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Natalie Peres (Brazil), Kim Voght (Germany), Francesca Gozzi (Italy) and Elyse Dunck (Belgium), all exchange students, said they absolutely couldn’t miss out on the Polar Bear Dip at Ness Lake Bible Camp on New Year’s Day. See story on Page A14.
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Janna Brown felt it was a great way to start the new year. So she headed off to the Idle No More rally in front of Coles Book Store at the Pine Centre Mall Wednesday afternoon. Brown said similar demonstrations
were taking place throughout the province, including one in Prince Rupert held Wednesday as well. The demonstrators, many First Nations, many with drums and in ceremonial dress, stood together in an effort to bring awareness to a multitude of issues First Nations’ people face, issues they feel have been compounded by the Omnibus Bill
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and Bill C-45. “I am supporting this,” Terry Teegee, Tribal Chief of the Carrier Sekani, said. “This began over a month ago – in November.” He said when the Harper government passed Bill C-45, which essentially changes the rules surrounding reserve lands so they can be sold, there was
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no consultation or inclusion with First Nations people. And, he added, there was little debate in parliament when the omnibus bill passed, a document more than 400 pages long which changes a lot of regulations surrounding navigable waters and the designation of lakes. turn to PAGE A4
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