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Casinos may be a future money-maker for the government of Saskatchewan but Natives are being told to look elsewhere for a means of income.

The minister responsible for the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority said the province will open its own casinos in Regina and Saskatoon, but any Native gaming houses opening on reserves will be shut down.

"We have to determine that we must proceed with the limited and controlled expansion of casinos in the province," Eldon Lautermilch said.

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An agreement between B.C. and Clayoquot Sound Natives will give the First Nations greater control over logging in an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island.

Tla-qui-o-aht Chief Francis Frank said representatives of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council reached Council reached an agreement with provincial officials in late January on the final wording of the technical drafting of a co-operative forestry management deal.

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An agreement between B.C. and Clayoquot Sound Natives will give the First Nations greater control over logging in an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island.

Tla-qui-o-aht Chief Francis Frank said representatives of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council reached Council reached an agreement with provincial officials in late January on the final wording of the technical drafting of a co-operative forestry management deal.

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An agreement between B.C. and Clayoquot Sound Natives will give the First Nations greater control over logging in an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island.

Tla-qui-o-aht Chief Francis Frank said representatives of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council reached Council reached an agreement with provincial officials in late January on the final wording of the technical drafting of a co-operative forestry management deal.

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An agreement between B.C. and Clayoquot Sound Natives will give the First Nations greater control over logging in an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island.

Tla-qui-o-aht Chief Francis Frank said representatives of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council reached Council reached an agreement with provincial officials in late January on the final wording of the technical drafting of a co-operative forestry management deal.

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A court decision preventing Revenue Canada from charging a Manitoba band-owned business corporate tax could have far-reaching effects to other Native businesses.

In a precedent-setting decision, Tax Court of Canada Judge D.G.H. Bowman ruled the Opasquaiak Band has the same tax status as a municipality and the band owned Otineka Development Corporation Ltd. is therefore exempt from paying any corporate tax.

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A court decision preventing Revenue Canada from charging a Manitoba band-owned business corporate tax could have far-reaching effects to other Native businesses.

In a precedent-setting decision, Tax Court of Canada Judge D.G.H. Bowman ruled the Opasquaiak Band has the same tax status as a municipality and the band owned Otineka Development Corporation Ltd. is therefore exempt from paying any corporate tax.

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A court decision preventing Revenue Canada from charging a Manitoba band-owned business corporate tax could have far-reaching effects to other Native businesses.

In a precedent-setting decision, Tax Court of Canada Judge D.G.H. Bowman ruled the Opasquaiak Band has the same tax status as a municipality and the band owned Otineka Development Corporation Ltd. is therefore exempt from paying any corporate tax.

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A court decision preventing Revenue Canada from charging a Manitoba band-owned business corporate tax could have far-reaching effects to other Native businesses.

In a precedent-setting decision, Tax Court of Canada Judge D.G.H. Bowman ruled the Opasquaiak Band has the same tax status as a municipality and the band owned Otineka Development Corporation Ltd. is therefore exempt from paying any corporate tax.

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Cigarette smuggles operating through the Akwesasne Reserve in eastern Ontario opened fire on RCMP officers on the same day Ottawa promised to crack down on tobacco trafficking.

The smugglers fired two warning shots from semi-automatic weapons at an RCMP patrol after the officers turned their lights on a convoy of six snowmobiles creeping across the frozen St. Lawrence River.

The bandits, who were pulling sleighs, fled across the river at Lake St. Francois as the RCMP called Quebec Provincial Police for back-up.