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Dear Editor:

Re: Article "Boycott of town begins over councillor's remark" March 2005 issue.

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Dear Editor:

Re: Article "Boycott of town begins over councillor's remark" March 2005 issue.

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Mackenzie Olsen's hands are closing into fists and they may never open again unless he gets the medicine he needs to combat his illness, yet the federal and provincial governments are unwilling to pay for his treatment.

Mackenzie, 10, has Mucopolysaccharide (MPS) 1, commonly known as Hurler-Scheie Syndrome, a rare metabolic disease that can lead to weight gain, blindness, deafness, heart problems, spine and joint problems, breathing difficulties and death by his late teens or early twenties.

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Mackenzie Olsen's hands are closing into fists and they may never open again unless he gets the medicine he needs to combat his illness, yet the federal and provincial governments are unwilling to pay for his treatment.

Mackenzie, 10, has Mucopolysaccharide (MPS) 1, commonly known as Hurler-Scheie Syndrome, a rare metabolic disease that can lead to weight gain, blindness, deafness, heart problems, spine and joint problems, breathing difficulties and death by his late teens or early twenties.

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On March 23, Saddle Lake was host to an important event when Tracy Fleck, a Saddle Lake First Nation member, was called to the bar before her people during an all-Native ceremony held on Native land. It was the first such event in Alberta history.

"Today is an interesting day," said Judge Tony Mandamin. "We are hearing an application for admission from a Saddle Lake person to the Law Society of Alberta. This application, heard here in Kihew Asiniy School where we are sitting, is not a gym but at this very moment, you are sitting in a court."

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On March 23, Saddle Lake was host to an important event when Tracy Fleck, a Saddle Lake First Nation member, was called to the bar before her people during an all-Native ceremony held on Native land. It was the first such event in Alberta history.

"Today is an interesting day," said Judge Tony Mandamin. "We are hearing an application for admission from a Saddle Lake person to the Law Society of Alberta. This application, heard here in Kihew Asiniy School where we are sitting, is not a gym but at this very moment, you are sitting in a court."

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There was a mighty clap of thunder and a brilliant flash of lightning over Saskatoon on March 31 when the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation flew into town on the wings of a thunderbird to host its 12th annual achievement awards gala.

The gala celebrates the lives of 14 recipients from the Aboriginal community with a lavish stage show complete with performances by some of the hottest talent on the Aboriginal musical and artistic scenes today.

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The Edmonton Civic Panel released its findings March 23 on the extent to which Edmonton is an inclusive community, and panel co-chair Lewis Cardinal said the city has some work to do to catch up in the areas of meaningful social and economic participation of Edmonton's marginalized people.

"Whether they be people from visible minorities, are gay, live with disabilities or have a low income, many people are marginalized and excluded from mainstream life," he said.

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The Edmonton Civic Panel released its findings March 23 on the extent to which Edmonton is an inclusive community, and panel co-chair Lewis Cardinal said the city has some work to do to catch up in the areas of meaningful social and economic participation of Edmonton's marginalized people.

"Whether they be people from visible minorities, are gay, live with disabilities or have a low income, many people are marginalized and excluded from mainstream life," he said.

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It was a typical Tuesday for Autumn EagleSpeaker and her son Willow. They woke up and readied for school. She attends Mount Royal College and he goes to a Native school located in the city. As is their morning custom, they went to the store to buy a newspaper, and that's when things took a turn for the worse.

Ten Native people dead, a headline screamed.