Changing attitudes on Aboriginal issues and the Holocaust comparison
CBC Radio segments featured an Aboriginal elder linking land to hunting and fishing and criticizing White culture for environmental harm. A woman from an Aboriginal group used holocaust to describe residential schools, prompting debate on comparisons to genocide and rising tensions over land rights and dispossession.
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CBC Radio
Roblin Elementary Grade 5 Ski Trip Praised
Readers praise Roblin Elementary School Grade 5 and supervisors led by Keith Warner for their annual cross country ski trip. The write up highlights exemplary student behaviour and positive experiences during the trip.
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Roblin
Keith Warner
Grade 5 students praised for orderly departure at Rivendell trail
The Grade 5 class arrives at Rivendell to ski and enjoy hot chocolate then leaves the area clean and intact. Goose Lake High Cross Country team, supervised by Dave Mack, has hosted regional events at Rivendell for years and also demonstrates respectful conduct toward the facility and visitors.
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Rivendell
Dave Mack
Goose Lake High
Dumont Sisters mixup corrected in Roblin curling note
After eight years covering Roblin events the editor admits a recurring error misidentifying the Dumont Sisters in a front page cutline. This time Marlene Kozak was noted as Lorraine Schmellinger in the Shirley Morgan foursome during the first event final of the annual Ladies Bonspiel.
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Roblin
Dumont
Marlene Kozak
Lorraine Schmellinger
Shirley Morgan
Marlene
Lorraine
All is not quiet on the VLT front
Alberta Premier Klein clashes with community leaders over VLTs amid new church and civic tensions. A Calgary Ukrainian Catholic parish returned an $80,000 grant after Klein called its members hypocrites. Calgary's incoming Roman Catholic Bishop Frederick Henry denounces the VLT stance. Saskatchewan bodies urge limits, while Manitoba reports gambling concerns and new assistance programs.
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L. B. Pearson
Royal Canadian Legion
Pearson
Alberta
Klein
Calgary
Frederick Henry
Vlts
Camrose
VLT
Addictions Foundation of
Manitoba
Winnipeg Beach
Saskatchewan
Yorkton
Saskatchewan Urban Municipal Association
Boissevain
Recorder
Rosetown
Ald
John Kadler
The
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