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Being named Prince Albert Citizen of the Year 1993 proves relations between the city's Native and non-Native communities are getting better, said the winner of the award.

"It shows you some of the realities we have dealt with here in Prince Albert," Eugene Arcand said. "Ten years ago, no one would have dreamt of a First Nations man being named Citizen of the Year."

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Being named Prince Albert Citizen of the Year 1993 proves relations between the city's Native and non-Native communities are getting better, said the winner of the award.

"It shows you some of the realities we have dealt with here in Prince Albert," Eugene Arcand said. "Ten years ago, no one would have dreamt of a First Nations man being named Citizen of the Year."

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Being involved in a non-funded sport calls for an inventive mind when overcoming financial obstacles.

Which is nothing new for John Belanger. The 45-year-old gold medal athlete overcame the effects of a car accident which left him legless at the age of 24 to become one of Canada's top wheelchair athletes.

When faced with a lack of travel funds to make it to the Ottawa trials for the 1994 Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Belanger did the next best thing.

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Being involved in a non-funded sport calls for an inventive mind when overcoming financial obstacles.

Which is nothing new for John Belanger. The 45-year-old gold medal athlete overcame the effects of a car accident which left him legless at the age of 24 to become one of Canada's top wheelchair athletes.

When faced with a lack of travel funds to make it to the Ottawa trials for the 1994 Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Belanger did the next best thing.

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Being involved in a non-funded sport calls for an inventive mind when overcoming financial obstacles.

Which is nothing new for John Belanger. The 45-year-old gold medal athlete overcame the effects of a car accident which left him legless at the age of 24 to become one of Canada's top wheelchair athletes.

When faced with a lack of travel funds to make it to the Ottawa trials for the 1994 Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Belanger did the next best thing.

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Being involved in a non-funded sport calls for an inventive mind when overcoming financial obstacles.

Which is nothing new for John Belanger. The 45-year-old gold medal athlete overcame the effects of a car accident which left him legless at the age of 24 to become one of Canada's top wheelchair athletes.

When faced with a lack of travel funds to make it to the Ottawa trials for the 1994 Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Belanger did the next best thing.

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The emergency of a potentially lethal virus which causes leukemia or a neurological disorder similar to multiple sclerosis continues to be monitored in British Columbia. The virus, called HTLV-1, is transmissable through sexual contact, or through needle or syringe sharing.

An item that appeared in Windspeaker Feb. 14- Feb. 27 Nation in Brief column erroneously stated that incidents of the virus were limited to Aboriginal populations.

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Natives on the Bruce Peninsula in souther Ontario are challenging a nearby township's bylaw permitting the sale of some shoreline property that may never have been surrendered.

The Saugeen Ojibway First Nations filed a notice of application with Ontario provincial court Feb. 1 to quash Keppel Township bylaw 220-1993.

The bylaw allows the 253 property owners whose lands adjoin a shore road allowance to sign "quit claim deeds", documents requiring to sell or develop properties along a short section of the Georgian bay shoreline.

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Natives on the Bruce Peninsula in souther Ontario are challenging a nearby township's bylaw permitting the sale of some shoreline property that may never have been surrendered.

The Saugeen Ojibway First Nations filed a notice of application with Ontario provincial court Feb. 1 to quash Keppel Township bylaw 220-1993.

The bylaw allows the 253 property owners whose lands adjoin a shore road allowance to sign "quit claim deeds", documents requiring to sell or develop properties along a short section of the Georgian bay shoreline.

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Natives on the Bruce Peninsula in souther Ontario are challenging a nearby township's bylaw permitting the sale of some shoreline property that may never have been surrendered.

The Saugeen Ojibway First Nations filed a notice of application with Ontario provincial court Feb. 1 to quash Keppel Township bylaw 220-1993.

The bylaw allows the 253 property owners whose lands adjoin a shore road allowance to sign "quit claim deeds", documents requiring to sell or develop properties along a short section of the Georgian bay shoreline.