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Drinking, drug use increase AIDS risk

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AIDS experts from across the country attended the Second National Workshop on HIV, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Edmonton recently, but it was the people who work directly with HIV and AIDS victims who had the most information to share.

Bonnie Boyd of the Yukon AIDS Alliance is concerned about the future of Aboriginal children. The Northwest Territories has the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases among young people in all of Canada. And, in spite of all the talk about HIV and AIDS, young people across the country are having unprotected sex.

Davis Inlet chief "optimistic" about move to Sango Bay

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Ottawa may agree to move the poverty stricken community of Davis Inlet to their preferred site at Sango Bay,.

Inlet Chief Katie Rich said Feb. 16 that a meeting with Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin left her "very optimistic" about finally moving the community 15 kilometres to Sango Bay.

Although she would not give any details of her discussion with the minister, Rich said she was impressed with Irwin's willingness to discuss the issue at a gathering of Nova Scotia's chiefs in Halifax Feb. 12.

Judge insists Oka hearings proceed

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A Quebec provincial court judge refused to order a temporary halt to a coroner's inquest into the death of a police officer during the 1990 Oka crisis.

Justice Andre Denis denied a bid by lawyer for the Association of Quebec Provincial Police to suspend the hearings.

In mid-February, provincial police lawyers asked for a stay of proceedings until another judge could decide on a motion requiring the Mohawk witnesses to say who else was behind the barricades July 11, the day Cpl. Marcel Lemay was shot.

Judge insists Oka hearings proceed

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A Quebec provincial court judge refused to order a temporary halt to a coroner's inquest into the death of a police officer during the 1990 Oka crisis.

Justice Andre Denis denied a bid by lawyer for the Association of Quebec Provincial Police to suspend the hearings.

In mid-February, provincial police lawyers asked for a stay of proceedings until another judge could decide on a motion requiring the Mohawk witnesses to say who else was behind the barricades July 11, the day Cpl. Marcel Lemay was shot.

Judge insists Oka hearings proceed

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A Quebec provincial court judge refused to order a temporary halt to a coroner's inquest into the death of a police officer during the 1990 Oka crisis.

Justice Andre Denis denied a bid by lawyer for the Association of Quebec Provincial Police to suspend the hearings.

In mid-February, provincial police lawyers asked for a stay of proceedings until another judge could decide on a motion requiring the Mohawk witnesses to say who else was behind the barricades July 11, the day Cpl. Marcel Lemay was shot.

Judge insists Oka hearings proceed

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A Quebec provincial court judge refused to order a temporary halt to a coroner's inquest into the death of a police officer during the 1990 Oka crisis.

Justice Andre Denis denied a bid by lawyer for the Association of Quebec Provincial Police to suspend the hearings.

In mid-February, provincial police lawyers asked for a stay of proceedings until another judge could decide on a motion requiring the Mohawk witnesses to say who else was behind the barricades July 11, the day Cpl. Marcel Lemay was shot.

Students restless at University of Alberta

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As the Aboriginal Student Council at the University of Alberta plan their 5th Annual Native Awareness Days, other students are questioning why they are at university at all.

In fact, a group invited Elder Peter O'Chiese to speak at the Native student lounge at the University of Alberta.

Apparently, some students have been feeling disillusioned with their lives, said Cathy Sewell, the president for the Aboriginal Student Council.

Students restless at University of Alberta

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As the Aboriginal Student Council at the University of Alberta plan their 5th Annual Native Awareness Days, other students are questioning why they are at university at all.

In fact, a group invited Elder Peter O'Chiese to speak at the Native student lounge at the University of Alberta.

Apparently, some students have been feeling disillusioned with their lives, said Cathy Sewell, the president for the Aboriginal Student Council.

Students restless at University of Alberta

Page R12

As the Aboriginal Student Council at the University of Alberta plan their 5th Annual Native Awareness Days, other students are questioning why they are at university at all.

In fact, a group invited Elder Peter O'Chiese to speak at the Native student lounge at the University of Alberta.

Apparently, some students have been feeling disillusioned with their lives, said Cathy Sewell, the president for the Aboriginal Student Council.

Students restless at University of Alberta

Page R12

As the Aboriginal Student Council at the University of Alberta plan their 5th Annual Native Awareness Days, other students are questioning why they are at university at all.

In fact, a group invited Elder Peter O'Chiese to speak at the Native student lounge at the University of Alberta.

Apparently, some students have been feeling disillusioned with their lives, said Cathy Sewell, the president for the Aboriginal Student Council.