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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.

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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.

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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.

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Racism is a reality every Aboriginal lives with, some on a daily basis, some experiencing unexpected incidents that leaves them shocked and disillusioned.

While most incidents go unreported, a few catch the public eye, leading to change in the most positive cases, while remaining unresolved in others.

Following are recent cases in which individuals and groups helped forward change in the face of racism.

Nova Scotia

The name of a man who instituted a bounty on the heads of Micmacs in 1749

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Racism is a reality every Aboriginal lives with, some on a daily basis, some experiencing unexpected incidents that leaves them shocked and disillusioned.

While most incidents go unreported, a few catch the public eye, leading to change in the most positive cases, while remaining unresolved in others.

Following are recent cases in which individuals and groups helped forward change in the face of racism.

Nova Scotia

The name of a man who instituted a bounty on the heads of Micmacs in 1749

Page 8

Racism is a reality every Aboriginal lives with, some on a daily basis, some experiencing unexpected incidents that leaves them shocked and disillusioned.

While most incidents go unreported, a few catch the public eye, leading to change in the most positive cases, while remaining unresolved in others.

Following are recent cases in which individuals and groups helped forward change in the face of racism.

Nova Scotia

The name of a man who instituted a bounty on the heads of Micmacs in 1749

Page 8

Racism is a reality every Aboriginal lives with, some on a daily basis, some experiencing unexpected incidents that leaves them shocked and disillusioned.

While most incidents go unreported, a few catch the public eye, leading to change in the most positive cases, while remaining unresolved in others.

Following are recent cases in which individuals and groups helped forward change in the face of racism.

Nova Scotia

The name of a man who instituted a bounty on the heads of Micmacs in 1749

Page 8

Racism is a reality every Aboriginal lives with, some on a daily basis, some experiencing unexpected incidents that leaves them shocked and disillusioned.

While most incidents go unreported, a few catch the public eye, leading to change in the most positive cases, while remaining unresolved in others.

Following are recent cases in which individuals and groups helped forward change in the face of racism.

Nova Scotia

The name of a man who instituted a bounty on the heads of Micmacs in 1749

Page 8

Racism is a reality every Aboriginal lives with, some on a daily basis, some experiencing unexpected incidents that leaves them shocked and disillusioned.

While most incidents go unreported, a few catch the public eye, leading to change in the most positive cases, while remaining unresolved in others.

Following are recent cases in which individuals and groups helped forward change in the face of racism.

Nova Scotia

The name of a man who instituted a bounty on the heads of Micmacs in 1749

Page 8

Racism is a reality every Aboriginal lives with, some on a daily basis, some experiencing unexpected incidents that leaves them shocked and disillusioned.

While most incidents go unreported, a few catch the public eye, leading to change in the most positive cases, while remaining unresolved in others.

Following are recent cases in which individuals and groups helped forward change in the face of racism.

Nova Scotia

The name of a man who instituted a bounty on the heads of Micmacs in 1749