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A Federal Court upheld Blood Chief Harley Frank's right to stay in office for another four months.

Chief Frank and his 12-member band council have been involved in a bitter power struggle since shortly after his November election. The battle began after Frank purchased a buffalo herd, which council claims was not authorized by them.

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A Federal Court upheld Blood Chief Harley Frank's right to stay in office for another four months.

Chief Frank and his 12-member band council have been involved in a bitter power struggle since shortly after his November election. The battle began after Frank purchased a buffalo herd, which council claims was not authorized by them.

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A Federal Court upheld Blood Chief Harley Frank's right to stay in office for another four months.

Chief Frank and his 12-member band council have been involved in a bitter power struggle since shortly after his November election. The battle began after Frank purchased a buffalo herd, which council claims was not authorized by them.

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The Department of Indian Affairs has a new chief.

Pauline Browes, MP for Scarborough Centre, has replaced Tom Siddon as Minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Browes, a former school teacher, was appointed June 25 during Prime Minister Kim Campbell's first Cabinet shuffle.

Siddon, who served as head of the department for more than 40 months, is now the Minister of Defense.

Browes was first elected to office in 1984 and served as a Conservative backbencher until her appointment to the Minister of State for Environment in 1991.

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The Department of Indian Affairs has a new chief.

Pauline Browes, MP for Scarborough Centre, has replaced Tom Siddon as Minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Browes, a former school teacher, was appointed June 25 during Prime Minister Kim Campbell's first Cabinet shuffle.

Siddon, who served as head of the department for more than 40 months, is now the Minister of Defense.

Browes was first elected to office in 1984 and served as a Conservative backbencher until her appointment to the Minister of State for Environment in 1991.

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The Department of Indian Affairs has a new chief.

Pauline Browes, MP for Scarborough Centre, has replaced Tom Siddon as Minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Browes, a former school teacher, was appointed June 25 during Prime Minister Kim Campbell's first Cabinet shuffle.

Siddon, who served as head of the department for more than 40 months, is now the Minister of Defense.

Browes was first elected to office in 1984 and served as a Conservative backbencher until her appointment to the Minister of State for Environment in 1991.

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The Department of Indian Affairs has a new chief.

Pauline Browes, MP for Scarborough Centre, has replaced Tom Siddon as Minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Browes, a former school teacher, was appointed June 25 during Prime Minister Kim Campbell's first Cabinet shuffle.

Siddon, who served as head of the department for more than 40 months, is now the Minister of Defense.

Browes was first elected to office in 1984 and served as a Conservative backbencher until her appointment to the Minister of State for Environment in 1991.

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The conflict over Aboriginal commercial fisheries in British Columbia is heating up again with the approach of the summer salmon fishing season.

The B.C. Fishermens' Survival Coalition accused the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in mid-June allowing Natives from the Lower Fraser Fishing Authority to over-fish the river.

"Barely a few weeks into the fishing season, the DFO has allowed an endangered run of early Chinook salmon to be over-fished," coalition spokesman Dave Secord said.

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The conflict over Aboriginal commercial fisheries in British Columbia is heating up again with the approach of the summer salmon fishing season.

The B.C. Fishermens' Survival Coalition accused the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in mid-June allowing Natives from the Lower Fraser Fishing Authority to over-fish the river.

"Barely a few weeks into the fishing season, the DFO has allowed an endangered run of early Chinook salmon to be over-fished," coalition spokesman Dave Secord said.

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The conflict over Aboriginal commercial fisheries in British Columbia is heating up again with the approach of the summer salmon fishing season.

The B.C. Fishermens' Survival Coalition accused the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in mid-June allowing Natives from the Lower Fraser Fishing Authority to over-fish the river.

"Barely a few weeks into the fishing season, the DFO has allowed an endangered run of early Chinook salmon to be over-fished," coalition spokesman Dave Secord said.