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The birth of a white buffalo calf last August was hailed as being a

near miracle. There had not been such an event in more than 60 years.

In fact, the calf was called "Miracle" by the farmer, Dave Heider, who

lives just a couple of miles outside Janesville. What made the birth

such a rarity is that the International Buffalo Association claimed that

the chances of a white buffalo being born into the world are only one in

10 million.

Today, the calf is raising a number of eyebrows as people begin to

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The birth of a white buffalo calf last August was hailed as being a

near miracle. There had not been such an event in more than 60 years.

In fact, the calf was called "Miracle" by the farmer, Dave Heider, who

lives just a couple of miles outside Janesville. What made the birth

such a rarity is that the International Buffalo Association claimed that

the chances of a white buffalo being born into the world are only one in

10 million.

Today, the calf is raising a number of eyebrows as people begin to

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The birth of a white buffalo calf last August was hailed as being a

near miracle. There had not been such an event in more than 60 years.

In fact, the calf was called "Miracle" by the farmer, Dave Heider, who

lives just a couple of miles outside Janesville. What made the birth

such a rarity is that the International Buffalo Association claimed that

the chances of a white buffalo being born into the world are only one in

10 million.

Today, the calf is raising a number of eyebrows as people begin to

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Canada isn't quite apologizing to the High Arctic exiles -- at least not yet. But Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin has given the clearest indication so far that the federal government is sorry about the forcible relocation of 18 Inuit families to the Far North, and is ready to compensate them.

"He thinks it was a bad decision," said Cate McCready, Irwin's communications assistant. "He's sorry people were so badly displaced. That's his personal view," she said.

"He was concerned that people had gone through such a traumatic experience."

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Canada isn't quite apologizing to the High Arctic exiles -- at least not yet. But Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin has given the clearest indication so far that the federal government is sorry about the forcible relocation of 18 Inuit families to the Far North, and is ready to compensate them.

"He thinks it was a bad decision," said Cate McCready, Irwin's communications assistant. "He's sorry people were so badly displaced. That's his personal view," she said.

"He was concerned that people had gone through such a traumatic experience."

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Canada isn't quite apologizing to the High Arctic exiles -- at least not yet. But Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin has given the clearest indication so far that the federal government is sorry about the forcible relocation of 18 Inuit families to the Far North, and is ready to compensate them.

"He thinks it was a bad decision," said Cate McCready, Irwin's communications assistant. "He's sorry people were so badly displaced. That's his personal view," she said.

"He was concerned that people had gone through such a traumatic experience."

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There was a new twist in the debate over Mohawk ancestry in Kahnawake when the local school authority moved to bar students not on the Mohawk

Registry from the community's schools.

The directive affects 39 out of the 850 students now enrolled in Kahnawake who are considered to have less than 50-per-cent Mohawk blood.

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There was a new twist in the debate over Mohawk ancestry in Kahnawake when the local school authority moved to bar students not on the Mohawk

Registry from the community's schools.

The directive affects 39 out of the 850 students now enrolled in Kahnawake who are considered to have less than 50-per-cent Mohawk blood.

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There was a new twist in the debate over Mohawk ancestry in Kahnawake when the local school authority moved to bar students not on the Mohawk

Registry from the community's schools.

The directive affects 39 out of the 850 students now enrolled in Kahnawake who are considered to have less than 50-per-cent Mohawk blood.

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The Algonquins of Barriere Lake are braced to keep up the pressure in a logging dispute that could stop logging in the area of La Verendrye Park in Quebec.

They have taken their grievances about the federal government's unfulfilled contract obligations to Ottawa. A delegation from Barriere Lake is now occupying Victoria Island near Parliament Hill, which they refer to in a news release as "unsurrendered Algonquin territory."