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Language barriers, hunting seasons may prolong Innu protesters' trial

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It may be a long time before the trial of the group of Native protesters in Labrador gets underway.

Language barriers, hunting seasons and civil disobedience stand to make the trial of 42 Innu charged with mischief drag on for some time, Innu Nation spokesman Daniel Ashini said.

The Innu from Sheshatsui appeared in court Oct. 26 to enter their plea on charges of mischief but refused to enter any plea or identify themselves, Ashini said.

"People didn't identify themselves and nobody was there to enter a plea for them."

Salmon stocks not threatened

Protests against Aboriginal fisheries unfounded

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Ottawa's Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy has not decimated West Coast salmon stocks as some non-Native commercial fishermen had predicted, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reported.

This year's run of cheam and sockeye salmon were the largest since 1913, when a rock slide in the Fraser valley almost wiped out several species of Pacific salmon, said DFO director of Aboriginal fisheries Paul Kariya.

Salmon stocks not threatened

Protests against Aboriginal fisheries unfounded

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Ottawa's Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy has not decimated West Coast salmon stocks as some non-Native commercial fishermen had predicted, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reported.

This year's run of cheam and sockeye salmon were the largest since 1913, when a rock slide in the Fraser valley almost wiped out several species of Pacific salmon, said DFO director of Aboriginal fisheries Paul Kariya.

Salmon stocks not threatened

Protests against Aboriginal fisheries unfounded

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Ottawa's Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy has not decimated West Coast salmon stocks as some non-Native commercial fishermen had predicted, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reported.

This year's run of cheam and sockeye salmon were the largest since 1913, when a rock slide in the Fraser valley almost wiped out several species of Pacific salmon, said DFO director of Aboriginal fisheries Paul Kariya.

Salmon stocks not threatened

Protests against Aboriginal fisheries unfounded

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Ottawa's Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy has not decimated West Coast salmon stocks as some non-Native commercial fishermen had predicted, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reported.

This year's run of cheam and sockeye salmon were the largest since 1913, when a rock slide in the Fraser valley almost wiped out several species of Pacific salmon, said DFO director of Aboriginal fisheries Paul Kariya.

Natives ill-served by justice system

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Natives have not been well served by the non-Native justice system, the long-awaited Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice inquiry concluded.

The "reactive" attitudes of local RCMP towards Natives, combined with the ignorance of the Canadian justice system of Aboriginal cultures, created a culture clash where the Natives lost out, head commissioner and Judge Anthony Sarich said.

"It wasn't just a police problem, it was a problem with the whole justice system - an attitudinal problem.

Natives ill-served by justice system

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Natives have not been well served by the non-Native justice system, the long-awaited Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice inquiry concluded.

The "reactive" attitudes of local RCMP towards Natives, combined with the ignorance of the Canadian justice system of Aboriginal cultures, created a culture clash where the Natives lost out, head commissioner and Judge Anthony Sarich said.

"It wasn't just a police problem, it was a problem with the whole justice system - an attitudinal problem.

Natives ill-served by justice system

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Natives have not been well served by the non-Native justice system, the long-awaited Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice inquiry concluded.

The "reactive" attitudes of local RCMP towards Natives, combined with the ignorance of the Canadian justice system of Aboriginal cultures, created a culture clash where the Natives lost out, head commissioner and Judge Anthony Sarich said.

"It wasn't just a police problem, it was a problem with the whole justice system - an attitudinal problem.

Natives ill-served by justice system

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Natives have not been well served by the non-Native justice system, the long-awaited Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice inquiry concluded.

The "reactive" attitudes of local RCMP towards Natives, combined with the ignorance of the Canadian justice system of Aboriginal cultures, created a culture clash where the Natives lost out, head commissioner and Judge Anthony Sarich said.

"It wasn't just a police problem, it was a problem with the whole justice system - an attitudinal problem.

Metis kerfuffle may be coming to a close

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The battle over the conduct of some board members at the Metis Nation of Alberta may finally be over.

The MNA's Senate of Elders dropped all actions against eight board members charged with attempting to overthrow the new government in the wake of the association's September election, an Oct. 29 press release read.

The Senate ruling also eliminated a Court of Queen's Bench-appointed management committee established to investigate all of the MNA's internal workings.