Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 local Winnipeg Frek june 2000 the Home services duct gleaning Sale one week Only save whole mouse our includes agents benefits Call monday am to pm 18004410224 Industrial Grade equipment Brush vacuums the air ducts and for single Furnace a travel charge of 5 our equipment is fitted with highly efficient hepa filters to trap will apply to All extra charge for additional particles As Small As of a human hair and to filter out Access doors if residential orders of dust and equipment shown May not be identical to air equipment services not available in All offer expires june now aboriginal people battling soaring rates of diabetes family pedalling across nation to raise Public awareness by Alexandra Paul when Les Fontaines grandmother Sud Denly died of a it was the first time hed heard of that was and in the decades the Grandfather from Sage eng first nation has seen the once rare disease hit aboriginal communities in epidemic this disease is drastically growing every diabetes is hitting youth at a very Young some Only three or four years Fontaine the Grandfather has enlisted two of his grandsons and one of his sons to bicycle across Canada with him this summer to raise awareness about the dangers of a six person Crew the youngest is Fontaines eighty Earold grandson Frenchie was in Winnipeg Over the weekend for the first National aboriginal diabetes conference before finishing their Cross country cycling Fontaine said the decision to take to the Road was spurred by his wife unexpected diagnosis in when a simple splinter in her leg led to a month in Hospital and extensive skin a few months she almost lost an ear from a simple earring we decided we had to do weve got to prevent in glad my wife didst have a heart but were losing a lot of Young people because of heart attacks and relatives dont find out until after the coroners report that they were conference organizers applaud lifestyle Chang ing efforts like we support Community based initiatives that have a National and Les Fontaine has made his bicycle trek a National said Doris Board chairwoman of the National aboriginal diabetes which sponsored the with diabetes rates among aboriginal people leaping to three to five times the National according to the its role is to Stop the disease any Way it Assembly of first nations National chief Phil Fontaine opened the conference by observing Dia betes int an epidemic restricted to Canada any it seems there is no immunity from the said what we Are seeing is a manifestation of poor poor High unemployment and it in particularly destructive the indigenous Robert who practises in Northern Quebec James Bay Cree noted there is Only one indigenous culture worldwide where soar ing rates of diabetes Are starting to drop the tiny South Pacific islands of the rates have steadily declined Ever since the islands declared Independence from the United Harris he believes theres a political connection at work that the islands autonomy boosted the Community sense of Well being to such an extent that Independence turned into a ticket to better about 500 including Community workers and people with diabetes attended the conference from reserves and aboriginal communities across Canada and parts of the United june 6th is seniors Day seniors Well take save on a great selection of merchandise throughout the including our advertised fathers Day Candy greeting some exceptions do see inshore for for example youll save an extra on these great fathers Day savings mens selected Northern spirit Short sleeved shirts already on Sale this week at 25 mens summer footwear already on Sale this week at 20 women fashions by Tan Alfred Koret villager already on Sale today Only at 25 our Sale selection will vary by restaurant Deal for seniors save 15 on any restaurant off our regular excludes alcoholic valid june 6th not valid with any other please see your local Bay store for restaurant 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