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My wife is always leaving me. This might strike you readers as a little odd. I am not about to download about my marriage. That is not my point.

I just thought I would show you that I do have a sense of humor too!

Seriously, she goes on all these trips (and trust me it was hard to convince her to type this). She complains that she spends more time in airport lounges than she does in her own living room.

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My wife is always leaving me. This might strike you readers as a little odd. I am not about to download about my marriage. That is not my point.

I just thought I would show you that I do have a sense of humor too!

Seriously, she goes on all these trips (and trust me it was hard to convince her to type this). She complains that she spends more time in airport lounges than she does in her own living room.

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It was a simple question but few could provide the answer.

Ed St. Pierre asked if anyone could understand what he was saying. Of the 50 people in the audience at the Lebret Metis Farm on March 17, only six raised their hands, and many of them were senior citizens.

That's because St. Pierre asked his question in a language which, 150 years ago, was the working language for those living on the Canadian prairies. Today it is spoken, according to best estimates, by fewer than 1,000 people in Saskatchewan.

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It was a simple question but few could provide the answer.

Ed St. Pierre asked if anyone could understand what he was saying. Of the 50 people in the audience at the Lebret Metis Farm on March 17, only six raised their hands, and many of them were senior citizens.

That's because St. Pierre asked his question in a language which, 150 years ago, was the working language for those living on the Canadian prairies. Today it is spoken, according to best estimates, by fewer than 1,000 people in Saskatchewan.

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At age 22, James Bear can barely communicate with his Cree-speaking grandmother.

Because Bear only speaks English, he will never completely learn from her the customs and traditions that were meant to be passed along.

"She could teach me all that - but I don't understand the language. Part of that culture is dying through me," said Bear, who never learned Cree while growing up in Saskatoon, away from his roots in Sandy Bay, 330 km northeast of Prince Albert.

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At age 22, James Bear can barely communicate with his Cree-speaking grandmother.

Because Bear only speaks English, he will never completely learn from her the customs and traditions that were meant to be passed along.

"She could teach me all that - but I don't understand the language. Part of that culture is dying through me," said Bear, who never learned Cree while growing up in Saskatoon, away from his roots in Sandy Bay, 330 km northeast of Prince Albert.

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Metis Party activist John Melenchuk led a rally in front of Prince Albert's City Hall on March 11, hoping to add voices in that city to the province-wide call for justice concerning allegations that Saskatoon police have been taking Native people to the outskirts of town and forcing them to walk back to the city in sub-zero temperatures.

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Metis Party activist John Melenchuk led a rally in front of Prince Albert's City Hall on March 11, hoping to add voices in that city to the province-wide call for justice concerning allegations that Saskatoon police have been taking Native people to the outskirts of town and forcing them to walk back to the city in sub-zero temperatures.

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The day after the announcement was made in the provincial budget that the tax exemption for status Indians was no more and that Native people will now have to pay the six per cent PST, Sage correspondent Marj Roden, identifying herself as a freelance reporter, approached several businesses in downtown Prince Albert to see what the reactions of different store managers would be to the news.

The comments speak for themselves.

Fresh Air Experience, Ron Horn, manager:

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The day after the announcement was made in the provincial budget that the tax exemption for status Indians was no more and that Native people will now have to pay the six per cent PST, Sage correspondent Marj Roden, identifying herself as a freelance reporter, approached several businesses in downtown Prince Albert to see what the reactions of different store managers would be to the news.

The comments speak for themselves.

Fresh Air Experience, Ron Horn, manager: