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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 8, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local 2000 province produces 2 Rhodes scholars award a first for French school in by Nick Martin Samir sin has Rhodes scholarship is definitely old hat for Johns Raven but Roxanne royals is a first for franc Manitoban the two Manitoba scholars were named this along with a Saskatchewan As the 2001 recipients for the three Prairie provinces of the prestigious Rhodes there off next fall for two years of intensive studies at Oxford University in a medical student in a joint program of the University of Manitoba and the University of Western is the 18th Rhodes scholar that sir has but Joyal is believed to be the first Rhodes scholar who graduated from the division Colaire Fra Comanito and certainly the first from regional Gabriel Leroy in he Des in very said who in her final year of International relations studies at Stanford University in the 23yearold Norbert resident had been planning to attend the University of Manitoba until she was accepted As a Page in the House of commons in that changed her she said i want focused enough on the issues of Joyal Stanford has a special program on International and Joyal has been combining studies with develop ment work in Zimbabwe and Jeff de body Winnipeg free press Roxanne Joyal gets a congratulatory kiss from her dad in she worked with local women supplementing their income by Selling their crafts while working on a wildlife Joyal said Shes very much aware that Shes succeeded in an englishman Guage being a Ive worked even harder to master the English French is a Gateway for so All of West Africa is said who also Speaks some Spanish and Mario de principal at said Joyal sets an example for All francophone students that taking their High school studies in French is not an impediment in uni having completed premed studies at u of is now studying at University of Western Ontario in Lon he also earned a science degree at Queens the 24yearold medical student has focused his research on childrens Dis including a significant study into digestive diseases affecting Chil Dren in first nations he presented a paper on his research at a global medical conference in Norway last he plans to continue studies at Oxford in evolution and the control of infectious compensation possible for failed aboriginal Casino province mulls payment for Swan Lake band by Sean Oconnor the province has opened the door to compensating Swan Lake first nation for its doomed heading Ley Casino a move that May open the Gates to More Swan Lake officials met gaming min ister Steve Ashton yesterday to announce plans to withdraw from the Casino officially killing a project that was barely breathing to begin More detailed discussions to wrap up the including the Issue of compel have yet to take that one Issue we will look said the Swan Lake chief came in today and this has been a difficult process for we want to move that basically the general discus Sion that we residents of heading Ley voted wednesday to reject the aboriginal Casi no in their it was the Sec Ond plebiscite in less than a year on the although it was never Clear whether wednesdays vote residents originally voted to reject the Casino in confusion came this fall after Ashton said the government would honour the april yet at the same time refused to categorically reject a second As a Swan Lake continued to work on its bid while heading Ley pre pared for the second they the government basically Dou ble talked through the whole said heading Leys Wilf they kept implying that they didst like a Sec Ond but at the same they never told the first nation to Stop pro Taillieu said he will approach Headin Gley Council to discuss whether will request compensation from the he didst have exact but estimated heading Ley spent at least to related to the Casino Larry the new chief of Swan said it would be about a week before he could assess How much Swan Lake Soldier said after the second vote rejecting the he received a tremendous number of Calls from other communities offering a new but both he and Ashton confirmed yesterday that under the rules governing native Swan Lake cannot reopen its bid using a different nor will any additional proposals from different first nation groups be the Casino is said Ashton faced a barrage of questions about the Casino bid in the legislature accused of misleading the people of heading Ley and Swan he was asked Why the government even entertained the Swan Lake one of five native Casino bids accepted in when it knew the results of head Inglys original plebiscite in and he was asked Why the govern ment failed to inform heading Ley or Swan Lake earlier if it had no intention of continuing with the Casino if they knew then Why didst they say something asked tory Leader Stuart Murray after question Murray says both Swan Lake and heading Ley deserve Ashton said he made his position As Clear As stating in writing in september that the results of the april 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Board does not have a certificate on them so its an open question of whether they Are a Union or said a technologist in nuclear Medicine at health sciences Centre who was among the workers across the province poised for a strike this Ron the business manager of the is among the five workers who have walked off the he could not be reached for drawbridge said the five workers Are asking for a 48 per cent wage increase he did not say what the Basic salary White Hobby glue Pony Heads plastic jump lacing wooden picture frames Black enamel paint paint 36 regular retails up to expires december 2000 its authorized internet agent Takeh Omea real tree this Christmas please Call the location of Barta t Stan Baita and family Birds Hill tree Birds Garry Glowasky i Aspen acres Christmas tree Ron Jackson Hill Haven Christmas tree Girardin family Timber trails tree Rudy Leslie Reimer Kokomo Bert Lenora suss walkers merry Christmas tree Walker family 204x448376 your Choice before you go Dee haunt tree 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