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Chairman gets first private line

For Archie Collins, the party's over.

After 17 years of unexpected wake up calls, he will finally get some peace and quiet. On Jan. 15 he became the first resident in the Grand Centre area to have his party line phone changed to a private line.

"It's fantastic," said the Elizabeth settlement chairman. "We won't have to put up with the phone ringing at all hours of the night and sometimes all weekend long."

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An Edmonton police officer and former marketing manager of Cree Airways has been charged with fraud and theft in connection with the now defunct Native-owned airline company.

Randolph Kim Klokeid, a 10-year veteran of the force, was arrested Jan. 18 and suspended without pay after a police investigation.

Klodeid is currently suing Cree Airways for more than $185,000 which led to the freezing of bank accounts and the seizure of the small company's six Cessna planes late last year.

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Mask removed from view

A court here has ordered the Glenbow Museum to remove from its Spirit Sings display a false face mask considered sacred by Mohawk Indians.

The ruling follows an injunction filed by the Mohawks on Thursday, Jan. 14, stating that the exhibition of the mask violates the intended purposes of the mask and its sacred functions.

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Editorial

All over the world people are marking 1988 as a year of change. According to the ancient Aztecs and some Hopi legends, this year is the dawn of a new world. After Feb. 16 ? Chinese new year ? it will be the year of the dragon ? the greatest celestial power, as well as the luckiest.

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Remote northern communities, isolated from friends and media, now have the opportunity to set up their own radio station and keep up with the lastest local news.

Joan Hinz is a community animator for the Native Perspective radio broadcasting network and works with communities interested in establishing their own radio stations.

Hinz says radio can benefit almost anyone and broadcasts can be aimed at any group.

Local businesses can gain from radio marketing because they can advertise to a "target audience."

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Residents of three remote northern communities had the opportunity to witness a live radio broadcast almost in their own backyards recently.

Disc jockeys from the Native Perspective radio broadcasting network travelled to Assumption, For Vermilion and Wabasca in early January, to "demystify" radio and give residents a chance to be DJ's.

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The province is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the hunter who killed three elk along Kananaskis Highway 40 Jan. 4.

The slaughter has enraged environmentalists and Wildlife Minister LeRoy Fjordbotten who announced the reward and called for public assistance.

He denounced the killing as a barbaric act and a flagrant abuse of wildlife laws.

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A Fort Chipewyan woman has won her battle with Alberta social services to use her $2,715 land claim settlement to advance her Grade 8 education.

Rachel Tourangeau was prevented from drawing social assistance about a year ago, but now a Court of Queen's Bench has ruled that social services made a mistake.

In his ruling, Justice William Girgulis called social services' action "unreasonable".

Calgary

The Spirit Sings exhibition of Native artefacts were opened by External Affairs minister Joe Clark against a backdrop of protest over the outstanding land claim of the Lubicon Lake Indian band.

The exhibition is the largest display of ancient Indian artefacts ever and is being sponsored by Shell Canada who donated $1.6 million.

Protestors from the Committee Against Racism and Aboriginal leaders attended the opening ceremonies.

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Calgary

The Friends of the Oldman River are again seeking a court ruling on a decision of the Energy Resources Conservation Board and are calling for a public hearing on the controversial dam.

Last month, the board decided the dam is not a hydroelectric project (to export power to the United States) but groups opposing the project say the decision was made without public input.

The Friends won a court decision in December when the province was found to have issued permits for dam construction without following proper procedures.