Faces of the aboriginal community

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After getting married, she returned to Manitoba and later became a drug- and alcohol-abuse counsellor for the Friendship Centre and co-ordinator of the national native alcohol and drug abuse program. She also worked with numerous organizations …
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Commentary: Finding the sensible middle ground on gun control

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A sweeping gun ban wouldn't solve the problem, any more than Prohibition stopped drunkenness or the "war on drugs" has stopped drug abuse. It would only punish and could even endanger law-abiding citizens. Still, limiting access to the most lethal …
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Longtime coroner reflects on tenure

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“It kept telling me to go to Cumming in Forsyth County … so I started looking and meeting people up here and this is where I've built my home and started my family,” he said. “I [had] lived here barely two years, just enough to qualify, when I … He …
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Boldt is going out of office, but he's still into serving

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"When the Children and Family Services committee came around, no one put their hand up, so I put mine up," Boldt said. "I think, because of that, those years moved me." Boldt says he believes he did "landmark" work through the panel as it tackled …
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