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Dear Editor:

I was very shocked and disturbed by Stephen Harper's Conservative government. It provides very little money for First Nation, Metis and Inuit people. The Conservatives have promised around $1 billion for Aboriginal people, which includes $450 million more for the improvement of water quality and housing on reserves, as well as to improve education outcomes and socio-economic conditions for Aboriginal women, children and families, and another $600 million for housing for urban and northern communities.

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Dear Editor:

Re: Building a better Canada. For some

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Windspeaker Editorial

Forget what you've read in the mainstream papers or have seen on the national news: we're here to tell you there are plenty of good people on both sides of the barricades at Caledonia. A mere handful of knuckleheads are getting most of the attention and, while that may feed the media beast, it does nothing to get to the truth of this critically important matter.

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Native American youth hope to bring change and awareness to environmental issues through Prayer Run for World Peace, a 3,000 kilometre run from Vancouver to the Eklutna reservation near Anchorage, Alaska.

Nine runners, ranging in age from 18 to 22 years from South Dakota and Minnesota will travel towards Eklutna carrying prayers for the preservation of the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and the melting glaciers in Greenland. The 36-day event, which began on May 14, will culminate with the Alaskan sponsored World Peace and Prayer Day in Eklutna on June 21.

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On April 25, more than 500 people gathered on Coast Salish territory at the Vancouver Art Gallery to show their support for the protest at the Six Nations community in southern Ontario near Caledonia. The rally was intended to serve as a deterrence to further police escalation against the Six Nations protesters.

On Feb. 28, members of the Six Nations community set up a camp to protest a housing development being built on their territory, land formally recognized by the Crown in the Haldimand Proclamation (1784) as Six Nations territory.

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Doug Pierce loves to run. A lot. So much so in fact that the 61-year-old is closing in on the equivalent of running around the world twice.

The circumference of the world at the equator is slightly more than 40,000 kilometres (about 25,000 miles). Pierce, who has kept a log of how far he has travelled since he started running at age 40, is approaching the 50,000-mile mark. And yes, Pierce admits he is addicted to running.

"If you're going to be addicted to something, it might as well be healthy," he said.

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On April 25, more than 500 people gathered on Coast Salish territory at the Vancouver Art Gallery to show their support for the protest at the Six Nations community in southern Ontario near Caledonia. The rally was intended to serve as a deterrence to further police escalation against the Six Nations protesters.

On Feb. 28, members of the Six Nations community set up a camp to protest a housing development being built on their territory, land formally recognized by the Crown in the Haldimand Proclamation (1784) as Six Nations territory.

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Government reports are saying that the environmental impact of the B.C. ferry that sank near Hartley Bay March 22 has been relatively minimal and poses little risk, but residents of the small community are not so sure and are wondering why there have been no shellfish harvesting closures.

The Queen of the North sank in the early morning near the village, about 135 kilometres off of Prince Rupert. The various government agencies teaming up in the environmental assessment and clean-up have been mostly positive about the situation despite lingering local concerns.