Kathy Kosowan said. "It's the biggest 649 win ever for B.C. and Canada."

Six members of an all-Native Smithers construction crew held the winning Lotto 649 number.

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The collective heart of Smithers jumped a few beats when the news broke that someone in town had drawn the biggest lottery prize in Canada, ever. Fifteen million, tax free.

"It was the only six-out-of-six winner for Saturday night across the entire country," B.C. Lottery corporation spokesperson Kathy Kosowan said. "It's the biggest 649 win ever for B.C. and Canada."

Six members of an all-Native Smithers construction crew held the winning Lotto 649 number.

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I'm not surprised at the comic book rendition of "Going Native" as depicted in the No. 19 issue of Jughead's Double Digest, however, I am surprised that the term Native was used rather than Indian. If I remember correctly until just a few years ago Indian was the popular item. I think the editors made a mistake in reprinting this 10-year-old story, which they claim offended no one at that time.

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Katie Rich is stepping down as chief of Davis Inlet.

After 10 months of struggling with media and government to try and help her people, Rich says she is worn out and depressed. Things in the isolated village have not improved much. Ottawa won't let them move to the site of their choice, the kids are still killing themselves and the people are still facing a bleak future.