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Two hockey players are the 2004 recipients of the Tom Longboat Award as the most outstanding Aboriginal athletes in Ontario.

And now the regional female and male winners-Michele King of Akwesasne and Nathan O'Nabigon from Thunder Bay-are hoping to become national winners as well.

The national recipients will not be presented with their awards on April 21 in Miramichi, N.B. The ceremony will be held in conjunction with the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC), running in Miramichi from April 17 to 23.

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Two hockey players are the 2004 recipients of the Tom Longboat Award as the most outstanding Aboriginal athletes in Ontario.

And now the regional female and male winners-Michele King of Akwesasne and Nathan O'Nabigon from Thunder Bay-are hoping to become national winners as well.

The national recipients will not be presented with their awards on April 21 in Miramichi, N.B. The ceremony will be held in conjunction with the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC), running in Miramichi from April 17 to 23.

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For one day in February Concordia University played host to an impressive gathering of Aboriginal leaders and educators, federal, provincial and territorial government representatives and policy advisors who all came together to try to answer one question-what can be done to improve the success rates for Aboriginal students in Canada?

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For one day in February Concordia University played host to an impressive gathering of Aboriginal leaders and educators, federal, provincial and territorial government representatives and policy advisors who all came together to try to answer one question-what can be done to improve the success rates for Aboriginal students in Canada?

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Pikangikum First Nation is hoping to find solutions to some of its economic problems within the forests covering its traditional territories.

The Whitefeather Forest Initiative is a community based economic renewal and resource stewardship project. Pikangikum First Nation began the project in 1996 as a means of gaining economic self-sufficiency for the community and to benefit the economy of the region.

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Pikangikum First Nation is hoping to find solutions to some of its economic problems within the forests covering its traditional territories.

The Whitefeather Forest Initiative is a community based economic renewal and resource stewardship project. Pikangikum First Nation began the project in 1996 as a means of gaining economic self-sufficiency for the community and to benefit the economy of the region.

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A new tool kit designed to help Aboriginal workers become more involved in ensuring the health and safety of their workplaces will soon be available.

Called the Spirit Tool Kit, the collection of resources is being developed by the Manitoba Federation of Labour Occupational Health Centre as part of the centre's Aboriginal Workers Education and Outreach Project and is designed to help eliminate some of the obstacles that have kept Aboriginal workers from speaking up when they have concerns about their health and safety on the job.

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A new tool kit designed to help Aboriginal workers become more involved in ensuring the health and safety of their workplaces will soon be available.

Called the Spirit Tool Kit, the collection of resources is being developed by the Manitoba Federation of Labour Occupational Health Centre as part of the centre's Aboriginal Workers Education and Outreach Project and is designed to help eliminate some of the obstacles that have kept Aboriginal workers from speaking up when they have concerns about their health and safety on the job.

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Close to150 women, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, gathered in North Bay at the end of March to explore the physical, spiritual, mental, emotional and economic aspects of wellness and leadership.

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Close to150 women, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, gathered in North Bay at the end of March to explore the physical, spiritual, mental, emotional and economic aspects of wellness and leadership.